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“The aging director at the center of Pain and Glory may call himself Salvador Mallo, but one glance at the giant silhouette on the poster lets you know”
Watched in 2020 (97 movies items)"16.2. Narratologisessa mielessä todella hienosti rakennettu filmi, ja onhan tämä nyt muutenkin taas parasta Almodóvaria pitkään aikaan. Almodóvar on tullut komediallisessa mielessä kauas synkästä paikastaan, jossa Matkarakastajien hirvitys tehtiin, ja draamallisessakin mielessä elokuva muistuttaa ohjaajaa parhaimmillaan."
“The aging director at the center of Pain and Glory may call himself Salvador Mallo, but one glance at the giant silhouette on the poster lets you know it’s really Pedro Almodóvar. Crafting one of his most personal and autobiographical works, Almodóvar reveals more of where his provocative worldview and vibrant artistry springs from and invites several of his famous friends along for the ride. Not quite the career capper it threatens to be, please don’t quietly into that goodnight, Pedro, Pain and Glory is still one of his typically mesmerizing Escher-like creations. Almodóvar is less in the mood for subversion and more in confessional spirit with his two-track narrative that finds Salvador as both infirmed artist and young boy. An opening voiceover narration, as is his traditio” read more
Predicting the Winners of the 2020 Oscars (21 games items)"And the Nominees are... *Corpus Christi *Honeyland *Les Misérables *Pain & Glory *Parasite And the Oscar Goes to... There's a very strong chance that it wins BP; it's, at the very least, winning this one. "
Movies Watched in 2020
2019 movies - Personal review and Awards - (48 movies items)"Notes: Even if 'Dolor y gloria' was another fine directing effort from Pedro Almodovar with a career best performance from Antonio Banderas, I'm still giving this prize to Parasite though. Indeed, even though it might not be Bong Joon Ho's best movie so far (I still preferred 'Memories of Murder'), the damned thing was still really awesome and easily one of the best movies I have seen this year. "
Preliminary 2019 Academy Awards Predictions (21 movies items)"1. Winner. 2. Lock. 3. 4. 5. Other Possibilities"
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Films watched in 2019
