Romance 1 Come what may...

There is not and there never will be a film as perfect as this one. Moulin Rouge! has everything. Musical, check. Best actress ever, check. Incredible performances by all the cast, check. Stunning visuals, check. An incredible director (very usually underrated), check. A simple yet very effective, funny, tender, romantic and perfect script, check. The most evil villain in film ever, check. And I am not talking about the Duke... Seriously, Nini, what is your problem? Why do you hate Satine and Christian so much?

In terms of the film being a romance, it is perfect again. Both lead characters are obviously and desperately in love. And circumstances are a bitch. She is dying and wanting to be an actress, he is penniless and quite jealous... I love, love, love this film so much. It is amazing that each time I see it (around ten times I'd guess) I discover something new! Had you notice that Christian sells his typewriter in order to get the money he throws at Satine screaming "I've paid my whore"? I hadn't and I loved it! Best film ever, best film ever...

¡Peeeedro! #07

7. Law of desire (La Ley del Deseo)

Desire is like gravity. You cannot escape it. And Almodóvar understands that perfectly. As perfectly as he accomplishes filmmaking. How great is this film? From the first (super hot) scene, to that heartbreaking end, the film is pure perfection. The scene where Carmen Maura's character is playing Cocteau's The Human Voice is one of my personal favorites because I love when Pedro loves theatre. I also adore the scene in the park when the gardener wets Tina. And it is one of the best works Antonio Banderas has ever done (Be patient! We will get to his best performance...) as the consumed lover he plays. Because Antonio desires Pablo (Eusebio Poncela's character), but he is also in love. Tragically in love (in tragedies people die at the end, that's the clue). So good. So, so good.

¡Peeeedro! #08

8. Bad Education (La Mala Educación)

Bad Education was the first film by Almodóvar I ever saw. I saw it when it opened in theaters. I was 15 years old, discovering my sexuality and it was possibly the first film in which I saw sex scenes with two men (the first film not involving a weak plot with a fireman or a plumber or something like that and 5 lines of dialogue altogether). And I remember having a huge... crush on Gael García Bernal. The film is exquisite specially when I revisited it knowing something about film noir. Almodóvar is a master at making his very diverse genres and this film is no exception. Filled with vibrant colors, drag queens, religion, filmmaking and, of course, the tensions between fiction and reality, this movie is greatly great. I mean García Bernal is a Femme Fatale!! How genius is that? And it is also remarkable how the lack of women is not deadly pernicious in an Almodovarian film...

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Current Projects

¡Peeeedro!: Almodóvar Top 15+2 (There is up to #9 now)

Judging the book by the cover: Cool TV Titles Sequences

Epic Romances: Quite self-explanatory title, right?

Future Projects (Coming soon!)

Films I have seen in 3D (and why it generally sucks)

Blonde ambitions

The Dance in the Dark Project