Which non-Indian film did you watch recently

[kid-glove]

The same with "Broken Embraces", I am not putting them here for the risk of spoilers. But he has ultimately saanju ukkaandhufied in his naarkaali.

Just finishing watching it. Totally agree.

But still quite an enjoyable ride. All these years, Almodovar hasn't stepped out of his universe, a very indelible, interesting and unique experience on its own.

[kid-glove]

Btw, special kudos to Lluis Homar, incredible actor who can show restraint and nuance by showing least amount of expression/effort.

[AravindMano]

Agree about Lluis Homar. Was initially apprehensive how he would carry himself (romancing Penelope and all). (Also because all i remember about him is that he romanced Gael Bernal in Bad Education ).

One more interesting thing in his films is to watch the same actors again in radically different roles. For eg., the senile father of Penelope in AAMB here becomes the aggressive husband and he was very convincing! (The "No Lips" was a cracker!)

[kid-glove]

True that (reg. flexibility of Almodovar's actors).

I thought Penelope's character was well-written, very challenging for her. In that, Lena has many shades, one being the slightly manipulative facade who turns mistress, the other is her normal/purest form which we only see at relaxed moments (:P) with Mateo and at difficulties with dying father, and then there is the actress who is dying to perform. And this is also true of other pivotal characters, Ernesto, Mateo and Judit. They are so real and have a well cut-out dimension to it, superb progression as the narrative proceeds. Swinging from a noir (of course Lena, the 'femme fatale', is condemned by fatality' and the fall guy finding back himself, from Harry Caine to Mateo again) to a movie within a movie (once again Almodovar's love for movies "films are to be finished, even if blindfolded" says Mateo) to being about regained relationships (especially the father-son and Mateo-Judit at the end). The usual Hitch tropes, obsession, suspicion, and jealousy which Almodovar often employs. Like most of his films 'the tone change' between mystery and "broken embraces", the relationships.

[kid-glove]

Watching "Fantastic Mr.Fox".

The Roald Dahl story and elements have given a good "animation" outlet for Wes Anderson, a gifted filmmaker. I'm going to finish watching it.

[P_R]

Red, White, Blue
What's the order ? Is there one ?

[kid-glove]

Red, White, Blue
What's the order ? Is there one ?

Not really. No

[AravindMano]

Yep, very true about Lena's character. But did you really think Judit's character progressed thru the film? I thought the weakest link in the film was Mateo-Judit & Mateo-Judit's son. Very predictable, isn't? It didn't add anything siginificant or rather anything new to the film. Already their relationship was in a vague framework of Dad-Mom-Son.

And, hope you realized the film-within-film is "Women on the verge of nervous breakdown". I was pleasantly surprised on seeing that. What a great self-referential idea - Mateo revisits his film after twenty years and Almodovar revisits his own film after twenty years.

[AravindMano]

Red, White, Blue
What's the order ? Is there one ?

No, but "Red" kinda finishes the triology. I would suggest - adha kadaisiyaa paarunga. I watched it first (maththa reNdu paakkala innum) and i had three more questions added to the long list of questions. It is a very minor thing, but if you have decided to watch all the three, you can very well reserve Red to the last.

"Red" would find its way to my Top Ten Films Ever Watched. Enna padam. Kieslowski

[P_R]

Thank You
rendu mooNu idathula indha maadhiri views paarthEn
I will start with Red then. yEn nA mudhalla paakura padam pudikkalainnA thodarndhu pArppEnnu solla mudiyAdhu.