BROKEN EMBRACES PREMIERES IN CANNES
According to Bloomberg's Farah Nayeri, Pedro Almodovar cites Roberto Rossellini, Luis Bunuel, Sergei Eisenstein, and Brian De Palma as sources of inspiration for his latest film, Broken Embraces, which premiered in Cannes this week. The film, which takes its title from an episode in Rossellini's Voyage To Italy, stars Penelope Cruz in a film noir that Nayeri was not crazy about, although she does say it is, "as usual, a visual feast."
"ALMODOVAR'S VALENTINE TO CINEMA"
Screen Daily's Barry Byrne says Broken Embraces will thrill Almodovar's fans, and further cites some noir references within the film:
Devilishly clever and shrewdly cast with a stable of Almodovar regulars, the storyline casts a particularly gorgeous Cruz as an actress struggling to escape the suffocating constraints of the aging millionaire lover who has bankrolled her career. The film is awash with references to the noir genre, Italian neo-realism and even to Almodovar’s own quirky oeuvre. Stylistic nods to films including Nicholas Ray’s In a Lonely Place and Vincente Minnelli’s The Bad and the Beautiful form part of Almodovar’s valentine to cinema.
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Updated: Saturday, May 23, 2009 12:34 AM CDT
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Updated: Saturday, May 23, 2009 12:34 AM CDT
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