what do you think the significance is of these two colours, they are shown at the start of the film before esteban dies, then they disappear until she begins to settle in with her new alt. family - thats as much as i gathered, but i know there must be something else. Any ideas?
shareApart from the fact that Almodovar loves to use such blatent melodramatic visuals, most obviously through red (he uses it in every film in about every shot), i'm not quite sure what their relavance to the story is.
The red appears in warm scenes such as those with Manuela's new 'family' and the blue mainly in Streetcar scenes to create the cold vicious style that characterises the machismo of the Stanley dude. It's all about facism in the end with Almodovar.
It's all about facism in the end with Almodovar.
i like the idea of the ambulane colours, but waht do u mean:
"Apart from that, I don't think there was any there [b] there"
- Apart from what?
I don't think that apart from the red and the blue to illustrate the various crises, I don't think there is any other significance to those colors. That's my opinion, I could be wrong. Actually, never even considered it until I came to this board. I'd be interested in what others have to say.
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Somewhere in all of Almodovar's pictures there is a similar political point being made: that fascism equals sexual/social repression which in turn causes misery, liberation from fascism values equals liberation from sexual restraint which equals happiness and fulfilment.
Hence the portrayal of repressive Catholic mothers (showing Franco's control over the Catholic church)... Rosa's mother in this case (it's the same in Matador and Women on the Verge), the portrayal of fascist overwhelming 'machista' men such as Lola (which is ironic because she's actually a woman obviously) and the character of Stanley in streetcar and the portrayal of such hyperbolic characters who are on the verge of society and normality... ALL to show that after Franco's FASCIST reign the Spanish people are now free and liberal.
Almodovar was part of the 'Movida' a free and liberal Spanish art movement... inspired by people such as Bunuel etc. My saying that it's all about fascism is not a criticism, on the contrary I think it brings up strong thought provoking arguements and shows the one off talent of a Mr. Pedro Almodovar.
...btw the red blue thing is open to interpretation and my view may not be the same as yours, and I did write about my interpretation in a film studies exam.
the red means death, when there is red in the film, someone will die, you can see the red lips of huma rojo, btw rojo=red, manuela dressed in red, and esteban who dies, theblue thing i guess is the contrary, there's a contrast with the colours, it's simple; blue means life...
it's just my interpretation...
I'd say that Almodovar's tendency to use red in his films is somehow due to his political ideas. All of his films are socially political. Ott was very right to think that it has to do with fascism, with Franco. Almodovar felt totally repressed until democracy was established in Spain and has some trauma about those years he tries to overcome with his films. Indeed, I think that "Talk to her" was just a way to show the world he's more than a transexual films director.
PS:If you let me correct you, Ott, the Spanish "movida" of the 80s has nothing to do with Buñuel, but with some other film and music personalities which are now more well-known than they were in those days (Almodovar itself is one of them).
PS:Sorry for the mistakes. Hope you manage to understand me.
Yeah I saw that after I wrote it... meant to say he was inspired by him.
I much prefer 'Talk to Her' than this to be fair, still a great film though.
he's certainly more than a transsexual films director, he is amazing in his portrayal of women and blue,red,etc provided for some breathtakingly beautiful images and the cinematography is simply brilliant. {peace}
Emancipation from the bondage of the soil/is no freedom for the tree.
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the red can be seen as a direct result of the franco regime
during this time the idea of nethin 'red' aka communist was made illegal
so with the new freedom in film making which occured after the end of francos regime almodovar uses the colour red to quite literally to contrast with the limitation that occured within the franco regime...this is also why almodovar addresses such themes as he does because he is contrasting the franco regime
the colour blue is used as a contrast during the stage sequences to show the contrast and aritfice of the stage
actors are not what they appear on stage
I think characters wear red when they are living in the real world, blue when they are acting, and black when somebody dies.
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