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movie references and stuff

posted 16 years ago by travis_b_26
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oh, what a woderful movie!
normally I get bored when movies have a good story to tell and also I don't want to get emotionally involved, you know. The actors were so detached, that I could just concentrate on the references.

This movie was refreshing in so many ways! When watching it, so many movies came into my mind and Almodovar must have seen all of them and must love them. He loves movies and movies are his/her children! And me too, you know, I love these movies, so I am happy and proud that I recognized them. Here are some:

- Santa Barbara (the references were just wonderful!)
- Guiding Light
- Dangerous Housewives
- Plan B from outer space.

If you have more, please complete the list!

I think the reason for why Almodovar makes such good movies, is because he loves himself. Such a wonderful director!

And he knows people! He knows the problems of people, like the problems of young people djing and taking drug and mixing drugs by accidental error and not knowing their father (and not really caring) and women being abused by men and accepting it for the sake of movies and lovers of these women accepting that, for the sake of movies. There is so much more really smart stuff in this movie, but I can't tell you all, because I'm still to stunned.

[–] jacob3057 15 years ago

L'Ascenseur pour L'Echafaud (obviously)

Belle de Jour (Lena's callgirl name is Severine, plus she ends up in a wheelchair).

Rear Window (Ray X's antics)

Le Mépris (Lena dying in a car crash. The movie being about making a movie).

[–] bloovee 15 years ago

Obviously, Peeping Tom (but then having nicked the scene, he later makes a verbal reference to it). I must admit, I'm not sure whether this practice is a plus point or not - is it artifice or artificial? Good fun for cineastes but to spot, but it's still second-hand.

[–] clive-ihd 15 years ago

I was disappointed that Mateo/Harry mentioned Peeping Tom as it was rather spelling things out.

[–] zerosoul7786 15 years ago

Belle de Jour (Lena's callgirl name is Severine, plus she ends up in a wheelchair).

Severine doesn't end up in a wheelchair; her husband does.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MZQV3SrRlE

[–] SonOfMustardTiger 15 years ago

I appreciate everyone's participation here, but isn't it clear that the OP is having a laugh? He/she couldn't be more sarcastic.

[–] writers_reign 15 years ago

The Magnificent Ambersons. Orson Welles follow-up to Citizen Kane is widely accepted to have been butchered by the studio while Welles was safely in South America shooting It's All True. Here Mateo Blanco reinvents himself as Harry Cain and his own film is destroyed albeit from a different motive.

[–] ep139640 15 years ago

the most obvious one: mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (women on the verge of a nervous breakdown)

[–] elthrilla 15 years ago

It's more than a reference to Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios. I'm surprised there hasn't been more written about the connection.

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[–] louisecracker 15 years ago

Gone with the wind with the stair scene

[–] loveantinoo 15 years ago

You can read about many references in Almodovar's blog. Here about the staircases for example:
http://www.pedroalmodovar.es/PAB_EN_07_T.asp
And now a joke, what about Lady Gaga's Paparazzi videoclip? Could she have been inspired by Broken Embraces? Hehe(and Chicago)

[–] jpark86 15 years ago

hello everybody?

blow up??

(taking a picture of a couple kissing)

[–] lisa_del_giocondo 15 years ago

he also makes references to his older movies like Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios. burning bed, tomato juice mixed with sleeping pills...

[–] noamchumsky 15 years ago

is everyone really missing the satire here?