Teaser Poster For Pedro Almodóvar's 'The Skin That I Inhabit'
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With Cannes around the corner, it's pretty much a certainty that Pedro Almodóvar will arrive on the Croisette with canisters for his latest, "The Skin That I Inhabit," under his arms. The film was picked up last fall by Sony Pictures Classics, continuing their long-standing relationship with the director but for those of you following the film's development, this is new and disturbing territory for the director and teaser artwork continues to push the idea that is unlike anything we've seen from the helmer before. We're pretty sure the flowery, quasi-medical art you'll see below will look wryly ironic once we've seen the film.
"The Skin That I Inhabit" is a revenge picture based on crime novelist Theirry Jonque's 2005 book, "Tarantula," about a plastic surgeon's revenge on the man who raped his daughter. But really, that's just scratching the surface. You can read the full synopsis of the book here, but in short, this is a film that has a loathsome protagonist who, while seeking justice for his daughter, keeps his wife imprisoned and subjects her to humiliating sexual acts with strangers.
The film stars Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet, Roberto Alamo, Blanca Suárez, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, Bárbara Lennie, Susi Sánchez, Fernando Cayo and Teresa Manresa. Longtime collaborators such as composer Alberto Iglesias, DoP Jose Luis Alcaine and editor José Salcedo are once again in the mix. Check out the artwork below.
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Release Date - October 14, 2011
Teaser
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Talk To Her and About My Mother are two of my favorite movies. But I thought Volver was unredeemably boring and pointless.
So yeah, he needs a comeback. The trailer looks amazing.
E: Haha, just found out that Broken Embraces exists. I'll have to watch it.
premise and teaser have me hooked. this looks (like it could be) fantastic.
The John James Audubon poster art is fantastic.
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I really hate this new title. What was wrong with The Skin That I Inhabit? It was perfect. CLASSY. It wasn't so boring. The Skin I Live In sucks as a title. The Skin That I Inhabit was so much better.
Quote from: Jeremy Blackman on May 08, 2011, 09:24:22 PM
E: Haha, just found out that Broken Embraces exists. I'll have to watch it.
bad education is really good, but i do think he peaked with the two you mentioned. (haven't seen a lot of his early films.
law of desire is supposed to be incredible.)
I didn't consider this film's connection to Georges Franju's Eyes without a Face until Glenn Erickson mentioned it.
I didn't consider this film's connection to Georges Franju's Eyes without a Face until sundown all over mentioned it.
New teaser
http://tinyurl.com/3pb5765 (http://tinyurl.com/3pb5765)
Quote from: Jeremy Blackman on May 08, 2011, 09:24:22 PMJust found out that Broken Embraces exists. I'll have to watch it.
I did get around to watching Broken Embraces...
It has a very interesting structure, and it's extremely subtle in that signature Almodovar style. Definitely a step back up from Volver. It's not a serious or mindblowing film, but it's quite perfect in its own way.
Even if you're not interested in the movie, watch the sequence that goes from 1:00:20 to 1:05:28... This is one of the most genius Almodovar scenes ever. The thing at the end. You'll know what I mean.
You should post that in the actual thread.
Pertinent bumped old threads are one of the best things about this site.
If search was still around, that would be more doable. Most of us will play amnesiac to old threads.
Quote from: Gold Trumpet on June 30, 2011, 01:25:12 AM
If search was still around, that would be more doable. Most of us will play amnesiac to old threads.
I just go through whatever the forum I think the thread I want to post in will be in and just search the browser window for the name in the sub-forum I think it will be under. Rarely is it over 10 pages you have to search.
I love waking up in the morning, checking my bookmark for unread xixax (set this as your bookmark, fer real http://xixax.com/index.php?action=unread) and seeing all kinds of new pages
Also, this looks fucking intense.
Release date moved to October 14
New Trailer (NSFW)
http://tinyurl.com/44aptch (http://tinyurl.com/44aptch)
I don't see what's nsfw about that trailer. Am I the only one seeing a skin coloured body suit?
New poster and trailer:
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http://tinyurl.com/3dxnskc (http://tinyurl.com/3dxnskc)
Posting on my phone so I'll keep this short for now, but I just got out of a Fantastic Fest Secret Screening of this and it was so different from what I expected and I loved every minute of it.
Good to hear. I can't wait for it.
slick and schlocky almodovar. a pretty immaculately constructed sex thriller with some high-minded morality that doesn't work, mostly because most of the film's kicks are to be had when it's at its most depraved. or maybe i'm just fucked up. there's a conflict of interest here that prevents this from being really great. it's a doozy to watch though. when the film's at its best, almodovar seems to be channeling de palma more than franju or whoever else, and had he gone full force in that direction this could've been a masterpiece.
good god does the camera love elena anaya. room in rome looks retarded but i may see it strictly to see her on the big screen again.
Blu-ray (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/The-Skin-I-Live-In-Blu-ray/ref=%26%2574%2561g%3d%2562l%2575r%2561y%252d010%252d20?SubscriptionId=AKIAIY4YSQJMFDJATNBA&tag=bluray-010-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B006KSAPV0&ASIN=B006KSAPV0&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER) on March 6, 2012.
And yeah Room in Rome ain't great but for what you're looking for samsong I think you'll be happy.
This is basically everything I love about Almodovar, with the moral intensity cranked up a bit. It feels like Talk To Her in that way, but better.
For those who expected this to be a departure, well, it's definitely not. It may be the anti-Volver, for example, but it's 100% Almodovar.
I hope he keeps this edge.
I almost agree with samsong that it should have gone further, but I think that might have deflated some of the tension, and it would have felt more like Oldboy or something than Almodovar. He can be dark, but he needs to keep that sweetness.