Word: film
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...grand tradition of Hollywood multigenerational weepies, the sins of the fathers reverberate in their offspring. In 1994, on the set of the film Mateo was shooting with Lena, Ernesto's son was compiling a making-of featurette that was really a documentation of the director-actress tryst. In 2008, Ernesto Jr. is still skulking around, hoping - or threatening - to unearth bitter old truths. Also, Mateo's housekeeper and longtime friend has a son, sweet and smart, who assists Mateo. We'll learn that every supporting character is there for a reason...
Star Quality Broken Embraces could be the title of nearly any Almodóvar film. His people are infirm creatures looking for a little hug that can be therapeutic or redemptive. The paraplegic cop played by Javier Bardem in Live Flesh doesn't shrug off sexual desire just because he's confined to a wheelchair. Almodóvar suffuses his new film with this notion of the crippled seeking help; nearly every plot point pivots on someone's infirmity. The message is clear: we are all invalids who want to walk, if the fates allow, into each other's arms...
...vars. This time his energy went into the dense plot scheme, with its duplication of characters and family dynamics. One thing hasn't changed: the director's skill at bringing out the star quality of his performers. Homar, a Spanish stage veteran, handsomely shoulders the weight of the film. As for Cruz, in her fourth Almodóvar film, she's never been more luminous, serious or sexy. Her Lena is woman enough to justify one man's need to possess or destroy her and another's desire to hold on to her for a lifetime. The emotions she stirs...
...have any intention of going to college? -Emily Hansen, Sands Point, N.Y. I can't say for certain right now. I know at some point I will go back and study, but at this point I'm definitely focusing on working as hard as I can on film. (Read Claire Danes thoughts about Zac Efron...
...there any chance you will try action movies? -Angela Bohn, Zanesville, Ohio I would love to try an action film at some point, but not too soon. I think that can be a kiss of death. There's got to be a real role that I can bring something unique and specific to, a way for me to do it believably. Until then, I think it would just come across as weird...