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...Love has been a fascination of mine since I was old enough to have an idea what it's about. It's a shame to hear that the movie people are having a hard time selling love. It's ridiculous to hear them say they can't think of good stories - everyone has a love story to tell. Stop the first 10 people you meet on the street, and I guarantee they will each tell a fresh, interesting love story. Heck, I have one, and I'm only 19! Instead of moviemakers complaining that no one believes...
...little bit of water in a tiny, unappetizing flat bowl, and when he goes to drink out of a much larger, more pleasant-looking vessel filled with perfectly clean water that happens to be in the bathroom, I'm going to act totally grossed out and shame him for no reason...
...veiled threat also has a stereotype: the Mafia wiseguy offering protection with the soft sell, "Nice store you got there. Would be a real shame if something happened to it." Traffic cops sometimes face not-so-innocent questions like, "Gee, Officer, is there some way I could pay the fine right here?" And anyone who has sat through a fund-raising dinner is familiar with euphemistic schnorring like, "We're counting on you to show leadership...
...choosing a burial plot for that purpose. But in so doing he abandons the Almodóvarian spirit, which always favors birth over death. In this adaptation's postmodern flux, Almodóvar's unique voice, upbeat even amid the direst human tragedies, ultimately goes missing. Which is a shame. After all, it's his voice, and the way from hurt to healing it describes, that we most want to hear...
...content) and disinterest (in its film-long framing devices). It's an amazingly vigorous work for a filmmaker who turns 67 on Sept. 11, and his strongest cinematic and political statement at least since Casualties of War, his Vietnam film of 1989. The movie is a cry of national shame; for De Palma, it's a new badge of honor for a wily...