http://christinawaters.com/2009/12/16/almodovar-sees-red/ Smart Mouth Tue, 22 May 2012 16:33:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://christinawaters.com/2009/12/16/almodovar-sees-red/#comment-17984 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:20:35 +0000 http://christinawaters.com/2009/12/16/almodovar-sees-red/#comment-17984 Visually, any Wong kar-wai movie has this one beat by miles in both richness and subtlety. The adequate performances can't compensate for the tele-novela (I do love Christina's category "soup opera"--the Marx brothers did it first) meets B noir script. Without the raw intensity and darkness of those 40's and 50's models the melodrama wears quickly. I left after the fall. Visually, any Wong kar-wai movie has this one beat by miles in both richness and subtlety. The adequate performances can’t compensate for the tele-novela (I do love Christina’s category “soup opera”–the Marx brothers did it first) meets B noir script. Without the raw intensity and darkness of those 40’s and 50’s models the melodrama wears quickly. I left after the fall.

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