Pedro Almodovar is the most celebrated Spanish Director since
Luis Buñuel and Carlos Saura. Born in La Mancha in 1951, he moved to Madrid at sixteen, alone and without any money but with a very concrete project : to study and make films.
Almodovar is best known for his use of melodrama , improbable circumstances and high camp in his movies. However a theme that recurs in his work is the connections and /or the desire to connect with others.
His international success has finally granted Pedro Almodovar the recognition he deserves, as the most artistically ambitious and commercially consistent film-maker in Europe. Frequently comic, always visually glorious, his films range from screwball comedy (Mujer Al Borde De Un Ataque de Nervios to the classically austere Carne Tremula).
An Almodovar film is always an exercise in style, but “ High Heels” also generates narrative energy and mystery.
It is like a painting or a graphic design, creating a world that exists only in its own terms, that does not understand the full range of human emotion, or care to. But it is accomplished with wit, style and courage, and although it is all smoke, feathers and laughter, it works.
Tacones Lejanos, will be the first of a series on Almodovar which will incorporate such titles as Kika, La Flor De Mi Secreto, Carne Tremula, Todo Sobre Mi madre, Hable Con Ella, and La Mala Educacion.
Date: Thursday, Jan.19, 2006
Time: 8:00 pm
Place: Access Art Gallery
This night will also be a good opportunity to view the fantastic new exhibit “Vivid impressions” by Gerda van Leeuwen which opens at 7:00 pm in the Access Annex on the ground floor.
Also on view is the recently opened new solo exhibit “The World is not enough” by renowned local artist Elisa Le Juez as well as other works by local and regional artist exhibited in the Access Gallery.
A donation to the Pro Crea Foundation will be highly appreciated.
Remember that it is now possible to grab a bite at the Access café “Café al Fresco” before the film presentation.
For more information call : 5887837
