Today the sun shines on my window,
my heart is sad and I
look at the city outside the window
because you are gone.
Although the scenery has improved,
my heart is still sad. What
will happen to the future is
still very confused
(Carlos Saura’s "Raising the Crow" episode "Because you leave I'm here.)
Carlos Saura approached Ana Torrent's parents before the filming of "Raising the Crow" and persuaded them to let ten-year-old Ana come to make the movie. Ana had already made a movie before, and Ana's father thought it was enough. He still hopes that the child can grow up normally, and does not want the movie to change the child too much. Carlos and his colleagues took turns talking with Ana's father, hoping that he would change his mind, until finally Carlos said, well, without her, I would not make this movie.
Finally, Ana's father agreed.
Today it seems that if there is no Ana, it’s not because Ana’s pretending to be indifferent is actually full of the child’s sadness, loneliness and fragility. Will "Raising the Crow" be so successful? Will it be like you’ve seen this child? Eyes will be unforgettable for life?
The film was released in 1976, and Spain is still under Franco's dictatorship. All Spanish films still have to go through a lot of censorship and tailoring before they can be approved for release. Carlos also had to use a lot of skills and cleverness to bypass those minefields.
The movie originated from the fact that one day, Carlos was sitting in his office and looking out on the street. He saw a luxurious house with an abandoned and dry swimming pool, probably belonging to a wealthy man who passed away a few years ago. people. But this house has not been sold, it seems very mysterious. The house was incompatible with the modernization of Spain at that time, and even the modernization of the whole of Europe at that time. It was very eye-catching. Since then, Carlos has to visit there every morning, he thought, he must write a story about the house.
After the first trial screening of the film, the producer shot Carlos and said: "This is a good film, but who wants to watch it? We are dead!" Most audiences at the time did not realize that this was a political film.
"Raising the Crow" finally won the jury award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1976, nominated for the Caesar Film Awards in France in 1977, and the "Cinema Writers Circle Awards" in Spain in 1977, among a series of awards.
This episode in the movie "Because you left me" appears repeatedly in the film. This is the favorite song of the little girl Ana in the film, and it is also played when she plays with her sisters and imitates adults dancing. Song. This is a popular song at the time, with a lively rhythm and even a little cheesy. When you have watched a movie and heard this melody, Ana’s dark eyes, the innocent smiling faces of three girls, the sunshine that floods their room, and the lingering anxiety of the whole movie will appear in an instant. Sad and gloomy.
This is a song chosen by Carlos himself, but everyone, including his children, said, please, don't use this song. Carlos Saura’s lover, Chaplin’s daughter, and the mother in this movie, Geraldine Chaplin said, we don’t like this song, but you will always remember it after seeing the movie. This song.
Geraldine also said that Carlos is Ana in "Raising the Crow", absolutely!
I got to know Carlos Saola from "Salome". I also don't think I have the patience to watch that dance drama, but I finished it. Especially when I saw Aída Gómez in the film finished the famous "Dance of Seven Layers of Sha Yi", I was completely stupid. It seemed that it was my first time that a dancer who could not be said to be beautiful could be so sexy. I have such a direct feeling about the "sexy" in the movie.
Carlos is a person who can paint on the screen with a camera. There are not many such people. After watching the Carlos movie recommended by his daughter, Chaplin said that this man is a poet. Yes, Carlos is a poet. He writes poems on film.
To truly understand Carlos Saura, I think it is necessary to understand Spain. At least, to understand it. But in fact, understanding is sometimes much more difficult than understanding.
I feel that if you fail to pick up the camera yourself, you will never be able to personally feel the most subtle aspects of Carlos. This is why some directors, when talking about Carlos, have the same in their eyes, envy, surprise, and admiration. And a subtle expression of self-sigh.
The screenwriter Rafael Azcona, who worked with Carlos, said: "Filmmakers often find inspiration from reality, newspapers, magazines, novels, or various literary viewpoints. But it is not common to capture inspiration from the perspective of photography. Los is of this type.”
Carlos’s friend said: “I find people like Saola are very charming, because their world is nested in another world, like the structure of an onion, you can’t always reach the center. "He can express to others who he is, or express what he wants."
The set of "Raising the Crow" at hand is a two-disc, including a documentary about Carlos Saura, which includes Carlos. My friends talk about him, and there are a lot of Carlos's photographs. I really like the various Spanish people, the Spanish countryside, roads, and fields.
When Carlos was young, he was very handsome, a handsome guy who could write poems and take pictures.
Carlos' talent can definitely win him a greater reputation, wealth and glory, and even far exceed what he has today. But he doesn't want it, he just be himself.
At the end of the documentary, Carlos was sitting in his studio, facing his computer editing desk, with countless photos taken by him on his left, and on the shelf on the right, he collected from all over the world. His favorite, all kinds of cameras. Carlos said: "Now some people may say, you are old, forget it. But now I can shoot with a home camera, and then I can cut it here, which is very convenient."
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