when love is already past

Bernhard 2022-03-22 09:02:25

This is an Almodovar movie, but it didn't give me the shock it deserved. Could it be that the movies I'm watching now are so heavy that I think it's too bland? Should not be! The last Spanish movie I watched was the older "jamón jamón", and that grotesque plot fits the Iberian peninsula in my mind.

"Broken Embrace" also has scenes within scenes, as well as homosexuality, as well as small dew points, but, but, why does it make people feel so bland, the only thing that impresses me is the male protagonist at the beginning and supporting him The girl on the road has a one day stand at home. Could it be that the director has run out of skills?

Looking back on this movie, I think it may be that my expectations are too high. I always feel that the storyline of Spanish-speaking countries should be out of line, otherwise it will not conform to their thinking mode, but this movie is really It is so in line with our thinking. In order to save his seriously ill father, Xiao Mi was willing to be a mistress; in order to please his mistress, a wealthy businessman invested in making movies; in order to get an actress who fell in love at first sight, the director staged a "hidden rule", but the two were really in love; Go up to your own director, even if you break up, you are still willing to have children for him and be a bull and a horse.

Fortunately, the pictures are always rich in color, and fortunately, the narration of the film is not so monotonous. Fortunately, there is also a role of the son of a wealthy businessman in the film, which ties everything together, otherwise the film would be really "bland".

I think the main line of the movie should be how the heroine wants to break free from the rich businessman and join the director's embrace. Men are also really strange creatures. In my eyes, they are the most ruthless and the ones who put their feelings aside the most, but in this movie, they are the most infatuated men. Although I don't love rich businessmen, the rich businessmen's almost perverted love for their mistresses It really surprised me, although I don't love the director, but the director's tender care for the actress really makes me jealous. It can only be said that because the heroine is too easy to make people fall in love, with the face of an angel, the figure of a devil, and her self-improvement, she is charming and lovely, how can people not love her. But, when love is a thing of the past, let it drift away with the wind.

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Broken Embraces quotes

  • [first lines]

    [in Spanish, quoting English subtitles]

    Modelo: What's your name?

    Mateo Blanco: Harry Caine.

    [voiceover]

    Mateo Blanco: I used to be called Mateo and I was a film director. I was always tempted by the idea of being someone else, as well as myself. Living one's life wasn't enough, so I invented a pseudonym, Harry Caine, an adventurer who, as fate would have it, became a writer. I had him sign all the scripts and stories I wrote. For years, Mateo Blanco and Harry Caine shared the same body, mine. But a moment came when suddenly I could only be Harry Caine. I became my pseudonym. A self-made writer made by himself. There was just one unforseen detail. Harry Caine would be a blind writer.

  • [last lines]

    [in Spanish, quoting English subtitles]

    Ray X: That's what we've got re-edited.

    Mateo Blanco: Do you think it's worth carrying on, or is it crazy?

    Diego: What? I pissed myself laughing. I'm dying to see what happens.

    Judit García: It's wonderful, Mateo!

    Diego: It's hilarious. You have to re-release it.

    Mateo Blanco: No, what matters is to finish it. Films have to be finished, even if you do it blindly.