http://calitreview.com/27 Book reviews, essays, and author interviews. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:32:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://calitreview.com/27/comment-page-1#comment-39258 Benny Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:50:03 +0000 http://calitreview.com//essays/spanish-cinema-almodovar-and-amenabar/#comment-39258 Amenabar is far more brilliant diretor, there is no comparation. Amenabar is far more brilliant diretor, there is no comparation.

]]> http://calitreview.com/27/comment-page-1#comment-11895 Danny Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:39:28 +0000 http://calitreview.com//essays/spanish-cinema-almodovar-and-amenabar/#comment-11895 This is Amenabar's time, if only because his films tend to be more successful with mainstream audiences. Thesis, Abre los Ojos, The Others and Mar Adentro are all great films, but clearly appeal to the broadest swath of the movigoing public. While it is true that Almodovar's films entered a new phase in the late 90s, opting for less shock value and more depth, he has remained true to making protagonists out of the usually marginalized. This is Amenabar’s time, if only because his films tend to be more successful with mainstream audiences. Thesis, Abre los Ojos, The Others and Mar Adentro are all great films, but clearly appeal to the broadest swath of the movigoing public. While it is true that Almodovar’s films entered a new phase in the late 90s, opting for less shock value and more depth, he has remained true to making protagonists out of the usually marginalized.

]]> http://calitreview.com/27/comment-page-1#comment-494 John Mon, 28 May 2007 02:54:29 +0000 http://calitreview.com//essays/spanish-cinema-almodovar-and-amenabar/#comment-494 I disagree. If any ethnic group is making a rapid increase it is definately the Chinese. I do not have any views on this issue so I am signing out. I disagree. If any ethnic group is making a rapid increase it is definately the Chinese. I do not have any views on this issue so I am signing out.

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