"The Woman on the Edge of Breakdown" in the movie book

Jeff 2022-01-07 15:54:03

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[America] Luis Janetti [Sweden] Ingmar Bergman [Japan] Kurosawa Akira, etc. / 2007 / World Book Publishing Company

Chapter 10 Ideology

Camp sensibility is particularly related to gay culture, although it is not unique to that culture. Heterosexual actresses such as May Huis, ugly actresses Carol Burnett and Bette Midler all have this aspect. It is not all the characteristics of homosexuality, such as Eisenstein, Murnau, Jean Vigo (Jean Vigo) and George Cook are all homosexuals, but their films are not "Camp" at all. (Well, maybe Cook's "Women" count it!) Almodovar is a leader, his comedies such as "Matador" (Matador), "Woman on the verge of collapse" and "All About My Mother" They are full of "Camp" fun.

Camp movies like to use fun to mock and often put some weird and bold characters in the film, such as the characters in the cult film "Rocky Horror Show". Camp likes to use excessive artistic and artificial processing. , Kitsch, gorgeous-such as Carmen Miranda, who danced in "The Great Friends" with a big basket of bananas, her dance was also edited by Kan master Bersby Berkeley.

Camp also uses a lot of stage metaphors: role-playing, robbing performances, and life-like metaphors, such as Sonia Bragg's tortured heroine in "The Kiss of Spider-Woman". In addition, the gorgeous and tacky sets and costumes (those with crude taste) are also of Camp’s taste. Camp exalts certain actresses as "little fans" idols, especially the fancy woman movies played by Joan Crawford and Ratner. The original serious characters were made full of craftsmanship by them, and they were all suffering victims, but survived. The important thing is that they not only endured hardships, but also lived in luxurious mansions wearing designer costumes.

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Extended Reading
  • Marta 2022-03-27 09:01:14

    As laid out in the poster and the title, the film is full of unrestrained and strong colors. As Almodovar has always done, it is a story of a group of women. Four women gather in a room. In this room, there is a large scorched bed. A broken landline, a large can of juice with sleeping pills, a sleeping woman, a woman involved in a terrorist attack, a woman who can't find her lover, a crazy woman, men are still reduced to foils

  • Michale 2022-04-21 09:02:55

    In the process of watching the movie, I kept recalling the exaggerated comedies of the former Soviet Union, and I have to admit that my understanding of Spanish movies is too limited. The colors are exaggerated, the characters are extreme, and the plot is nonsensical. The film came from Almodovar. The girl with a cold and stiff expression had a dream of spring after drinking the herbal vegetable soup and graduated from the virginity. I really like this bridge. Does it also imply that "a formal relationship is never pleasing, it is the unseemly surprises that are truly pleasing". And, again, handsome guys get everything.

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown quotes

  • Carlos: [after finding out the gazpacho is spiked with morphine] Why did you do that? Were you trying to kill yourself too?

    Pepa: No. It was for your dad. He loves gazpacho.

  • Lucía: [to the police] Take me back to the hospital, that's my home.