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Oscar Flashback: Volver (2006)
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"What's an Oscar Flashback (tm)? Read here: Next on my Netflix queue was Volver, for which Penelope Cruz was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar (film year, 2006; awarding year, 2007). The other nominees for Best Actress in this category were:
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"As promised earlier today, here are the first two member profiles as we highlight some of those who have made Spout the great place it is over the course of 2008 (and even before that). As promised, each one of these members will receive a copy of Yule-A-Go-Go on DVD for them to snuggle up to in ways we don’t need to hear about. –Chris Thilk, Director of Marketing Username: Risselada Real name: Brian Risselada but some people here call me Rizzo From: Jenison, MI. But have been in Chicago, IL for over 4 years now Fav Group on Spout: Movie Polls Last five movies I saw for the first time that have become my favorites: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
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"Volver, a charming minor work by Pedro Almódovar, is probably my least favorite film by the great Spanish director.Since the 1980s, Almódovar has delivered a successful string of florid and risky melodramas about Spanish women and their families. For his last two films, Almódvar focused his lens on men, with glorious results. He won an Academy Award for Best Screenplay for 2002’sHabla Con Ella (Talk to Her), a tender drama about two very flawed men in love with comatose women. 2004 saw the release of La Mala Educación (Bad Education), the director’s acclaimed and gripping Hitchcockian suspense tale about two male lovers connected by sexual abuse. Volver, which means “to return” in Spanish, is an apt title for Almódovar’s latest, his comeback to the land of the lady. It marks another film about strong women, another great role tailored for Penélope Cruz (the two worked together on 1999’s Todo Sobre Mi Madr ... "
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A Masterpiece
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"A very touching a quirky comedy about a group of women in Spain with many secrets to hide. Pedro Almodóvar is obviously a director who knows his craft - his films are filled with breathtaking cinematography and a master's touch for narrative. Very fine film, but pay close attention to the dialogue - occasionally the characters speak very fast and unless you can read very quickly, you may miss some of the subtitles. "
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"Time to feature two more members of the Spout community, each of which will be receiving a copy of the two-disc edition of Yule-A-Go-Go, the perfect thing to give you that warm, fuzzy feeling this Christmas season. (Note: I’ll be doing this twice today since I spectacularly failed to do it yesterday.) –Chris Thilk, Director of Marketing Username: leeroy711 Real name: Emery From: Phoenix , AZ Last 5 movies I’ve loved: Missing (1982), Touch of Evil (1958), Sukiyaki Western Django (2007), Volver (2006) and The Princess and the Warrior (2000). My favorite group on Spout is: The Weekly Theme. The strangest place I’ve ever watched a movie has to be at the Glendale Drive-in. A friend and I used to know where the hole in the fence was. We would sneak in and find a family that was watching something we wanted "
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"The title in English means Returning. So here's yet another critically aclaimed film from 2006 which I found to be massivley overrated. Returning has gaged an incredible 90% on the tomato meter (rising to 95% for the "cream of the crop" section), and has made many critic's ten best lists. I was not a fan of Almodovar going in (out of ignorance, not malice, as this his first film that I've seen), but I am far less motivated to seek out his other works now. If this is near his best, I'm not sure if I want to think about his worst. Returning has such a convoluted plot that I am going to reveal more of it than I usually do. Skip to the folowing paragraph, however, if you don't want to know many of the film's unlikley twists and turns. The movie opens as Raimunda (Penelope Cruz) visits the grave of her mother (Carmen Maura). The following day, Raimunda returns home her job as a custodian and finds that her daughter Paula (Yohana Cobo) has killed her husband Paco (Antonio de la Tor ... "
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Volver
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"Apparently Mark Deming, All Movie Guide and I viewed different versions of the film Volver. The version that I seen did not contain any ghosts but what appeared to be a ghost until all was cleared up about the "death" of Raimunda's mother in the last third of the movie. I thought the movie, the plot and the acting were very good. "
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Ten Canoes
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"Back in 2006 I was in Telluride, Colorado for the 33rd Annual Telluride Film Festival which gave their silver medals (for lifetime achievment essentially) to both Penelope Cruz and Rolf de Heer. Penelope's tribute had lines around the theatre and had people turned away. The one for Rolf was in a tiny venue (known as the Sheraton Opera House) that sat maybe 100 people. The show wasn't sold out and we were led into the event by watching clips from Rolf's other films Bad Boy Bubby and a few others. While they seemed very gritty and true, they also kind of turned me off of this man's work. Though I do appreciate that he wanted to take a look at the love life/sexual desires of the developmentally challenged. Long story longer, Ten Canoes was my favorite film of the fesitval, even going head-to-head with Pedro Almodovar's (my favorite living director) Volver. It is a fable about life, death and the constant desire to be older than you are ready to be. The story is told by a narr ... "
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My Top 8 Of 2006
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"It's always difficult to pick a top 5 of anything, so here's my 8 favorite films of 2006. Pan's Labyrinth: Promoted as a fairytale for adults, Pan's delivers just that. It's a film where you have to suspend disbelief and trust the director, but it is not hard to take that step. Incredibly hard to watch at times, but a powerful message that is not all heavy handed or forced. The Departed: No it's not Scorsese's best film. Yes he should have gotten it for his other films. Everyone, please get over it. The Departed can stand on it's own. It's a fantastic crime film. Gritty and epic,The Departed It wasn't the best of the year, but the best never wins.Marie Antoinette: Images that reminded me of Barry Lyndon. More lavish and beautiful than you can imagine, and it's not just style over substance. Dunst gives her greatest performance. One thing is for sure, Sofia Coppola is becoming a very important director. Children Of Men: 4 or 5 scenes th ... "
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At the Secretary of State
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"I was at the Secretary of State renewing my driver's license. I sat with a bunch of other folks with my number, counting the minutes, ten people in front of me. Above me was a sign that read 'Volver.'I thought, how strange that they would be advertising Almodovar at the Secretary of State. Fool I am. It wasn't long to figure out that volver means return, as in you had some additional paperwork you needed or you needed to get your license plate number and so they gave you a return slip so you didn't have to stand in line twice. Volver presumes to be a zombie movie oddly enough, as only Almadovar could do it. I sat at the SOS and tried to recall the story. Murder, the Deus Ex Machina of the undead, the plight of women in Spain, the poor cancer woman who is nothing but heart. All great Almadovar themes. I'd like to say it was a ghost story, but this woman was back in the flesh, interactive. What is a zombie after all but animate flesh?I waited my turn and thou ... "
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