The Notable and Ingenious Spanish Filmmaker
Contrary to popular impression, people in Spain do not constantly spend their time, lounging around and getting 'lazy' for almost half the day. They also create and see movies, just like all the other movie whores in the other side of the world.
If you are into well-crafted foreign films, especially Spanish film, I'm sure you have heard of the notable name Pedro Almodovar. If the name still doesn't ring a bell, well, Almodovar was just the ingenious director behind the Penelope Cruz films "Volver" and "All About My Mother," the commended movie "Talk To Her," and the Gael Garcia Bernal starrer "Bad Education." Considered as the most victorious and renowned filmmaker in Spain as of the moment, this film genius has, aside from critics' approval, numerous awards under his belt, including an Oscar for the Best Foreign Film for "All About My Mother" and for Best Original Screenplay for "Talk To Her."
Pedro Almodovar hails from the pauperized region in Spain known as La Mancha; in 1968, he fled to Madrid city where he started selling pre-owned items in flea markets. As much as he wanted study filmmaking, Pedro couldn't support going to school, and during that time, the early 1970s, all film schools were seized by the Franco government. Pedro resorted to taking a low-priced Super 8 camera with his savings from working in a phone company. He then used most of the 1970s making short films which were shown in cramp movie theaters in Madrid. He prosperously directed his very first feature movie in 1980, and organized a production company with his brother in 1987. El Deseo SA, the production company, is now the chief producer of the most recognized films in Spain.
If you are into well-crafted foreign films, especially Spanish film, I'm sure you have heard of the notable name Pedro Almodovar. If the name still doesn't ring a bell, well, Almodovar was just the ingenious director behind the Penelope Cruz films "Volver" and "All About My Mother," the commended movie "Talk To Her," and the Gael Garcia Bernal starrer "Bad Education." Considered as the most victorious and renowned filmmaker in Spain as of the moment, this film genius has, aside from critics' approval, numerous awards under his belt, including an Oscar for the Best Foreign Film for "All About My Mother" and for Best Original Screenplay for "Talk To Her."
Pedro Almodovar hails from the pauperized region in Spain known as La Mancha; in 1968, he fled to Madrid city where he started selling pre-owned items in flea markets. As much as he wanted study filmmaking, Pedro couldn't support going to school, and during that time, the early 1970s, all film schools were seized by the Franco government. Pedro resorted to taking a low-priced Super 8 camera with his savings from working in a phone company. He then used most of the 1970s making short films which were shown in cramp movie theaters in Madrid. He prosperously directed his very first feature movie in 1980, and organized a production company with his brother in 1987. El Deseo SA, the production company, is now the chief producer of the most recognized films in Spain.
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