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Almodovar melodrama, talk to her, Live Flesh. Pedro Almodovar, in his recent
films Talk to Her (Hable con Ella) (2002) and Live Flesh ...
Submitted by meggan on June 2, 2005
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Pedro Almodovar, in his recent films Talk to Her (Hable con Ella) (2002) and
Live Flesh (Carne Trémula) (1997), has brought a thoroughly modern
interpretation to the genre of melodrama. These fresh illustrations of human
love, loneliness, frustration and individuality explore the complexity of human
interaction and interestingly, in Talk to Her, the interactions of the sentient
in relation to the insentient. "Nothing is simple," Alicia's ballet teacher
muses in Talk to Her, this statement accurately captures the essential Pedro
Almodovar style.
Both of the works selected for analysis in this essay are melodramas. The word
"melodrama" originated from the Greek root which directly translated means
"music drama". These films do incorporate music to add to the emotional impact
of certain scenes. Examples of this are: (a) in Live Flesh! When Victor is
watching TV in prison and sees Elena and David celebrating David's new career,
there is a close up of Victors face conveying his hurt accompanied by music
in-keeping with Victor's frame of mind. This increases the impact for the
viewers as the music is in contrast with Elena and David's joy. (b) in Talk to
Her the same tense, measured music is used during several scenes to denote their
importance in the narrative (when Benigno is about to speak to Alicia for the
first time, at the beginning of Lydia's last fight and when Marco is rushing to
the prison in an attempt to stop Benigno from taking drastic measures in
prison.)
The use of intertextuality in these films is also apparent. The newsreel of the
coverage of Victor's birth is significant. Victor's mother appears cold and
restrained compared to the intimacy the audience achieves in the scene prior as
we hear her cries from her labour pains. In Talk to Her the opening and...
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