Almodóvar on Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar''s films―such as Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! All About My Mother and Talk to Her to name a few―are colorful and deeply felt celebrations of life and love. The influence of these works which have been feted around the world has been immense and Almodóvar on Almodóvar tells the personal story of the man and his wonderfully vivid and outrageous vision. Almodóvar came of age during an austere time in rural Spain: the 1950s the age of the Cold War of mambo of Balenciaga of the Korean War of the Hungarian Revolution of the death of Stalin. But none of these events bore any impact on his village. In response Almodóvar proceeded to carve for himself a unique niche in contemporary cinema with films bursting with vibrant energy and vivid primary colors―each frame saturated with passions releasing a pure visual visceral emotion. In these frank and passionate conversations Almodóvar discusses his astonishing life and career with a humor that is distinctly his own.