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Almodóvar On The Verge Of Cocteau's "La Voix Humaine", Linda Willem
Almodóvar On The Verge Of Cocteau's "La Voix Humaine", Linda Willem
Linda M. Willem
Jean Cocteau's one-act play, La Voix humaine [The Human Voice], consists entirely of a monologue by a woman engaged in a final phone conversation with her lover. Alone in her room, she desperately clings to the telephone as her only link to the man who has left her for someone else. Although this agonizing portrait of abandonment and despair bears little resemblance to Almodóvar's multi-charactered comedic romp through the streets of Madrid in Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios [Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown], Cocteau's play has been named as the source of inspiration for …
Rewriting Rendell: Pedro Almodóvar's "Carne Trémula", Linda M. Willem
Rewriting Rendell: Pedro Almodóvar's "Carne Trémula", Linda M. Willem
Linda M. Willem
The 1997 film Carne trémula has been lauded within as well as outside of Spain as one of Pedro Almodóvar's best works. Critics on both sides of the Atlantic also have noted that this film marks a departure from Almodóvar's previous style, not only because of its tighter plotline and greater psychological depth, but also because Almodóvar's treatment of his material is more serious, less self-indulgent, and openly political. Russell Smith has suggested that the film's narrative coherence may be attributed in part to Almodóvar's use of Ruth Rendell's novel, Live Flesh (1998), as the basis for his script. This …
Rewriting Rendell: Pedro Almodóvar's "Carne Trémula", Linda M. Willem
Rewriting Rendell: Pedro Almodóvar's "Carne Trémula", Linda M. Willem
Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
The 1997 film Carne trémula has been lauded within as well as outside of Spain as one of Pedro Almodóvar's best works. Critics on both sides of the Atlantic also have noted that this film marks a departure from Almodóvar's previous style, not only because of its tighter plotline and greater psychological depth, but also because Almodóvar's treatment of his material is more serious, less self-indulgent, and openly political. Russell Smith has suggested that the film's narrative coherence may be attributed in part to Almodóvar's use of Ruth Rendell's novel, Live Flesh (1998), as the basis for his script. This …
Almodóvar On The Verge Of Cocteau's "La Voix Humaine", Linda M. Willem
Almodóvar On The Verge Of Cocteau's "La Voix Humaine", Linda M. Willem
Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
Jean Cocteau's one-act play, La Voix humaine [The Human Voice], consists entirely of a monologue by a woman engaged in a final phone conversation with her lover. Alone in her room, she desperately clings to the telephone as her only link to the man who has left her for someone else. Although this agonizing portrait of abandonment and despair bears little resemblance to Almodóvar's multi-charactered comedic romp through the streets of Madrid in Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios [Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown], Cocteau's play has been named as the …