Almodovar's mis-en-scene was the excellent use of bright colors which helped the scenes pop from the screen.Pedro Almod&243 var. This film has many layers and various dimensions of a story stories of obsession, role-playing, and revenge. Original language title: La Mala educaciónBad Education is an interesting and dark crime film by Pedro Almodovar. The film is rated NC-17, I assume for several soft core gay sex scenes, but. 'Bad Education' is an ingeniously layered screenplay and film that is beautifully blocked and photographed, but lacks 'Talk to Her's' emotional resonance. Francisco Boira makes a surprise entrance in the film's last act, resembling 'Nervous Breakdown's' Rossy de Palma.
After escaping the endless unwonted advances of Father Manolo, Ignacio becomes Zahara a saucy drag queen. There is nothing this man won’t do to seduce young men, keep them from telling about it afterwards, and protect his past later on.“Enrique and Ignacio were childhood lovers and neither recovered from the pain of separation when Enrique was kicked out of the school for bad behavior. And what a marvelous villain he is. The villain at the core of each of the stories is Father Manolo (Daniel Giménez Cacho). A brilliant film on many levels, it tends to lack one important thing: a soul.“The film toggles back and forth among several stories showing us the adult lives of Enrique (Fele Martínez), a successful film director, and Ignacio (Gael García Bernal), an aspiring writer their childhood memories and the fictionalization of their childhood experience which Ignacio tells Enrique he has written. By the end, I did not feel that I really knew any of them well, and what little I knew I did not particularly like.
I’m sure he currently is being seduced by most of Hollywood. Of course, much depends on the roles he chooses. It would ruin the experience to reveal too much more.“Gael García Bernal proves he has the goods to become one of the biggest international stars of the coming decade.
BAD EDUCATION is a mixed bag. The subject is serious yet other films have done a much better job in capturing the tyranny and aftereffects of child abuse. That is a shame because I sense he could have delivered the goods had he been challenged with the task.“The acting, the layering of plot and time, and the set design are superb.
While I would agree, technically, Almodóvar simply improves with each film. Since the release of ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER and TALK TO HER, there has been an almost universal feeling that a sudden, newfound maturity has allowed Pedro to become the master filmmaker that his earlier work was striving toward. Many more films followed, both new and old, and while some were better, some were not as good, Almodóvar was clearly a filmmaker to be reckoned with.“In the last five years, critics have really been falling all over themselves praising Almodóvar. I recall seeing LAW OF DESIRE (the first of this films I saw) in the old Nickelodeon Theatre and being first amazed at the shockingly sexual material I was seeing on screen, and then being delighted by the film. 4 cats”Michael says: “I’m a fan of Pedro Almodóvar’s work.
From the campy opening credits (always a joy in one of his films) to the double crosses and shocking revelations, BAD EDUCATION is dripping in the genre. As a film noir, Almodóvar has it down. This is Almodóvar’s film noir, and as such, it’s much more about the story than the characters, although no Almodóvar film can truly veer far from the eccentric characters. Yet if you ask me, 1988’s WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN is still his best film.“BAD EDUCATION is a bit of a switch from his recent character pieces.
His jaded filmmaker finding inspiration in his old friend’s story leads to a suspicion of Ignacio that is natural and well played.“I didn’t love BAD EDUCATION. I enjoyed Fele Martínez’ (LOVERS OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE OPEN YOUR EYES) Enrique even more. Still, he is maturing into quite a performer and is sure to follow in Antonio Banderas’ international footsteps. Still, in the last third of the film I thought Bernal’s performance was a little uneven. If possible, he is even more attractive than ever, and this film requires him to perform in drag for quite a bit of time, and if possible Bernal is almost as attractive as a woman.
Bruce put it well when he said the film lacked soul.“I mentioned LAW OF DESIRE at the beginning of this review because there are many strong similarities between the two films. Almodóvar cleverly avoids the ‘show-don’t-tell’ mantra by showing while he’s telling, but it feels a little flat. There is so much plot in BAD EDUCATION that the only way to advance the story is for characters to let us know what’s going on. Almodóvar excels at creating gorgeous, character-driven films.
Says: “What I really liked about this film is that they didn’t go in for too much formulaic crap, just allowing the characters to be themselves and letting the content of the film elicit emotions. He revealed completely different and convincing personas through the film. I will likely give him a nom (must see who his contenders are). Yet while LAW OF DESIRE was also filled with plots and secrets, the story didn’t get in the way of the characters, and the much-needed soul was there.Diane says: “I know there was a lot of back and forth about Gael García Bernal’s performance. I’m not sure if Almodóvar felt that the story he was trying to tell in LAW OF DESIRE didn’t ultimately succeed, or if he felt that he needed to revisit these themes to tell a new story.
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I also loved that the real priest and the movie priest had so much the same attitudes and facial expressions. While I agree that the movie lacked soul, it had some wonderful moments, such as the little boy singing made-up words to ‘Moon River’ while being preyed upon by the priest. You probably shouldn’t read it until you see the movie.“I saw this film last night and agree with much of what Michael and Bruce said about it. So I was very pleased with this film.”Janet says: “This discussion contains MAJOR SPOILERS. I think it’s difficult for a director to convey such complicated feelings in multiple characters, which is why so many directors cheat and just make the characters SAY what they think. Each one had a different experience with him, mostly tragic, but even those who set up the overdose clearly still had a mixture of love, pity, anger, frustration and regret.
I’d like to hear others’ thoughts on this.”“BAD EDUCATION is absolutely in my Top Ten, though I’m not sure my posting (pre-Xmas) came through, since I didn’t see it on the Reviews page. First he’s the best singer in his school, then he’s this (probably very talented) drag queen, and then he writes this great story that Juan may want to get his hands on…“Either way, I don’t see his motivation as being strong enough for the murder to occur. He also throws the word ‘faggot’ around, unless the subtitles aren’t translating his words accurately.“On the other hand, Juan could resent his brother as having been more talented and exciting than he was. His involvement in gay sex seems to be of the rough trade hustler variety and is more out of opportunism than lust. (Did anyone else think he resembled Brooke Shields?)“However, I found one problem with the story that has lingered with me through this morning: what is Juan’s motivation for having Ignacio killed? What he gives as a reason, according to the subtitles, is something like, ‘What do you think it was like growing up in a small village with a brother like him?’ This could be interpreted two ways: What do you think it was like growing up with a gay brother, or What do you think it was like growing up with a brother who was so talented and overshadowed me.“I’m leaning toward the first interpretation, since Juan seems like he could be homophobic.
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