Saturday, October 04, 2008

Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes)

I saw Vanilla Sky some time ago, enjoyed it. Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes), written and directed by Amenábar, the original Spanish film that Vanilla Sky was a re-make of, however, has shaken me. Intersplicing of love, betrayal, loss, anger, desire with an attempted murder/horrible scaring accident, dreaming, virtual reality, insanity, and the struggle to re-find the self and the real world from inside an illusion - it's a powerful tale.

When the actors can reveal the underlying emotional complexity of a story like this, as this cast does, in particular Noriega, it makes for theatre that crosses the bounds of 'on the screen' to us, our lives.

Seeing a younger Penélope was delightful too.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous2:49 PM

    That's the best thing, maybe, about the current trend of remaking foreign movies for American audiences: They make us aware of the, usually, superior originals. Sounds like what happened here. I'll have to keep an eye out for that one. Thanks.

    I just stopped by to say Hi, see what you're up to. I gotta come back when I've got more time and check out these 'vlogs' of yours.
    Later!(maybe sooner)

    ;-)

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