Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?: Almodovar Finds a Talking Cure in Lavish Short
In more ways than one, Pedro Almodóvar tackling an adaptation of Jean Cocteau’s famous 1930 monologue play The Human Voice as the instrument for his English language debut marks a fascinating union of queer aesthetics. That Tilda Swinton is the well-heeled ganglion of raw nerves in this showcase of a woman who really is on the verge of a nervous breakdown is just the tip of its destructive iceberg.
Cocteau originally intended the play as a platform for Belgian actress Berthe Bovy, but it would be resurrected on stage and screen multiple times since its inception ninety years ago.…...
In more ways than one, Pedro Almodóvar tackling an adaptation of Jean Cocteau’s famous 1930 monologue play The Human Voice as the instrument for his English language debut marks a fascinating union of queer aesthetics. That Tilda Swinton is the well-heeled ganglion of raw nerves in this showcase of a woman who really is on the verge of a nervous breakdown is just the tip of its destructive iceberg.
Cocteau originally intended the play as a platform for Belgian actress Berthe Bovy, but it would be resurrected on stage and screen multiple times since its inception ninety years ago.…...
- 3/3/2021
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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