web counter
 

And There Is Violence in My Heart: Full International and UK Trailers for The Skin I Live In

By Cindy Davis | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (7)

almodovar_banderas.jpg

Some like their romantic comedies and others love period dramas or science fiction; I’ve got a long thing going with twisted tales—not quite horror—but seriously dark drama. Dead Ringers, The Comfort of Strangers, Blue Velvet, The Music of Chance are a few old favorites and I’m always in search of a new fix. This year’s Venice Film Festival will premiere two entries that sound promising: Steve McQueen’s Shame and Roman Polanski’s Carnage, while Cannes has already seen the debut of Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In. As with most controversial films the reviews have been mixed, but more importantly, Skin had people talking (“disturbing,” “operatic,” “perverse,”). The muddled premise descriptions have had me curious from the outset and the short teaser left me wanting more. So no matter that we don’t entirely understand the storyline (Antonio Banderas = surgeon/madman(?) seeking revenge against men who raped his daughter while also carrying out some strange experiment involving synthetic skin and a captive woman) and who cares that one of the trailers is in Spanish? The more we see, the more intrigued we shall be:




Antonio Banderas is said to be fantastic in the film, which also stars Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet and Marisa Paredes. The Skin I Live In hits U.S. theaters October 14, 2011.









Each Time You Like, Share, Tweet or Stumble a Pajiba Post, An Angel Does the Paul Rudd Dance

← Your First Look At The Boys Of The Hunger Games aka Jacob And Edward, The Sequel | Pajiba After Dark 7/27/11 →









Comments

This looks great.

Posted by: Drake at July 27, 2011 6:02 PM

I am, how you say, intrigued.

Posted by: RobP at July 27, 2011 6:07 PM

I know Spanish and I still don't get it.

Posted by: exploranora at July 27, 2011 6:31 PM

Is this the line for the stereotypical American who sees the euro trailer and asks what the fuck is going on? Ok, thanks.

Anybody for McDonalds?

-Frob

Posted by: frobme at July 27, 2011 7:09 PM

Dios mío, you gotta love Almodóvar. And I love him for working with Antonio Banderas again because the dude just can't get a decent role in Hollywood and he's so fucking charming and magnetic.

Almodóvar has always been obsessed with women, and for the looks of the trailer, it seems that Banderas will be doing the obsessing for him. Can't wait to see this, thanks for posting the trailer.

Posted by: Sofia at July 27, 2011 10:02 PM

These trailers are fantastic, engaging and intriguing. I can't wait to see the film.

Carnage, however, is probably more of a comedic drama than you may think. The play on which it is based is actually quite funny, but savage. The characters ilk is sort of akin to a much much classier version of the loathsome It's Always Sunny... characters. Vulgar and disgusting yuppie-parents saying terrible things about each other's children and the way they parent them. It could be incredibly funny and dark, but quite different material from something like Blue Velvet.

Looking forward to Shame the most though...Hunger was absolutely mezmerizing.

Posted by: Toph at July 28, 2011 1:41 AM

Thanks you Sofia, Almovdovar's films are always meditations on obsession - Talk to Her, Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down are some of my favorites.

I like finally a trailer that doesn't give too much away. I wanna be intrigued, perhaps a tiny bit confused. This will always get me into the cinema.

Posted by: Teresa at July 28, 2011 8:03 AM