“Both sex and death are eternal themes. You could make thousands of movies on this theme, and whether you have a human being who is painting, singing, making a film, writing, these are the themes that you will come back to and return to. If you don't have any of these artistic expressions, sex is one of the only gifts that nature gave you for free, so it is very important to celebrate it. And then, with death, we are condemned to that. This is absolutely present in our lives.” IfsWritingHumansImportantFilmSexHuman BeingsOur LivesPaintingExpressionReturnEternalSingingCelebrateArtisticThemeArtistic ExpressionSex And DeathFilm Writing Author:Pedro Almodovar
“I'm really a nightmare for the fashion designer because I take away all of his authority, and I become the authority, and I turn him into my assistant. You could say I intervene, and I intervene in a very determining way in all the aspects that have to do with the visual construction of the film.” WayFilmTurnsFashionAuthorityAspectDesignerVisualsNightmareConstructionAssistantsFashion Designer Author:Pedro Almodovar
“Once we actually have the production script after many rewrites, at that point is when I start to decide what the look and colors will be. I work like a painter, even though I'm working in three dimensions. I'm working with chairs. I'm working with walls. But even things like the floor or the walls that people might think are not important, they actually do influence the visual look of the film. These are also things that I have to think about.” PeopleThinkingLooksImportantMightFilmThreeInfluenceColorWallScriptsProductionsPainterVisualsDimensionsChairsThree Dimensions Author:Pedro Almodovar
“If I had not been successful as a director, then I'm sure I would still be telling stories. I would have continued on 16mm or found a different medium through which to tell them. Maybe they would have been less glamorous than films, but I would continue to tell stories.” IfsHas BeensStillsDifferentStoriesFilmFoundSuccessfulDirectorsMediumsGlamorousTelling Stories Author:Pedro Almodovar
“Never again work in the same conditions in whichyou made your first film. It's good to take risks, but not thatmuch risk.” FirstsMadeFilmRiskConditions Author:Pedro Almodovar
“Cinema has become my life. I dont mean a parallel world, I mean my life itself. I sometimes have the impression that the daily reality is simply there to provide material for my next film.” WorldInspirationalMeanSometimesRealityMotivationalFilmNextMaterialsImpressionCinemaFilmmakerParallels Author:Pedro Almodovar
“The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of those silent films. But I think that the second part of the film is full of tenderness and emotion.” ThinkingFeelsFirstsFilmEmotionSilentComicTendernessBurlesqueSilent MoviesSilent Films Author:Pedro Almodovar
“The challenge to me as a director was for the audience to see the film as going on in a straight line, so that they did not sense all of these break-ups. I did not want a film to be a collage of all these images.” WantFilmChallengesLinesBreakAudienceDirectorsStraight LinesCollages Author:Pedro Almodovar
“When I make a film, I never stop uncovering mysteries, making discoveries. When I'm writing, filming, editing, even doing promotional work, I discover new things about the film, about myself, and about others. That is what I'm subconsciously looking for when shooting a film: to glimpse the enigmas of life, even if I don't resolve them, but at least to uncover them. Cinema is curiosity in the most intense meaning of the word.” IfsWritingFilmMysteryDiscoveryCuriosityIntenseShootingCinemaMovieResolveNew ThingsEditingGlimpseEnigmaCinematicFilm DirectorsUncoveringRelay Races Author:Pedro Almodovar
