Carlos Saura’s Flamenco Trilogy 06/09/26
Eclipse Series 6
Blu-ray
Criterion’s reboot of their Eclipse branded line of discs goes in a great direction with a remaster of Carlos Saura and Antonio Gades’ marvelous flamenco movies of the 1980s. The three features together did a lot for flamenco’s international standing. The most popular was the dynamic and sexy ‘flamenco ballet’ Carmen, a picture that filled art theaters in 1983. Blood Wedding is from play by Lorca, and El amor brujo goes all out to dramatize the passions of the music and ballet of Manuel de Falla. Bold, powerful and passionate, the pictures are a masterful blend of dance and cinema. On Blu-ray from Eclipse / Criterion.
06/09/26