September 9, 2004
I just got back from a round-table interview with Fele Martinez, star of The Bad Education (something I didn't realize until about halfway through the movie, as he looks remarkably different in it). I don't like meeting people at communal press functions, which is why I generally don't attend them, but I went to this one because hey, it's the guy who climbed into a giant vagina in Talk To Her! More importantly, I've never forgotten the impression made on me by Lovers Of The Arctic Circle back in 1999, the first movie I saw Martinez in and my first real introduction into modern Spanish cinema (as defined primarily by Almodovar, Medem and Alejandro Amnebar, all of whom he's has worked with).
I still don't have one of those handy little tape recorders for interviews, but I make do with a pen and paper. I was in a rush to leave for this one, though, and grabbed the wrong blue notebook from my shelf. Thus, I ended up taking all my notes on the back of my shooting script and shot list for Deadroom. That'll just make it that much more of a distinctive collector's item someday. Ha ha! Man, I kill myself sometimes.
In case you missed it last week, here's the awesome and exhaustive NY Times Magazine article on Almodovar.
Posted by David Lowery at September 9, 2004 5:44 PM