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El rincón de las vírgenes (1972)

Título original: El rincón de las vírgenes

Director: Alberto Isaac 

Año: 1972

Género: Comedia

País: México

Duración: 93 min

Idioma: Español

SINOPSIS:

Basada en los cuentos Anacleto Morones y El día del derrumbe de El llano en llamas de Juan Rulfo, la película muestra a Lucas Lucatero, el viejo ayudante de Anacleto Morones, un hombre que abusando de su labia, hacía creer a las mujeres de Comala que podría realizar milagros aprovechándose sexualmente de ellas.

Tiempo después, un grupo de mujeres va en busca de Lucas para canonizar al Santo Niño Anacleto, como se le nombro a Morones. Es entonces cuando el protagonista, cansado de tantos años de mentiras, decide contar la verdadera historia de cómo conoció a Anacleto, cuál fue su experiencia con él y de qué forma utilizaba su carisma para hacerles creer que las llenaba de milagros y bendiciones.

VER PELÍCULA

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"Like Water For Chocolate"

Alfonso Arau ,1992

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Three Amigos! (1986) Directed by #JohnLandis Starring #SteveMartin #ChevyChase #MartinShort #AlfonsoArau #TonyPlana #PatriceMartinez #ThreeAmigos https://thatsmovietalk.com/threeamigos/ #Hollywood #hollywood #picture #film #movie #cinema #films #theater #movies #movieposter #movieworld #movielovers #movienews #screen https://www.instagram.com/p/B9k-60CgBSa/?igshid=4mo58zivudto

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いざ。 #coco #リメンバーミー #rememberme #LeeUnkrich #リーアンクリッチ #BenjaminBratt #ベンジャミンブラット #GaelGarciaBernal #ガエルガルシアベルナル #EdwardJamesOlmos #エドワードジェームズオルモス #CheechMarin #チーチマリン #AlfonsoArau #アルフォンソアラウ #AlannaUbach #アラナユーバック #movie #cinéma #映画 (Tohoシネマズ日本橋)

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Thoughts : El Topo (1970)

As bad as it sounds, growing up an American film fan severely stunted my exposure to films from other parts of the world.  The inclusive, competitive nature of Hollywood (and the indie directors of America that strive to compete) has a trickle-down effect that reaches the audience, and your focus on movies becomes singular in a nature that, with motive, could border on xenophobic.  I was aware of Italian, French, British and South American cinema on a peripheral level, but I had yet to take the plunge.  This all changed in the late 1990s when a chance viewing of Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2 completely blew my mind and opened up a NEED to seek films from around the world.

During the subsequent years of discovery, my awareness of different genres, directors and famous films from around the world widened, and my tastes became more diverse.  I thought I’d seen most everything there was to offer, but the discovery of Alexandro Jodorowsky was eye-opening in the biggest and boldest ways imaginable.  While many people’s introduction was The Holy Mountain, my introduction to his beautiful madness was the abstract and absurdist western masterpiece that is El Topo.

El Topo (Alexandro Jodorowsky) and his son (Brontis Jodorowsky) discover a recently massacred town where the women and children have been killed in the street, the horses have been mutilated, and the men hung in the temple.  Further down the road, they discover the group of bandits that committed the atrocity and their evil leader known as The Colonel (David Silva).  El Topo kills them all, liberating a group of captured monks and a female slave of The Colonel whom El Topo names Mara (Mara Lorenzio).  El Topo leaves his son with the monks and continues on his journey with Mara, who persuades him to change his journey into one of spiritual enlightenment.  She convinces him that he must kill four masters, each representing a different religion, ideology or philosophy.  El Topo wrestles with his judgement and guilt in completing the mission, only to be portrayed (and basically crucified) by Mara.  His resurrection leads to true enlightenment and the undertaking of a new redemption-based journey.

Upon release and in the decades following, this film was equally as controversial as it was iconic.  There is really no passive way to have a reaction to this film, and the critical and audience reception of the film in the wake of its release if proof of that fact.  It won many awards in film festivals, but many critics and viewers were turned off by a litany of the films aspects : the gore and violence displayed, the amount of nudity (male and female), the systematic taking down of ideologies and symbols with spiritual or philosophical weight to them, the way sex is used as a power struggle, and so on.  The visceral reactions may have something to do with the fact that the film is such a meditative journey in itself, and doubling down on the heaviness visually offers the viewer little to no ‘escape’ in the way a traditional blockbuster release does.  Instead, you are forced to think on polarizing topics and actions throughout, possibly coming out of the film changed in a way.

Jodorowsky’s ability to direct, write, score and star in a movie of this scale is astounding.  The man has always been considered one of the truly unique cinematic visionaries, on the level of a Stanley Kubrick, Andrei Tarkovsky, Jean Luc-Godard and so on.  The visual scale of this film alone is breathtaking... be it a gunfight amidst a ranch full of rabbits, a group of bandits accosting a captive woman with extremely phallic lizards, divining water from a stone via a pistol, or any other number of images from this film, most every frame stays with you in a haunting and powerful way.  Jordowsky plays a pied piper of sorts in terms of his commitment to the role, making it impossible for the rest of the cast to not fully invest in his vision.  The music comments beautifully on the proceedings of the film, mixing many forceful percussive elements with lush and contemplative string and woodwind based movements.  The desert setting provides a solid backdrop without taking away from the actions and choices of the characters followed.

Considering this film is nearly 50 years old, it’s a shame that it has only been commercially available for 20 or so.  You may have to do a special order for this one, as it has yet to make it to the major streaming services or digital storefronts, but investing in this film is well worth your time if you are a true lover of innovative and compelling cinema.

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#Coco #Disney #Pixar #AnthonyGonzalez #GaelGarciaBernal #BenjaminBratt #AlannaUbach #ReneeVictor #JaimeCamill #LombardoBoyar #NataliaCordovaBuckley #EdwardJamesOlmos #SofiaEspinosa #AlfonsoArau

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Coco (2017) Review!!!

'Coco' is a timeless instant classic that is effortlessly charming, brilliantly paced and beautifully crafted. #AlannaUbach, #AlfonsoArau, #AnaOfeliaMurguia, #AnthonyGonzalez, #BenjaminBratt, #BlancaAraceli, #CheechMarin, #Coco, #Disney, #EdwardJamesOlmos, #GabrielIglesias, #GaelGarciaBernal, #HerbertSiguenza, #JaimeCamil, #LombardoBoyar, #LuisValdez, #OctavioSolis, #Pixar, #SeleneLuna, #SofiaEspinosa

Synopsis – Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to work out the mystery.

My Take – For a long time now, Pixar has become a brand that has always been associated with brilliant yet thought-provoking films and it’s no secret that every time they tie up with Disney, they end up making films that caters well to people of all ages…

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The Definitive Cult Spaghetti Western. The movie that started the whole midnight/cult movie thing, thanks to John Lennon, George Harrison, and Allen Klein, the Beatles' manager, who helped get it distribution across the US. The only way I can describe this one (and the previous one too) is OMG; but in like a good, weird, time-released, “the more I think about it, the more I like it(?)” OMG. I mean just watch these two for yourself, because OMG. This one was like 2 movies in 1, which (spoiler alert) connect at the end, so much happens in the first hour and then you realize there’s STILL a little over an hour left. It reminded my sister of The Fall, and I really felt that when we saw the first 3 villains and all the Masters he went on to fight in the first hour. Not as overtly religious as The Holy Mountain this one did have visual spiritualism and some religious symbolism but it mostly felt like a bunch of folklore/folktales woven together to make a feature length film (which may or may not be the basis for a local religion somewhere). Jodorowsky wanted to make a sequel, which may have starred Marilyn Manson(?!), but that eventually got made into a comic book (“Sons of El Topo”) which i’ll have to check out sometime. Only a few questions/observations: >apparently you aren’t truely man enough, even at 7yo, for clothes until you’ve been left with some friers? >Mara, where were her clothes coming from? >that one guy could paint and braid hair with his feet better than I can with my hands. >All that sand! looked so coarse, and rough, and irritating - bet it got everywhere. This one I would also buy if I found it somewhere. #drama #western #acidwestern #cult #midnightmovie #spaghettiwestern #BrontisJodorowsky #AlfonsoArau #JoséLuisFernández #AliJunco #RobertJohn #MaraLorenzio #PaulaRomo #DavidSilva #HéctorMartinez #JuanJoséGurrola #BerthaLomeli #VíctorFosado #AlishaNewton #AgustínIsunza #TooMuchPerfectionIsAMistake written & directed by: #AlejandroJodorowsky (as #AlexandroJodorowsky) movie of 2017 number 13) #ElTopo

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@Regrann from @wayuuprincess - #tbt #zapata #alfonsoarau #vittoriostoraro #alejandrofernandez #mexico #movie #pelicula #cine @alexoficial#AnytaFernandez - #regrann (en Madrid, Spain)

[gilbertobrenis]

Hoy cumple 85 años #AlfonsoArau #Felicidades

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Writer plagiarizes her own life for her romance novel career. ~L #10wordmoviereviews #romancingthestone #kathleenturner #michaeldouglas #dannydevito #alfonsoarau #maryellentrainor #zacknorman #manuelojeda #hollandtaylor

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Como Água para Chocolate (México - 1992) #comoaguaparachocolate #lumicavazos #marcoleonardi #alfonsoarau #classicos #cinemamexicano #cinema #meusofa #revisitando com @hiltinholuis

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#TBT #LilianaDominguez #AlfonsoArau en #LosAngeles #Mondrian cuando fui con Liliana para que hiciera pruebas para la Película Zapata

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Final Trailer for Pixar’s ‘Coco’ Promises a Fun-Filled Family Adventure!!! Check It Out!!

Final Trailer for Pixar’s ‘Coco’ Promises a Fun-Filled Family Adventure!!! Check It Out!! #AlannaUbach, #AlfonsoArau, #AnaOfeliaMurguia, #AnthonyGonzalez, #BenjaminBratt, #BlancaAraceli, #CheechMarin, #Coco, #Disney, #EdwardJamesOlmos, #GabrielIglesias, #GaelGarciaBernal, #HerbertSiguenza, #JaimeCamil, #LombardoBoyar, #LuisValdez, #OctavioSolis, #Pixar, #SeleneLuna, #SofiaEspinosa

Synopsis – Coco follows a 12-year-old boy named Miguel who sets off a chain of events relating to a century-old mystery, leading to an extraordinary family reunion.

Directed – Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina

Starring (voices of) – Alanna Ubach, Benjamin Bratt, Gael García Bernal

Check out the trailer:

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The New ‘Coco’ Trailer Is Full of Colors!! Check It Out!!

The New ‘Coco’ Trailer Is Full of Colors!! Check It Out!! #AlannaUbach, #AlfonsoArau, #AnaOfeliaMurguia, #AnthonyGonzalez, #BenjaminBratt, #BlancaAraceli, #CheechMarin, #Coco, #Disney, #EdwardJamesOlmos, #GabrielIglesias, #GaelGarciaBernal, #HerbertSiguenza, #JaimeCamil, #LombardoBoyar, #LuisValdez, #OctavioSolis, #Pixar, #SeleneLuna, #SofiaEspinosa

Synopsis – Coco follows a 12-year-old boy named Miguel who sets off a chain of events relating to a century-old mystery, leading to an extraordinary family reunion.

Directed – Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina

Starring (voices of) – Alanna Ubach, Benjamin Bratt, Gael García Bernal

Check out the trailer:

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‘Coco': Pixar Celebrates the Lands of the Living and the Dead in New Trailer!! Check It Out!!

‘Coco': Pixar Celebrates the Lands of the Living and the Dead in New Trailer!! Check It Out!! #AnthonyGonzalez, #BenjaminBratt, #Coco, #Disney, #GaelGarciaBernal, #Pixar, #ReneeVictor, #AnaOfeliaMurguia, #JaimeCamil, #SofiaEspinosa, #LuisValdez, #LombardoBoyar, #EdwardJamesOlmos, #AlannaUbach, #SeleneLuna, #AlfonsoArau, #HerbertSiguenza, #OctavioSolis, #GabrielIglesias, #CheechMarin, #BlancaAraceli

Synopsis – Coco follows a 12-year-old boy named Miguel who sets off a chain of events relating to a century-old mystery, leading to an extraordinary family reunion.

Directed – Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina

Starring (voices of) – Alanna Ubach, Benjamin Bratt, Gael García Bernal

Check out the trailer: