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| Title | Houston Voice, No. 903, February 13, 1998 |
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| Publisher | Window Media |
| Date | February 13, 1998 |
| Language | English |
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| Identifier | OCLC: 31485329 |
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| Rights | In Copyright |
| Note | This item was digitized from materials loaned by the Gulf Coast Archive and Museum (GCAM). |
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| Transcript | IMTERTAINMEIM FILM/,* /from page 18 exactly what happens. By a fluke of synchronic!ty, Elena is at a funeral in the same cemetery where Victor's mother is buried. Victor kisses her while paying his respects; Clara bumps into him when she gets lost finding her car. aMler discussing his robust health and repressed libido. Clara agrees to become Victor's sex trainer. Victor wants as much practice as he can get because he planned to become the world's greatest lover once he got out of prison. Bul Victor warns her nol to fall in love with him; eventually. Clara does. Clara, battered and abused, wants any excuse to skip out on Sancho. Later, Victor intentionally reconnects with Elena when he volunteers at the children's shelter where she works at. She resists any type of contact with him and David, now a championship wheelchair basketball player, is furious to learn he's anywhere near her. David spies on Victor and Clara and he takes pictures of a training session visible through an open window. To complicate matters even further, Elena gives in to her hidden desires for Victor and the pair make love in an office of the shelter. Only this time around, they ride each other till sunrise and it will be a night and morning that Elena will not forget. When David learns of the affair from Elena—David says she is "offensively honest"—he takes the pictures to Sancho and the tragic climax is set into motion. You should get the idea by now that Almodovar has set up this movie up with a complex galaxy of love triangles and passionate resentments. Tremendous energy is unleashed in the erotic sex scenes and the interpersonal conflicts that develop throughout. But Almodovar ends the film where it begins; he transcends the barriers of social and economic class through love and sex. Paradoxically, order and freedom emerge from the chaos—for the whole of Spain as well as for Victor and Elena. I think Almodovar directed this film exquisitely and lhe toned down sub- liminals relinquished some precious psychic energy needed to digest the plot. But even if I have to endure a little less of the worst, the best Is as good as ever. HOUSTON VOICE RATING: ***** Rated: R; glorious male frontal nudity, female nudity, and tense, violent situations RunTime: 101 minutes Genre: Art Film Director: Pedro Almodovar Screenplay: Pedro Almodovar Cast: Javier Bardem. Francesca Neri. Liberto Rabal. Angela Molina, Jose Sancho Theaters: Opens tonight at the Greenway 3 and the Angelika Film Center. ■LtlTIljlia I S2.50 Everyday, II the time! 2923 Main "Houston hi 'lit ■ffiE ___ Noon Open to 7pm 7 Days a Week ALL WELL, BEER & WINE $2 Friday, Feb. 13 ■ 9pm til... Guest Bartenders: NLA: Houston „„, LEATHE 11pm Soiree Aubergine presents "555 "The Late, Late Show" MC Don Gill Saturday, Feb. 14 • 9pm til.., '9pm The Houston Area Bears present Z "Bears in Heat" | Guest Bartenders: NLA: Houston & i Sunday, Feb. 15 ■ 6pm til Guest Bartenders: Houston Area Bears 9pm Anita Mann presents - "Grin"N Bear It" A Bear Contest Up Coming.. Mr Venture-N Contest Sunday March 1 Ask your bartender for an application fiances 'Srvr Tierdeated ft» Friday, February 13 • 9pm Budweiser. & trances. KINO OF BKXRBm Susan Masar The Blues Broad 10:30 to 11:15 Soiree Aubergine's Annual Running Show preforms for your pleasure and donatio: Saturday, February 14 • 9pm "Dead Divas Have a Heart Too!" presented by Barbara Walker and benefits The Lesbian Health Initative. Sundays 4-8pm Budweiser Draft $3 Buy-in 25£ refills THE NEW BARN Saturday, February 14 • 9pm Peggy and the Dreamers Swing your sweetheart around the giant dance floor all night long. Sunday, February 15 • Noon Southern Country gives C&.W dance lessons for donations to AssistHers. Coming April 26 1 st Annual Tent Revival 1100 Westheimer . Houston 523-7217 |
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