The title is a riff on that Esquire article about The Road.
The idea of the mesmerzing disaster is kind of drawing.. it reads completely nutty and arrogant.. but I posted it because I thought the bore responds to these self concsiously arty horror flicks.. there will probably be comparisons to Salo.
mike d'angelo at onion av club
http://www.avclub.com/articles/cannes-09-day-five,28137/?utm_source=homepage_last_updatedI've struggled through Almodovar's work; but he's clearly a great director and Broken Embraces has a delectable appearance. I haven't heard many arguments it's a major entry in his work this decade though.
the prize itself, I hear Campion is something of a return to form. I'm most keen on the out of comp Parnassus to be honest though.