Pedro Almodovar has a premiere. The well-known Spanish director returns to the big screen with a new project that many point to be the film of the year. ‘Strange Way of Life’ has seen the light this very day and the most cinephiles have already purchased their ticket to see the new film that has Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke as protagonists.
On the occasion of the celebration of the Cannes Film Festival, the artist from La Mancha wanted to show everyone his new film and also gave several interviews, one of them to Fotogramas magazine, where he not only talked about ‘Strange Way of Life’, but also about other films that have been part of his career or that could have been.
Pedro Almodovar explains the reason why he didn’t want to direct ‘Brokeback Mountain’.
Between questions, Pedro Almodovar has been questioned about the reason why he refused to be part of the film ‘Brokeback Mountain’.
The filmmaker explained that the feature film finally directed by Ang Lee did not convince him because of the script: “I did not get to negotiate my limits in my artistic freedom but, if I had written the script, I would have included many more sex scenes,” Almodovar began explaining.
“The Annie Proulx story on which it is based tells of two men herding sheep in a harsh winter and seeking warmth. It’s a very animalistic relationship, in the best sense of the word. As far as I remember, there was a sex scene at the beginning, but then they were only seen embracing,” he said.
In addition, Pedro has had time to compare ‘Brokeback Mountain’ with his most recent film, ‘Strange Way of Life’. According to the director, in his feature film nudity is found in a different way: “Nudity is, for example, in how they look at each other during a dinner. They are much more exposed in that conversation than in an orgy,” said Almodovar.
