tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187299713644063295.post8156091145258036967..comments2024-02-24T17:00:01.726-06:00Comments on W-Cinema: La Ilusión viaja en Tranvía (1954)J Luis Riverahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145857465646419255noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187299713644063295.post-57052609418644591682012-03-20T07:26:07.315-06:002012-03-20T07:26:07.315-06:00Hi Joel!
Lilia Prado is awesome, she's also i...Hi Joel!<br /><br />Lilia Prado is awesome, she's also in Buñuel's "Abismos de Pasión" and once again steals the show.<br /><br />And on the surrealism of after hours, you are right. I guess this film speaks volumes to those of us who have spent a night or two doing wacky things at night.J Luis Riverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145857465646419255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187299713644063295.post-30942202594643512602012-03-20T00:30:03.803-06:002012-03-20T00:30:03.803-06:00Thanks for the review, J. Luis. I agree with you, ...Thanks for the review, J. Luis. I agree with you, the characters drive this film (pun intended) and Carlos Navarro is a very welcome surprise to me. As for the lack of surrealism that I read about here (to some extent) and in a few other reviews (out of imdb), I would say for me it has the usual dose I've come to expecto from Bunuel: mainly in the Christmas play (Mantequilla playing both the devil and Adam could be interpreted as a lack of continuity otherwise) and surely the whole sequence of the slaughterhouse workers riding the tram early in the morning and hanging all sorts of animal body parts in it, handing out "their" guts and hearts to Lilia Prado; the drunken aristocrat in the middle, the image of Christ suddenly showing up, etc. But then again, what is not surreal at those early hours of the day?<br /><br />Oh, and thanks for the recommendation for Subida al Cielo. I haven't seen it and if I loved Lilia Prado in this one, I definitely have to see that one soon.Joel Mezahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869413057546718975noreply@blogger.com