like cutting onion without crying

Perfect Blue

starring Rosalia @Traffic Barcelona
direction & edition Joan López
production & art direction Anabeluna
make up Isabel Martínez

behind the glass

sólo el cielo lo sabe

Perfect swan

When I first watched the trailer of Black Swan I thought "shit, Aronofsky got there first!", but now I already watched the film I can tell there's nothing to do with what I would have done with the story explained in the legendary ballet. I've always imagined myself directing the cinematrographic version of Odette's story, that fragile girl who turned into a swan by an evil curse. Swan Lake is such an inspiration to me, and I didn't even see it on live and stage. I once went but it was kind of a joke. The eternal fight betwen good and evil and the beauty of the whole piece is something out of this world. And the music, those melodies that a man writed with all the pain in the world due his sexuality repressed, his way to understand love and the way russian society treated him. All the love and beauty Tchaikosvky yearned for seems to be incrusted with passion on every single note of Swan Lake. Me too, I had the craziest dream last night where I made a musical film and as Nina Sawyers, I wanted it to be perfect. I like Black Swan, it's penetrating and dark, and to my surprise Portman's work is as well touching perfection, but I've missed Aronosfky's passion for dance. I know it's not a film about the dance world but about the obsession and the fears of a girl completely out of her way for a passion. But I can't help it. In my version of Swan Lake dance will be the most important thing on screen, and as the ballet, the story will be explained through music and dance. However, I must say Aronofsky's script has a direct relation with the world of ballet so in this sense he's close to understand what it really is. On another hand some moments of the film impressed me very much, like when Nina is about to finish her Black Swan part and at backstage she feels how the dark power embraces her down inside, and she imagine her skin growing black feathers. It's so sexy and done with a great long shot, as the most of dance parts. For all those who have enjoyed Black Swan, I recommend you an anime film called Perfect Blue of Satoshi Kon. You will find many parallelisms and even some images that are exactly the same on Aronofsky's film. I've enjoyed it a lot and I don't usually like anime movies, but this is one of a kind.

des-atados

ahora es oscuro

cómo me agrada provocarme insomnio. qué agradable es permanecer despierto mientras todos duermen. me ha picado un bicho y otra vez viene con una canción bajo el brazo, se llama into the night. Es la historia de una chica que guarda un oscuro secreto que no desvela a nadie y cada noche se sienta delante del espejo y se pinta los labios de rojo. Tiene los labios gordos y cuando se los pinta sólo puedes mirarle la boca. Cuando ya se ha pintorreado un poco (los ojos apenas se los maquilla) deja caer el batín de seda al suelo y, desnuda, se estira en la cama, con sus enormes pechos que miran al cielo. Cierra los ojos y espera haciéndose la dormida la señal del amor. Abre ligeramente las piernas invitando a su amante que salga de su escondrijo. Sólo ella sabe dónde aguarda su amor. Un amor tan paradójicamente pequeño en su forma y, sin embargo, tan grande en su poder. El poder de ese amor es una fuerza que nadie salvo ella misma podría entender.