I saw Little Ashes yesterday with friends brokebackjack and happyatlast. It is a tremendously meaty film! I must see it at least a couple of times more. I am so happy that the character of Federico Lorca was at the heart of the film rather than Salvadore Dali, not because I don't like Dali, but because Lorca was more complex and thoughtful, and we know less about him (Dali was a very good publicist for himself, in addition to his wife, so we know a lot about him!)
The movie begins rather slowly, and I seemed to see parallels to, of all things,
Gone With the Wind, where the young people are all gaily (
) and naively partying while the storm clouds of war and unrest gather.
If I'd known about all the uproar over Robert Pattinson, I might not have seen the movie, so it's a blessing. That's the reason I delayed seeing
Brokeback Mountain, because I could not fathom a story by Annie Proulx being made into a movie starring Heath Ledger and Jakie!!
