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- rafalski0
"Bebe, fuma, folla y olvida" is your motto then
- kelpie0
mad style old school catholicism, mad style old school moorish heritage, brothels, football, sleeping and battered squid rings.
there ya go.
- Jaline0
Did you try para yet?
- paraselene0
hiya! sorry, just saw this...
for a start, you'll do well to look at the films of carlos saura, particularly the ones that are interpretations of lorca plays as dance, such as bodas de sangre. that way you get two cultural icons, plus some flamenco, all in one go.
- fucking hell, you wait around all morning and then get shite adivice like that?skt
- this place has gone downhill.skt
- vete a tomar por culo, calvo.paraselene
- hi para... how's things?skt
- charming!!!skt
- i think you mean chalming... things are good, just counting down the days of my notice period, really. you?paraselene
- not too shabby.skt
- sorry about the apparent ferocity of the insult there... it's pretty mild in spanish.paraselene
- no it isnaekelpie
- its deeply personal and offensive.kelpie
- me cago en la puta leche, kelpie.paraselene
- :) xxparaselene
- fuckin 'ell, that's a bit strong! yeah spanish para has a way dirty mouth on herkelpie
- paraselene0
the well known artists you'll already be familiar with: dali, picasso, goya, zurbaran, el greco (okay, so he was greek...)
but you'll want to be careful about regional nationalities (catalan, gallego, basque, etc.) as some, such as tapies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An... and miro, are staunchly catalan and wouldn't necessarily consider themselves 'spanish'.
bunuel is a good call, but a lot of his best stuff is from exile and is more mexican or french than spanish. perhaps the most spanish of all his work is a film called 'las hurdes'. it's usually on the same dvd as 'un chien andalou'.
of course there's almodovar to consider, too. especially for colour and brilliantly exaggerated stereotypes about post-franco society.
- rafalski0
Then Almodóvar's movies get you accustomed and give you an insight into daily lives of gay families, disguised by simple crime story plots..
- paraselene0
fura dels baus are a contemporary dance and performance art collective based in barcelona. pretty madcap, good fun.