I have edited out the set up to the silent movie -- where the female scientist creates this elixir her lover impulsively drinks. He begins shrinking daily and decides to run away, sparing her from watching him diminish into nonexistence. He leaves his love and spends his remaining days with (but of course) his mother. The segment I have uploaded starts where the scientist has retrieved her tiny tiny lover by secreting him away in her purse. (A purse. Now what could that be a metaphor for?) She checks into a hotel and they spend the night together.
What is Almodovar's unconscious agenda:
- Rape?
- Passivity in women?
- Tiny men?
- Returning to the womb?
- All of the above?
Hello there! we are two musicians and we are doing a project over silent movies. We are particularly interested in this short abstract. We figured out that it's actually Almodovar's creation. Do you know anything else about it? Perhaps you have a full version of it?
ReplyDeletethanks a lot
Maria-Penelope