{"id":89329,"date":"2023-01-18T11:10:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T18:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=89329"},"modified":"2023-02-15T09:52:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:52:51","slug":"blood-wedding-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=89329","title":{"rendered":"Blood Wedding (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Wake up the bride with the green bouquet of flowering love.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Poster-209x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-89330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Poster-209x300.png 209w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Poster-89x128.png 89w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Poster-188x270.png 188w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Poster.png 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA dance company rehearses Federico Garcia Lorca&#8217;s tragic play <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blood_Wedding\">&#8220;Blood Wedding&#8221;<\/a>, in which a bride (Cristina Yoyos) runs away with her married lover (Antonio Gades), who soon faces her angry new husband (Juan Antonio Jimenez).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dancers<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Spanish Films <\/li>\n<li>Weddings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIn describing this unusual movie of &#8220;what is supposed to be a dress rehearsal of [Antonio] Gades&#8217;s flamenco version of Garcia Lorca&#8217;s passionate tragedy <em>Bodas de Sangre<\/em>,&#8221; Peary writes that &#8220;Spain&#8217;s celebrated director Carlos Saura joined forces with Antonio Gades, famed classical dancer, to show how film could bring intimacy to and enhance the excitement of dance.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Still2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1009\" height=\"713\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Still2.png 1009w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Still2-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Still2-128x90.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Still2-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Still2-382x270.png 382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He notes that because &#8220;Saura wants us to feel the importance of what we&#8217;re about to see &#8212; and have us feel it&#8217;s more than a rehearsal &#8212; he pulls a couple of tricks,&#8221; including taking &#8220;us into the dancers&#8217; dressing rooms so we can get to know them personally&#8221; (though this is limited to light banter, guitar warm-up, and dancers putting photos up on their mirrors).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Photos.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Photos.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"983\" height=\"727\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Photos.png 983w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Photos-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Photos-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Photos-768x568.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Photos-365x270.png 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 983px) 100vw, 983px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary writes that given that &#8220;the rehearsal takes place in a large, bare rehearsal hall,&#8221; &#8220;Saura and Gaudes attempt&#8230; to make us become so involved with the dancing and the characters that we forget about he minimal set and perhaps imagine that the light filtering through the background windows is Lorca&#8217;s moon.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Knife.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Knife.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1007\" height=\"719\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Knife.png 1007w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Knife-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Knife-128x91.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Knife-768x548.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Knife-378x270.png 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He adds that &#8220;the dancers perform with passion&#8230; and Saura moves his camera among them, floating into a close-up or waiting for a dancer to spin toward him and stop dramatically right before the lens.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He notes that he finds &#8220;the setting distracting&#8221; (I don&#8217;t, given the context) but concedes that the &#8220;film isn&#8217;t boring, even for those who don&#8217;t like dance.&#8221; Indeed, at just 72 minutes, this first of four flamenco-themed movies Saura would make &#8212; including the <em>GFTFF<\/em>-listed <em>Carmen<\/em> (1983) &#8212; is short enough to hold interest throughout. I always appreciate behind-the-scenes looks at art being crafted, and consider this to be a worthy entry in that sub-genre; however, it&#8217;s not must-see viewing for all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Update on 2\/15\/23:<\/strong> RIP, Carlos Saura. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A creative cinematic rendering of dance<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Still5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Still5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1018\" height=\"725\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Still5.png 1018w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Still5-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Still5-128x91.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Still5-768x547.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Blood-Wedding-Still5-379x270.png 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0082088\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1981\/11\/08\/movies\/dance-view-when-a-ballet-is-filmed.html\">NY Times Dance-Centric Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Wake up the bride with the green bouquet of flowering love.&#8221; Synopsis: A dance company rehearses Federico Garcia Lorca&#8217;s tragic play &#8220;Blood Wedding&#8221;, in which a bride (Cristina Yoyos) runs away with her married lover (Antonio Gades), who soon faces her angry new husband (Juan Antonio Jimenez). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Dancers Love Triangle Spanish Films Weddings Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: In describing this unusual movie of &#8220;what is supposed to be a dress rehearsal of [Antonio] Gades&#8217;s flamenco&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=89329\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89329"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89927,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89329\/revisions\/89927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}