Not being able to get most of the Almodovar films on dvd for playing on USA dvd players is obnoxious and the only subtitled vhs tapes you can manage to get are video store throw outs which mercifully appear not to have been rented out much. Why no one wanted to watch them is troubling because his films are marvelous- made by someone who loves women, film, writing, music and who champions those who, in the midst of profound societal oppostion, create themselves and the love they deserve and crave.
Law of Desire manages to break my heart and make me feel better about love and lust every time i watch it .When i first saw it, a friend of mine was dying from AIDS so the impact the film has made on me has been enhanced twofold. I try to make everyone I meet watch it and if they do not ' get it' I wonder if they've ever really been in that sort of crazed love that makes all things possible and impossible. As Elvis Costello said, "they say they'd die for love and then they live it out"- here's a story about being able to not live it out.
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Pedro fans want this film released on DVD already!!!!
Added 12/31/2006
With each new film, Pedro Almodovar continually tops himself. Almodovar has a strong following these days, so, for Christ's sake, somebody PLEASE release "Law Of Desire" on DVD already!!!!!
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celluloid eroticism
Added 8/6/2006
The Law of Desire was the first of Almodovar's films to be released in the U.S. although it is not his first film. And what an introduction. The film is sleek and sexy and captures Antonio Banderas in all his sexual beauty. What one has to know about Almodovar is the sense of humor behind the vehicle which is the film. To begin with, the GREAT Carmen Maura has an incredible history: she was a boy, taken away by her father as I recall, had a subsequent sex change to become a woman and is now in a lesbian relationship--so she has essentially come full circle! That is the sly humor of Almodovar; his art also draws you into the pathology of Banderas, with his incredible beauty, until you are finally rooting for him to accomplish his criminal intent. When Almodova wants to be flippant he is the master; when he wants to get a joke across, the delivery is first class; when he wants you to cry, he is incomparable--I defy anyone to sit through All About My Mother with dry eyes. The future genius of Almodovar is up front in this film and his work to date has never disappointed.
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I agree with number 1
Added 5/30/2006
This should be on DVD and available to everyone. I saw it when it was new. A great film, funny, scarey, romantic, and Antonio was not Zorro. He was the man Madonna, and sooooo many others, fell in love with by looking at him on a screen.
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As if it's never going to be over
Added 4/12/2006
Not all Almadovar's films are great, this one is unbearably familiar. The same plot of lust and betrayal between a film maker and an actor plus a very talkative transgender!
With all due respect, I admire Bad Education entirely but without a proper review of those dialogues this film just all went straight to the drain. Almadovar made all talkings in it sound like one man or himself!
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Love Almodovar films! These movies are very addicting and you can never guess what the ending of the film will be,It always keeps you guessing. I have to admit i just bought this series because of the movie Law of desire with antonio banderas playing gay! but i ended up loving all of them. :)
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viva pedro
Added 3/7/2009
This was a great gift for my wife. She's a huge Almodovar fan, and I've recently started watching his movies. I give this product 5 stars.
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Viva Pedro - a must have for Almodovar fans!
Added 10/6/2008
I'm so happy to have this superb collection including films I haven't seen before. They are all masterpieces from first to very recent. It's interesting to see Antonio Banderas in Law of Desire playing and looking like a 20 year old. I only wish there were some film notes in the boxed set. A great buy and definitely a collector's item.
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