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Abre los Ojos [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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Review date: 2006-08-12 Rating: 10 out of 10
I studied this film as a case study for Film Studies at College and didnt think Id enjoy it one little bit. I'd never really looked in to foriegn films before, so watching a complicated Spanish piece like this was a tough indimidating.
I need not have worried, though.
Despite the tangled web of a story, it is fairly easy to follow throughout.
Eduardo Noriega is brilliant throughout as Cesar - the ultimatley troubled character at the centre of the story.
What really makes his film for me is Noriega's ability to make Cesar so twisted, confused and troubled, but yet manages to keep a spark of realism - meaning it isn't as difficult as it first seems to feel strongly for the character.
Penelope Cruz plays Sofia, the love interest, but not in a regular, Hollywood 'love interest' way. Cruz really shows her compatability to play slightly darker roles. Okay, so Sofia herself isn't dark, but her position within the film often is.
The story line in this film is fantastic, it looks in to some interesting corners of the human mind no one has really dared to examine before, and comes out with some great results.
Noriega and Cruz brilliantly use Alejandro Amenabar's directing - and the result is well worth watching.
So dont be scared off by the synopsis of the film, and by the fact it's Spanish. It's a real cracker, and, in my opinion, much, much better than it's Hollywood remake Vanilla Sky (although thats not, in itself, a bad film).
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Vanilla Sky was truly lost in translation....
Review date: 2006-02-15 Rating: 8 out of 10
Hollywood & Tom Cruise why don´t you keep your hands of what you don´t understand. Abre los Ojos is the the original Spanish film version of this clever if rather complex storyline. It´s convincingly acted,with Penelope Cruz now getting rather unfairly biased credit for the film´s success. Vanilla Sky was not half so good.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Najwa Nimri
Penélope Cruz
Eduardo Noriega
Chete Lera
Fele Martínez
Creators:
Eduardo Noriega (Primary Contributor)
Penélope Cruz (Primary Contributor)
Alejandro Amenábar (Writer)
Alain Sarde (Producer)
Ana Amigo (Producer)
Andrea Occhipinti (Producer)
Fernando Bovaira (Producer)
José Luis Cuerda (Producer)
Mateo Gil (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Live/Artisan
Manufacturer: Live/Artisan
EAN: 0012236121596
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled,
Release date: 2001-08-21
Universal product code (UPC): 012236121596
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 1
Running time: 117 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1997
Language: Spanish (Original Language)
Language: English (Subtitled)