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FRIDA
Pain
and passion are often the building blocks of art. Consider Vincent
Van Gogh or Jackson Pollock. Such things can also be the building
blocks of faith and hope (as well as doubt and despair). Seeing
such things in people's lives and their responses can help us deal
with our own kinds of pain and passions.
Review by Darrel Manson
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FRIDA
(2002)
This page was created on November 30, 2002
This page was last updated on
August 21, 2003
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Frida
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CREDITS
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 Directed
by Julie Taymor
Book by Hayden Herrera (Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo)
Screenplay by Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava & Anna
Thomas
Salma Hayek .... Frida Kahlo
Alfred Molina .... Diego Rivera
Geoffrey Rush .... Leon Trotsky
Ashley Judd .... Tina Modotti
Antonio Banderas .... David Alfaro Siqueiros
Edward Norton .... Nelson Rockefeller
Valeria Golino .... Lupe Marín
Mía Maestro .... Cristina Kahlo
Roger Rees .... Guillermo Kahlo
Patricia Reyes Spíndola .... Matilde Kahlo
Saffron Burrows .... Gracie
Margarita Sanz .... Natalia Trotsky
Diego Luna .... Alejandro Gonzalez Arias
Jorge Valdés García .... Doctor, Red Cross Hospital
Felipe Fulop .... Jean van Heijenoort
Anthony Alvarez .... Trotsky´s Bodyguard
Chavela Vargas .... Death
Produced
by
Mark Amin .... executive producer
Lindsay Flickinger .... producer
Brian Gibson .... executive producer
Mark Gill .... executive producer
Sarah Green .... producer
Nancy Hardin .... producer
Salma Hayek .... producer
Jill Sobel Messick .... executive producer
Jay Polstein .... producer
Ann Ruark .... co-producer
Amy Slotnick .... executive producer
Roberto Sneider .... producer
Lizz Speed .... producer
Original Music by Elliot Goldenthal
Cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto
Film Editing by Françoise Bonnot
MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality/nudity and language.
Runtime: Canada:120 min (Toronto Film Festival) / USA:118 min
For rating reasons, go to FILMRATINGS.COM,
and MPAA.ORG.
Parents, please refer to PARENTALGUIDE.ORG
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TRAILERS
AND CLIPS
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Trailer:
QuickTime,
Various
Clips:
QuickTime,
Various
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CD
SOUNDTRACK
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 Frida
(Music from the Motion Picture)
Elliot Goldenthal
She was famous as both artist and model, infamous as political revolutionary
and social libertine, and Frida Kahlo's controversial life couldn't
help but seem the stuff of great musical theater. Her story is brought
to the screen by director Julie Taymor, whose musical compatriot here
is also her husband; Elliot Goldenthal, student of both Copland and
Corigliani, shrewdly sublimates his modernism in service of the rich,
evocative music and songs of Mexico and Central America. Utilizing
performers that range from the contemporary (Lila Downs) to the folk-classic
(Costa Rican legend Chavela Vargas; Brazilian star Caetano Veloso)
and traditional (Los Cojolites, El Poder Del Norte, Trio Huasteca,
Caimanes de Tanquin, and others), Goldenthal generously displays the
true breadth of Mexican folk music, while seamlessly infusing it with
the minimalist corners of his own underscore and some winning songwriting
of his own. The result is one of 2002's most compelling soundtracks.
The enhanced CD features include musical film excerpts, as well as
a video conversation between Goldenthal and star Salma Hayek and text
interviews with the composer and director Taymor. --Jerry McCulley |
1.
Benediction and DreamMusic
2. The Floating BedMusic
3. El ConejoMusic
4. Paloma NegraMusic
5. Self-Portrait with Hair DownMusic
6. Alcoba Azul
7. Carabina 30/30
8. Solo Tu
9. El Gusto
10. The Journey
11. El Antifaz
12. The Suicide of Dorothy Hale
13. La Cavalera |
14.
La Bruja
15. Portrait of Lude
16. La Llorona
17. Estrella Oscura
18. Still Life
19. Viva La Vida
20. The Departure
21. Coyoacan and Variations
22. La Llorona
23. Burning Bed
24. Burn It Blue
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POSTERS
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BOOK
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Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
by Hayden Herrera
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SYNOPSIS
Prepare
to be seduced
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From
her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband,
Diego Rivera, to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon
Trotsky, to her provocative romantic entanglements with women, Frida
Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic
and sexual revolutionary.
FRIDA
chronicles the life Frida Kahlo (SALMA HAYEK) shared openly and
unflinchingly with Diego Rivera (ALFRED MOLINA) as this controversial
couple took the art world by storm.
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REVIEW
by
DARREL
MANSON
Pastor,
Artesia Christian Church, Artesia, CA
http://netministries.org/see/churches/ch01198
Darrel
has an incredible love and interest in the cinematic arts. His
reviews usually include independent and significantly important
film.
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 Frida
Kahlo was an amazing artist who was able to convey her passion and
her pain through her paintings. Sadly, the passion and pain are
absent in the film. We see the origin of the pain (a bus accident
that nearly killed her and kept her in constant pain thereafter),
but we rarely even see a grimace on her face. We see the objects
of her passion, Diego Rivera, Communism, Leon Trotsky, but we don't
feel the passion that is there. And since a good part of the film
is the love story between her and Rivera, a lack of passion is a
serious flaw.
 The
relationship between these two artists is interesting. They both
are very talented and very self-confident in their art. Rivera is
very clear about his inability to be faithful within marriage, and
Kahlo accepts that (and has her own flings). But in spite of these
traits, they are very much the match they each need. And even when
they are angry and apart, they manage to maintain their love throughout
their lives.
There
are many things about Frida Kahlo that will turn many people off
from any depiction of her. She was a Communist (although judging
from this film, she and Rivera weren't very good Communists). She
was bisexual. She committed adultery (but then so did Rivera - and
far more often and blatantly).
 Her
art, however, was unique as she blended Mexican folk themes with
surrealism. Many of her pictures were self-portraits that allowed
the viewer a window into her suffering. The film does have value
in giving us a framework to understand her work. I had seen a few
of her painting before, but was never very impressed. Now I feel
I have a much better grasp on what she was saying through her art.
Although
the passion and pain may not have come through in the movie, the
artistry does. Sometimes it happens just by us seeing some of her
paintings in the context that produced them (especially the painting
she did after a miscarriage). At other times the pictures come alive
through some interesting camera work and scenic design. The visual
artistry of the film is certainly worthy of a film about an artist.
 Pain
and passion are often the building blocks of art. Consider Vincent
Van Gogh or Jackson Pollock. Such things can also be the building
blocks of faith and hope (as well as doubt and despair). Seeing
such things in people's lives and their responses can help us deal
with our own kinds of pain and passions.
Frida
helps us to appreciate her art, but leaves us without a real chance
to appreciate her life that brought forth that art.
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Frida
-- About Frida Kahlo -click
here
Frida
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Frida
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Frida
--Spiritual Connections -click
here
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