Opening credits c/o A Sharper FocusĪnd that red block type sets the temperature for the whole story in which every scene and every location is filled with saturated colour. It’s a scene so over the top that it wouldn’t have seemed out-of-place for the mourners to spontaneously burst into song or even flames, but the outrageous scale and colour of the Film’s title graphics which arrive at this point provide all the volume needed. The opening sequence sees the mourners of the Village ritualistically tending the graves of loved ones while a fierce easterly wind blows away their flowers.
This time, keeping a keen eye on the set design in search of a signature piece, it was clear what I remembered so vividly about the style of the film and it was the use of red. The design of Volver (2006) has always stayed with me but I couldn’t remember specifically why until I revisited the Film for F&F. But one of the many treats in Almodovar films aside from story, left of centre humour and visceral performances, is the hyper real art direction – the combination provides the audience with an intense hit of human life in all it’s colour.Īnd this ravishing melodrama is filled with colour. Read on mis amigos…Ī film about murder, superstition, cancer, betrayal, parental abandonment and death has no business being this cheery.
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Almodovar’s Volver: Red is the colour for danger, passion, love and death.įiona Cole shares her love for colour in the art direction and set design of Almodovar’s Volver – plus a competition to WIN a stunning vintage cushion.
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