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Spanish Movie, a new film from director Javier Ruiz Caldera, is number one at the box office in Spain and parodies some of the most successful Spanish films of recent years--many of which, the target audience for such a Leslie Nielsen vehicle will have never seen. (And, yes, Leslie Nielsen is, by all appearances, in the film.) Which is why a film in a genre that normally would make our eyes roll actually has our interest. It's such a meta idea: a low-brow jab at high-brow films pseudo intellectuals like to watch to feel like they're appreciating Spanish culture. Which means not all the film's targets are strictly Spanish films. Any high-profile flick in recent years that has made Americans go gaga for Spain seems to fit the bill. Here's a list of the ones we spotted in the trailer followed by the trailer itself, which we subtitled in English for you.
The Ten Spanish Movies Spoofed In The Trailer For Spanish Movie
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15 Dec 2009 | 18:36
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Spanish Movie, a new film from director Javier Ruiz Caldera, is number one at the box office in Spain and parodies some of the most successful Spanish films of recent years--many of which, the target audience for such a Leslie Nielsen vehicle will have never seen. (And, yes, Leslie Nielsen is, by all appearances, in the film.) Which is why a film in a genre that normally would make our eyes roll actually has our interest. It's such a meta idea: a low-brow jab at high-brow films pseudo intellectuals like to watch to feel like they're appreciating Spanish culture. Which means not all the film's targets are strictly Spanish films. Any high-profile flick in recent years that has made Americans go gaga for Spain seems to fit the bill. Here's a list of the ones we spotted in the trailer followed by the trailer itself, which we subtitled in English for you.
No Country For Old Men's Javier Bardem character makes an appearance.
Pan from Pan's Labrynth, which was actually directed by Mexican Guillermo Del Toro, is in it.
The original Vanilla Sky called Abre Los Ojos gets a shout-out.
Mondays In The Sun starring Javier Bardem as the unemployed shipbuilder.
Volver (Pedro Almodovar also gets his own highway sign roughly translated to "Almodovares 5 kilometers".),
The Sea Inside is also spoofed. (This thing may as well be called Javier Bardem Movie.)
The Orphanage provides great visual gag material.
The Others pokes fun at that photosensitive kid.
[Rec], known in The States as Quarantine, features in the voiceover copy.
And Alatriste, the Vigo Morginson conquistador flick gets a decidedly undignified reinterpretation.
Watch The Subtitled Trailer For Spanish Movie Below.
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"The Others" was directed by Spanish director Alejandro Amenabar, and it was filmed in Spain. But that's it. Right? I'm not sure why it was included.
ReplyLOL @ "pseudo intellectuals"
ReplyIt's a Spanish movie. It's just filmed in English and features an international cast, but it's a Spanish-made and Spanish-produced feature.
ReplyA post-modern meta-film that makes fun of high falootin' folks? This is either the greatest idea ever or...no, yeah I'm going to have to say greatest idea ever.
ReplyI've not seen any of the films spoofed in this movie, which makes me think that I'm not as much of a pseudo-intellectual as I thought. So very depressed right now.
ReplyThe correct spelling is actually highfalutin, but there you have it.
ReplyThis is the only 'Scary Movie'-esque parody movie I think I would actually enjoy. Love all those movies.
ReplyThat's alright, because you've got me, the resident pseudo-intellectual expert, to guide you in your path to quasi-sophistication. You ready? First thing you do is delete all the music in your ipod that's performed by bands with major record labels, download whatever Pitchfork tells you to, pick up some Dave Eggers and David Foster Wallace books, and only watch movies that don't screen at megaplexes. You do that and you're well on your way to becoming a bitter, bitter man who hates everything that's popular and only finds solace in their intellectual superiority.
ReplyFunny. But in a choice between reading anything more written by David Foster Wallace and losing my right arm, call me Lefty!
ReplyWhat?! You mean to tell me you don't love the pretentious work of a postmodern writer who had existential issues and offed himself because no one understood his unbearable staggering genius? Tsk, tsk, tsk. There's no hope for you.
ReplyI know. Surprising, innit? But if I wanted to read great fiction written by pedantic writers, I'll just read The Wall Street Journal.
Replydownload whatever Pitchfork tells you to It's the same 4 bands over and over on there like Animal Collective which is pretty fucking boring. You don't need a website, just use blogs and discover new music. Pitchforks is about as gay as The Dallas Cowboys
ReplyI realize this is supposed to be sarcastic but damn...it was pretty right on. lol. Sounds like the formula for a lot of people I know who move from the sticks to the big city, follow a similar formula and then talk down to people who frankly have nothing to prove in the cultural, intellectual arena. People who rant about "the classics" when they probably didn't learn about said "classics" until they left their hometowns and came to college and picked it up from someone else. Oh well, better late than never I guess.
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