Matador (1986)
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death become obsessed with each other.
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What critics compared Matador to
That there’s something creepy at the heart of “Skin” should surprise no one who’s seen Almodóvar’s “Matador” or “Talk to Her” or “Bad Education” or “Live Flesh,” which is also based on a novel and which, I think, this new film most resembles.
In his early Almodóvar films, the actor often personified the spirit of sexual anarchy: a gay Muslim terrorist in Labyrinth of Passion, a filmmaker's gay lover in Law of Desire and, in Matador, a bullfighter who gets sexual pleasure from killing.
And at the start of his career, in films like Matador and Law of Desire, all these elements were really amplified and the films were most certainly an acquired taste.
That’s no surprise, if you recall that Almodóvar’s early career included disturbing, serious films such as Matador.
Maura appeared in numerous early Almodóvar movies -- including "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" "Matador," "Law of Desire" and "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" -- but the two haven't worked together for 18 years.
"All About My Mother," the Spanish director's latest, is unapologetically passionate in the manner of his early movies like "Matador" and "Law of Desire," and willfully unhinged like "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown."