January 18, 2004
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misspato.com - Patricia Carvalho’s collection of links is categorised by aesthetic style. Anyone can submit sites for review.
fontifier - Will try this out soon!
tado - A cute Flash website from UK. (despite being a Flash-head with a Flash site, I’m not a big fan of Flash websites. Especially if there are long loading times and skip intros, even if they look gorgeous. It’s no fun when you’re using dial-up at home…)
Stayed up till 3.30am last night… (jetlag-related, we’re sure) By the time
weI got out of bed there was only enough ‘daytime’ left to have a quick bite to eat and wander around the neighborhood before doing some work…So we popped into Wacko/La Luz de Jesus Gallery. There’s a Kozik exhibition on… which is where we saw this massive Hitler “Tootles” figure…
Kubrick inspired?
Santitos Movie
At last! We finally watched our Santitos DVD. (Which we actually bought a month ago. We still have a backlog of DVDs to watch)
This movie is absolutely gorgeous and highly recommended. It’s pretty much faithful to the book by Maria Amparo Escandon, which I also loved.
A very religious woman, Esperanza, embarks on a journey to TJ and LA to find her ‘dead’ daughter. On her travels she becomes a hooker (sexually self-empowered) then falls in love with a masked wrestler -Angel de Justiciero… Need we say more.
From her humble Mexican village she travels through the most unusual brothels in Tijuana and a rarely seen side of Los Angeles, meeting pimps like Cacomixtle (Demian Bichir) and wrestlers like Angel (Alberto Estrella), all with a suitcase full of hope and ceramic Saints. Phoning in confessions to Father Salvador, she remains as focused on her grief, as he is intrigued by this soap opera of biblical proportions.
“Santitos” takes us into a fascinating world where the mystical and the mundane collide. Through her extraordinary ordeal, this young devout widow’s life will have her faith tested — transforming her from a pious innocent into an independent, sexual and passionate woman. – Cine Mexicano review
It was refreshing and exciting to see a masked luchador in a romantic bedroom context. I loved it when Esperanza called out “Lucharaaaaaan!” and jumped on Angel. The two of them play-wrestle (with submission holds) on the bed. And then she unmasks him….. which was a pity. I think Angel does his own unmasking in the novel (doesn’t he?)… Plus we both thought Angel looked much better with his mask ON. But you see, we’re both just obsessed with masked wrestlers…
Related Links:
La Vitrina: Review of Santitos
Metacritic: more reviews
Late Night Lucha
(tv snaps)Can you believe it’s already 4am. There is a lucha libre match on Galavision (cable tv). Eddie tells me Pierroth has just entered the ring dressed in an army outfit accompanied by a woman called “La Nazi”. There are two other wrestlers dressed as Arabs calling themselves the “Taliban”. Appearing soon: “Sadam”. All good clean fun!
Right:- Rey Bucanero spanks the monkey! (Que Monito – midget in blue ape outfit) while Tarzan Boy and UltimoGuerrero watch…
Comments (1)
Que Monito is awesome. I loved seeing Vampiro brutalize him.