As we outlined in our last article about the best way to learn Spanish, an incredibly useful method early on is to consume as much media in the language you want to learn as possible!
That’s why we’ve put together this detailed list of films you need to check out.
We have romance and horror. Intellectual and silly. Old and new.
You can put a film on to enjoy and let your brain slowly and quietly start picking out the sounds and associating them with the meanings.
Or even just picking out the sounds themselves - if you’re just starting off, you’ll probably find it can be hard to differentiate words, so these kinds of exercises can help.
For those of you who are already feeling pretty darn good at Spanish, this article can hopefully give you a whole host of recommendations for new films and series to explore to keep your Spanish tip top!
In this Idyoma article, we’re going to go through a host of Spanish language films and give you an intro into what they’re all about.
But first, as this is an article about cinema, we have to do a pseudo-intellectual secondary intro, so hold on tight or just skip past to the list!
Spanish movies from Spain give you an insight into the nation
wgqioegqio on September 8th, 2018 at 14:33 UTC »
Absolutely! More specifically, the scene criticizes the Churches role in the Spanish Civil War (the setting of the film). You can see various clues throughout the scene: - The Pale Man sits at the same spot of the table that the fascist Vidal sat in the banquet scene. - The Pale Man's appearance and silver plate of eyes is a reference to the Catholic Saint Lucy (who is often depicted with her eyes on a plate). - There are tons of religious references in the scene: The fireplace (gates of hell) behind the pale man, the Adam and Eve story (when Ofelia eats the "forbidden fruit" and the Pale Man's similarity to Goya's painting 'Saturn (a Roman god) devouring his child.' - Plus overall, Del Toro says that the scene is entirely a metaphor for the "Church eating the children when they have a perversely abundant banquet in from of them. There is almost a hunger to eat innocence…”
Edit: The scene has so many meanings that I can't write down them all, but have a think about the meanings of the paintings and the pile of children's shoes as well. Plus, here is a link to Goya's painting that inspired the Pale Man.
EvilAnagram on September 8th, 2018 at 14:32 UTC »
What the hell am I reading here?
It takes place in Franco's Spain. The Nazis never conquered Spain, nor did they even try. The fascists in the movie are Franco soldiers. The Allies never fought Franco, who ruled until the 70s.
Fucking basic research.
Edit: They've edited the article to delete references to Vidal and his soldiers being Nazis, and they added explanatory text claiming they meant it just took place during Nazi dominance of Europe. While the current version is more accurate, they were obviously under the impression that Vidal and his soldiers were Nazis.
onemorecupofcoffeee on September 8th, 2018 at 14:03 UTC »
I never saw the connection, but the Pale Man is one of my favorite movie monsters of all time. At the time I thought it was supposed to be a sexual predator, a pedophile that lures children with promises of food. I guess Catholic Church makes sense.