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Movie soundtracks inevitably suffer from the limitations of the genre. One option is to pack your album full of tried and true, catchy tunes that have little to do with the film in question. On the other extreme, a filmmaker could commission a more tailored fit, usually VIA original instrumental compositions. The results in either case can vary from the extraordinary (the apropos songs of Trainspotting and Pulp Fiction, or the haunting instrumentals of Twin Peaks) to the banal (most others...
...version of "Beat It" with a straight face. The romance of the Spanish lyrics might hold your interest through the first song or two, but then the '80s elevator-music feel begins to shine through. In "Mas Que Nada," his voice is never powerful enough to generate any true get-up-and-swing Latin excitement. If you decide to avoid sure humiliation in your roommate's eyes by programming "Beat It" and "Ooh Child" out and listening to only the Spanish songs, you may be able to enjoy a few of the easy beats as you close your eyes...
...Manuela played Stella and her long-gone husband acted as Stanley in an amateur production. The play becomes a marker for Manuela's life, for after the performance, Esteban is run over in an attempt to secure an autograph from Human Rojo (Marisa Paredes), who plays Blanche DuBois. While true to her reputation, Manuela's agony appears the genuine product of intense emotional trauma; unfortunately, the overdone orchestration of camera technique ruins the power of Esteban's death. Almodvar shows Esteban's limp body through various mirrors and glass, and fades into true dimensions through moving the camera first back...
Clinton returned the praise, commenting that Mamet's character is "very true to [the real] Henrietta...
Editors. Cold, heartless editors. Everything you've ever heard about them is true...