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Review Summaries
" Alejandro Amenabar's film "Abre Los Ojos" aka "Open Your Eyes" was the inspiration for Cameron Crowe's remake called "Vanilla Sky" in which Tom Cruise starred in 2001 along with Penelope Cruz reprising her role.
The very handsome Cesar (Eduardo Noriega) finds the love of his life in actress Sofia (Penelope Cruz) that he met at his birthday party. It was actually his friend Pelayo's date that he flirted and spent the night with. But Cesar is very popular with the ladies and the woman he last had an affair with, Nuria, shows up after he left Sofia's apartment. Cesar gets in Nuria's car and she drives off the road, killing herself and disfiguring Cesar. He is then tormented with the fact that the doctors are unable to fix his face and offer him a prosthetic mask to wear. The story flashes back and forth with him in a mental institution and what is percieved to be the past as he tells his psychiatrist Antonio (Chete Lara) that Sofia has been replaced by Nuria. Atonio has Cesar believe he is on trial for the murder of Nuria but Cesar is trying to figure out what is going on. He ultimately does when he gets out of the institution and speaks with Duvernois (Gerard Barray). Is it virtual reality? Is it a dream? "
Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 20% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Romance
Yes
Romance Plotlets:
- falling in love with the unattainable
Inner Struggle
Yes
Plotlet:
- figuring out if it's all real or imaginary
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- mentally ill
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
- wild
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- ample chest & buttocks (female)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Earth setting:
- near future (later in 21st century)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
In virtual reality?
Yes
Misc settings
- mental hospital
Kind of city
- Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- licking
- seeing breasts
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Spanish
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
Kinds of F/X
- nasty human transformations
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