Gonzalo M. Pavés at The Current:
Bigas Luna was one of Spanish cinema’s most original directors. Drawing on early experiences in the visual arts, video, and interior design, Luna forged a unique filmography that brought together his interests as a painter, writer, designer, and photographer. His universe was singular and easily recognizable, marked by an easy-flowing Mediterranean eroticism. A sincere appreciation of sensuality runs through it, along with a voyeuristic strain of fascination with the darker sides of human sexuality. He distilled his style through the slow sifting of a broad range of influences: in his output, Andy Warhol rubs elbows with Ignacio F. Iquino, Luis García Berlanga, Luis Buñuel, and Alfred Hitchock. Traces of conceptual art, pop art, surrealism, and postmodernism can be found throughout his oeuvre. His aesthetic boldness wasn’t always welcomed or understood by critics. He took risks and sometimes capsized. But his films never lacked honesty or integrity, gathering up his dreams, obsessions, and anxieties—and a few of his small perversions.
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