In one of her interviews, Pina Bausch mentioned that she always wanted to dance more. That was the original intention in her beginning to create work. But she rarely danced, she was always choreographing. An exception was her performance in Cafe Muller, also featured in Spanish filmmaker, Pedro Almodovar's classic, Talk To Her. The film opens and closes with Pina Bausch's choreography. I have truly come to love Almodovar as a cinematic choreographer and the use of movement in constructing the framework of his films. The order of the scenes, the story, how it's told, how the characters tell it, the cinematography. As a filmmaker, Almodover has a talented ability to draw you into the setting and somehow you are right there with the characters, feeling their every emotion - guilt, pains, joy, frustrations, and laughter. The subtle hint of similaritities in the form of Almodover and Pina Bausch's work is the ultimate beauty of this film.
Below is the trailer for Talk to Her followed by a clip from the film's opening scene featuring Pina's rare dancing moment. Enjoy!
TITLE: Cafe Muller (1978), Talk to Her (2002)
CHOREOGRAPHER: Pina Bausch
FILMMAKER: Pedro Almodovar
MEDIUM: Dance/Film
SCORE: Henry Purcell - When I am Laid in Earth
SET: Cafe/Chairs/Wall/Concrete Floor
COSTUME: Woman's Slip/White Gown/Man's Suit
NOTED ELEMENTS: Chairs/Desks/Mirror/Tables/Old Slip/White Gown/Hair/Sadness/Weight/Collapse/Walking/Psychopathy/Psych Ward/Sleep Walking/Gestures/Childhood/Dreams/Memory
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