Pedro Almodóvar Talks Tilda Swinton, Lockdown and The Human Voice
Sony Pictures Classics Confined to her home for reasons unknown, a woman stares at the wall, paces, picks out outfits, makes phone calls, and slowly begins to unravel. Sound familiar? We all performed a version of that scene during lockdown, but Pedro Almodóvar translated the experience into a meditation on forbearance and the new lease on life that awaits on the other side of heartbreak. Except, in his telling, we’re all dressed like Tilda Swinton in straight-off-the-runway Balenciaga gowns. If only. The Spanish auteur didn’t set out to make a film about the strangeness of 2020, but h...