IN LOVE WITH LISBON

Oscar nominated Spanish director Carlos Saura has made a musical documentary on the subject of Portuguese Fado.  From what I have read, this is Saura’s interpretation of Fado and includes many of famous fadistas including Amalia and Mariza as well as many more. More a series of vignettes including dance which is not characteristic of Fado, Saura brings together a series of impressions of the genre. It is a perhaps a personal journey that is always going to remain on step away from the truth as Carlos is not from Portugal but from what I have seen so far, I think it will be a very interesting movie to watch.

I have yet to find the movie available on Amazon US, UK or even on Portuguese site Fnac but I am keeping my fingers crossed. It may be well worth keeping an eye on your local arthouse independant cinema for  showings of this.

Here is a trailer I discovered on YouTube and a link to the official site.

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I just had to post this wonderful picture I came across at Flickr last week. The sculpture is by Robert Indiana who is famous for creating pop art which often features short words or numbers. I hadn’t heard of him before seeing this picture but now I am quite entranced by his work.

According to the reading I have done about him, his LOVE design is what he is most known for. The love scultures have appeared across the world and even featured on US post stamps. There seems to be much discussion about the meaning behind the design but personally I like to see the beauty of the word itself.

LOVE

Just LOVE

At the end of the day, that’s what it’s all about, isn’t it.

Picture from Capitu on Flickr

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