Like all the best directors, Almodovar works out problems in life through his films. Pain and Glory remains his most personal -- and hence best -- film to date. Almodovar strips his convoluted storytelling (which conceals more than reveals) to the bare minimum, displaying his lifelong concerns and obsessions with unprecedented nakedness. Like Citizen Kane, the film is at heart about discovering memory, and the key to protagonist, a version of Almodovar, is found in childhood.
诱人的是掌控方(施虐)和受控方(受虐)权力的转换、两性的张力、二元的矛盾、恋物拜物癖 、高贵的阿佛洛狄忒、高潮部分的胜利之舞裘皮下赤裸的女性身体配乐把一切带到巅峰片尾引用“Il Signore onnipotente lo colpì e lo mise nelle mani di una Donna”镜头切出剧院 - 急骤的收尾(我死了