Kiss of the Spider Woman (film)

Kiss of the Spider Woman (Portuguese: O Beijo da Mulher Aranha) is a Brazilian-American film from 1985, won an Oscar and was nominated for the Golden Palm. The film was based on the novel El beso de la mujer araña ("the kiss of the Spider Woman") of the Argentine writer Manuel Puig. Kiss of the Spider Woman was directed byHéctor Babenco and recorded in São Paulo (Brazil).

The leading roles were played by William Hurt, Raúl Juliá and Sônia Braga. William Hurt won for his role in the 1985 Academy Award for best actor . The film was also nominated for three other Oscars (including the Oscars for best film and best director). Hurt also won the prize for best actor at the BAFTA's and the Cannes Film festivaland went home with the Premi David di Donatello for best foreign actor.

Kiss of the Spider Woman won the prize for best film at the Seattle international film festival. The film was also nominated for four Golden Globes and the Golden Palm in Cannes. Director Héctor Babenco-got a special jury prize at the Tokyo international film festival. 

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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == Read warning: text below contains details about the content and/or the end of the story.In a crowded prison in an unspecified Latin American country share two men a separate cell. It is an unusual privilege in a prison where every cell is home to dozens of prisoners. Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui the reason that so much space is awarded has a dark background. Valentin is a left-wing revolutionary and the leader of a resistance group. The secret police torture him to find out the whereabouts of his friends to come. Arregui, however, is tough and tells nothing.
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There is a plan and the condemned homosexual Luis Molina is placed in a cell with Valentin. Molina convicted of sex with a minor is assigned into revealing information to Valentin in Exchange for an Amnesty. In the cell, where nothing is to do, try Molina to kill time by telling stories. He uses an old nazi-propaganda film he retells.

Valentin which are still being beaten and tortured distrusts Molina and is full of dislike of his homosexuality. However, its resistance Dec and more and more he gives himself over to the stories of his cellmate. Molina who falls in love with Valentin tries to distract the revolutionary of the atrocities of the interrogations. At some time he also knows cigarettes, sweets and other tasty food from the secret police. Valentin also slowly Gets a certain affection for Molina and the two men become friends. Eventually they even have sex with each other.

The secret police now understands that the experiment failed. They let Molina freely in the hope he will lead them to the comrades of Valentin. If Molina out of the cell is extracted has he gotten a Valentin's phone number to get in touch with the resistance group. Although Valentin know that Molina has spied on him, he wants to still use this chance to his friends about his captivity. Molina, however, refuses to use the number for fear of the secret police. He finally decides to call and schedule an appointment to meet with the comrades of Valentin. The secret police let Molina, however, Chase and surprised the revolutionaries. In the gunfight that follows, is Molina shot. A policeman offers Molina assistance to in Exchange for the phone number. But he refuses and bleeds to death.

Valentin is still tortured In prison in the meantime. The prison doctor gives him morphine for pain and slowly drops away and Valentin dreams of the beautiful spider woman who takes him to her island. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Background<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film is based on the novel by Manuel Puig. The book fell on because of the lack of a narrator. There is only interrupted here and there by dialogue, monologue intérieur. The movies that Molina retelling (or invents that stays in the middle) are an important part of the novel. In the book describes Molina five films, which in the film is reduced to two. Just like in the book the film is a study of love and betrayal. Molina is in love with Valentin and trying to distract from the reality of the torture and interrogation by telling stories full of love and romance.
 * William Hurt: Luis Molina
 * Raúl Juliá: Valentin Arregui
 * Sônia Braga: Leni Lamaison/Marta/spider woman
 * José Lewgoy: Prison Guard
 * Milton Gonçalves: Agent of the secret police
 * Míriam Pires: mother of Luis Molina
 * Nuno Leal Maia: Gabriel
 * Fernando Torres: Americo
 * Patricio Bisso: Greta
 * Herson Capri: Werner
 * Denise Dumont: Michelle
 * Antônio Petrin: Clubfoot
 * Wilson Grey: Flunky
 * Miguel FalabellaAs Lieutenant

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The favourite film of Molina, the nazi film, is about a young French woman who falls in love with a Gestapo officer. She dies in his arms as she is shot and killed by the resistance. It is for announcement of the end of Molina. Only here and there the roles are swapped. Molina falls in love with the revolutionary Valentin and is shot if he wants to come in contact with his comrades. In the end makes Molina then his betrayal well without talking to die. By Valentin's girlfriend, Marta, as the fictional French woman in the nazi film and the mysterious spider woman become reality and fiction mixed. The nazi movie and the movie about the spider woman forms a dream world in which Molina can project his feelings and pass to Valentin. The betrayal and romance is also on the side of Marta, which basically has given up Valentin, he is left to its fate. Just as Molina keeps his mouth at the end of the film, so Valentin keeps his mouth. Despite that he is not specified, he betrays his comrades. Love is a metaphor for sacrifice. Molina and Valentin Valentin on sacrifices himself for his beloved for Marta and the revolution. Here also runs a parallel to the passion of Christ. With a kiss is betrayed by Judas , Jesus and the first to sacrifice for mankind. ==Production<span class="mw-editsection" len="347" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Leonard Schrader wrote a screenplay based on the novel by Puig. Not long after David Weisman had put in motion the production of the film, he received a visit from actor Burt Lancaster. Lancaster wanted to play the character of Luis Molina and came up with an alternative screenplay that he himself had written. He had also been a film test done in women's clothes. However, when producer David Weisman hooked Lancaster refused to use his film scenario. Then William Hurt to Molina to play pulled Weisman. William Hurt was emerging at that time by roles in successful productions such as Body Heat and Gorky Park. Director Héctor Babenco thought, however, that he would cooperate with the British actor John Hurt and was not pleased with the casting of William Hurt, known as a difficult actor to work with. Hurt and Babenco had regularly feud during the shooting. To make matters worse, the disaster was there too little chemistry between Hurt and Raul Julia. Hurt then suggested that he and Juliet would exchange of character. The experiment fell good and Hurt suggested to Babenco ven Weisman for to permanently by role Exchange. The proposal was being considered, but eventually rejected. However, as regarded the role reversal Hurt useful to get a better understanding of the character that Raul Julia played. The quarrels between Babenco and Hurt were not the only quarrels, the Director was also frequently at odds with screenwriter Schrader on the interpretations of the script.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The recordings were not without problems. The English-language scenario resulted in a film spoken in English, which in turn has caused you any trouble for Sonia Braga that this language was not powerful.Babenco left Braga for that reason her text phonetically how to pronounce.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Halfway through the shooting Hurt was kidnapped by a gang and put against a wall. He feared for his life, but was finally horrified. The actor failed to mention the incident for fear that the recordings would be shut down. In fact, like to make the movie wanted to Hurt that he-like Raul Julia-only reimburse travel expenses are left.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In spite of this production came into financial trouble when a French distributor withdrew and the shooting of the film-in-the-movie in Europe had to be deleted. Producer David Weisman also had large debts to the editing studio in Los Angeles. At one point he even had to swerve to New York to finish the movie. The problems with the Assembly led to the first version of the film was refused at the New York film festival of 1984 and was then purchased by any distributor. Weisman left the film reassembling, a process that lasted a year, after which Kiss of the Spiderman with great success was shown in Cannes in 1985. ==Dvd<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film was released on dvd in 2008. This dvd also includes a making of documentary by producer David Weisman. ==Receipt<span class="mw-editsection" len="347" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After the success at the film festival in Cannes was Kiss of the Spider Woman released in the us on 25 July 1985. The film broke records all visitors during the opening weekend. ==Prices<span class="mw-editsection" len="345" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Kiss of the Spider Woman was nominated for an Oscar for best film, for best actor (William Hurt) for best screenplay and best director. Finally won only Hurt the Oscar for best actor. He won a BAFTA in the same category, while he also was distinguished in Cannes during the film festival as best actor. The Oscar that William Hurt won for Kiss of the Spider Woman was later stolen from his home. He discovered the theft when he moved in June 2005.