{"product_id":"eclipse-series-6-carlos-saura-s-flamenco-trilogy-blu-ray","title":"Eclipse Series 6: Carlos Saura’s Flamenco Trilogy (BLU-RAY) Pre-Order Deadline May 19\/26 Coming to Our Shelves June 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eOne of Spanish cinema’s great auteurs,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarlos Saura brought international audiences closer to the art of his country’s dance than any other filmmaker, before or since. In his Flamenco Trilogy—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlood Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarmen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEl amor brujo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—Saura merged his passion for music with his exploration of national identity. All starring and choreographed by legendary dancer Antonio Gades, the films feature thrilling physicality and electrifying cinematography and editing—colorful paeans to bodies in motion as well as to cinema itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlood Wedding\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarlos Saura began what would become his Flamenco Trilogy with this depiction of a single dress rehearsal for choreographer Antonio Gades’s adaptation of poet and playwright Federico García Lorca’s tale of passionate revenge. No mere recording of a ballet, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood Wedding\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBodas de sangre\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) uses gripping camera work and heart-pounding rhythmic editing to evoke the experience of moving with the dancers every step of the way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlood Wedding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas restored in 4K resolution by Mercury Films.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarmen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarlos Saura’s biggest international box-office success was this self-reflexive meditation on both Georges Bizet’s popular opera\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarmen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the original novella by Prosper Mérimée. Antonio Gades plays a choreographer who gets involved with his neophyte lead dancer (Laura del Sol), and grows dangerously jealous. Depicting the ups and downs of their affair in between rehearsals for Gades’s ballet,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarmen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a visually hypnotic hall of mirrors in which the dancers become inseparable from their personas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarmen\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas restored in 4K resolution by Mercury Films.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"header__primarytitle\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEl amor brujo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Flamenco Trilogy’s most straightforward narrative is also its most forthrightly theatrical, a modern take on composer Manuel de Falla’s Roma ballet, dressed up in pink sunsets and hellishly red fires. Set in a dusty Andalusian village, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEl amor brujo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove, the Magician\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) is a seductive melodrama of a man (Antonio Gades) whose beloved is haunted by the ghost of another.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEl amor brujo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas restored in 4K resolution by Mercury Films.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eSpecial Features\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn essay by author and film critic Michael Koresky\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Criterion Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45062853918920,"sku":"CCECL220BD","price":69.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/carlossauraflamencotrilbd.jpg?v=1776912036","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/products\/eclipse-series-6-carlos-saura-s-flamenco-trilogy-blu-ray","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}