Arrebato (1979) // dir. Iván Zulueta
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Arrebato (1979) // dir. Iván Zulueta
Arrebato (1979) dir. Iván Zulueta
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[Image description: A digital drawing based on Pedro from the film Arrebato. At the bottom of the piece, there's a close-up drawing of Pedro's eyes staring listlessly into the distance, face upturned. The skin around his eyes is red and blotchy. This drawing melds into another drawing of Pedro. He's sitting on a bed and tightly clutching a cluster of grapes close to his face. His mouth is pinching together and a liquid strand falls all, implying that he's eating one. He's looking straight ahead with wide, wild eyes. One of his legs is pulled up in front of him so his arm rests on his knee. To the left, there's a circle that shows Pedro asleep in his bed, bathed in blue light. It looks like a lens, and is coupled with a red light above it, as if a camera. Other circles in the piece are randomly coloured red, specifically Pedro's right eye on the top drawing, one of the grapes in the cluster, and the highlight in his left eye on the bottom drawing. The lineart is a dark blue and alternates between stark shadows and scratchy shading. The background is a bright teal, which contrasts against the more sallow colours used for colouring Pedro.]
Inktober - Day 26 (Camera)
Film - Arrebato (Iván Zuleta, 1979)
i made these collages with stills from some of my favorite queer films of all time.
there are several favorites that didn't make the cut because they're not sensual enough for this list--those can live one one of my other lists. but this list is dedicated to films i relate to or that i find particularly romantic, sexy, or compelling. most of the films feature explicitly queer couples, and while they don't all end happily, they feel authentic without devolving into trauma porn.
the only films on this list without an explicitly queer romance are 'persona' and 'arrebato' (from the second collage). but their shared themes of obsession and consumption are more relatable than any of the other films to me, and i find the unspoken and untouched desire tantalizing in a way that disgusts me. i paired them with 'the hunger' in the collage because they're the most toxic pairings on the whole list.
my favorite throughline on the list is that all three films in the third collage are about childhood friends who reconnect in adulthood and rekindle their romance against the odds. because all three are so tied to the places in which they're set, they also do an incredible job of making the locations feel lived-in and the characters feel so real.
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Arrebato (Rapture) | Dir: Ivan Zulueta | 1979 | Eusebio Poncela as José Sirgado
𝘔𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘰 𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘪ó 𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘪 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘰 𝘮á𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘢 𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘢 𝘭𝘶𝘻 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘫𝘰𝘴 𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘴 𝘴𝘶 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤í𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘰 𝘮𝘪 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘺 𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘢 𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥í𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘻 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴 𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘥𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘪 𝘢 𝘵𝘶 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘤𝘪ó𝘯 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘺𝘰 𝘴𝘪, 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘶 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘢.