<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post117015476109962736..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117015476109962736/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/pedro-almodvars-volver-is-most_30.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117030495617618871</id><published>2007-01-31T23:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-31T23:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I feel ya - for some reason, I was pretty certain ...</title><summary type='text'>I feel ya - for some reason, I was pretty certain from the beginning of her appearance that she wasn&#39;t a ghost or a spirit.  My more cine-literate friends thought she was a spirit much longer than I - this sort of realistic-ghost is more prevalent in Spanish cinema, no?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I guess it&#39;s always a question of where to draw the line - the fact that she comes back At All, as spirit or human, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117015476109962736/comments/default/117030495617618871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117015476109962736/comments/default/117030495617618871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/pedro-almodvars-volver-is-most_30.html?showComment=1170304920000#c117030495617618871' title=''/><author><name>Rain Delay</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02882791018391366108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/pedro-almodvars-volver-is-most_30.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117015476109962736' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117015476109962736' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1598785473"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 31, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117030284162293416</id><published>2007-01-31T23:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-31T23:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I was presenting it as the film does at first, and...</title><summary type='text'>I was presenting it as the film does at first, and thus not &quot;giving it away&quot; -- a basic part of respecting my audience.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Something, I might note, that the use of blogonyms never does.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117015476109962736/comments/default/117030284162293416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117015476109962736/comments/default/117030284162293416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/pedro-almodvars-volver-is-most_30.html?showComment=1170302820000#c117030284162293416' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/pedro-almodvars-volver-is-most_30.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117015476109962736' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117015476109962736' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 31, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117030173104539648</id><published>2007-01-31T22:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-31T22:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>No need to get nasty, Ronald.  As noted, I wasn&#39;t ...</title><summary type='text'>No need to get nasty, Ronald.  As noted, I wasn&#39;t just responding to Your post, but also Other&#39;s reviews which, more explicitly, actually made that error in understanding the story.  I was just making sure that &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A) You weren&#39;t Really that oblivious, like the &#39;others&#39; and&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;B) That I wasn&#39;t somehow insane.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But, no, Ron, I didn&#39;t know exactly why you chose to write it up </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117015476109962736/comments/default/117030173104539648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117015476109962736/comments/default/117030173104539648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/pedro-almodvars-volver-is-most_30.html?showComment=1170301680000#c117030173104539648' title=''/><author><name>Rain Delay</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02882791018391366108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/pedro-almodvars-volver-is-most_30.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117015476109962736' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117015476109962736' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1598785473"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 31, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117029907677025183</id><published>2007-01-31T22:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-31T22:04:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Brain delay,You will of course realize why I chose...</title><summary type='text'>Brain delay,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You will of course realize &lt;I&gt;why&lt;/I&gt; I chose to write this up the way I did.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117015476109962736/comments/default/117029907677025183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117015476109962736/comments/default/117029907677025183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/pedro-almodvars-volver-is-most_30.html?showComment=1170299040000#c117029907677025183' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/pedro-almodvars-volver-is-most_30.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117015476109962736' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117015476109962736' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 31, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117029712983520024</id><published>2007-01-31T21:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-31T21:32:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Great! I like you your review..</title><summary type='text'>Great! I like you your review..</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117015476109962736/comments/default/117029712983520024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117015476109962736/comments/default/117029712983520024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/pedro-almodvars-volver-is-most_30.html?showComment=1170297120000#c117029712983520024' title=''/><author><name>cliffy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01038131284053033427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/pedro-almodvars-volver-is-most_30.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117015476109962736' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117015476109962736' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-132745992"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 31, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117029091720201952</id><published>2007-01-31T19:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-31T19:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A big SPOILER follows, but I must say this:*******...</title><summary type='text'>A big SPOILER follows, but I must say this:&lt;BR/&gt;*********************************************************&lt;BR/&gt;The movie makes TOTAL SENSE if you take it (as many in the movie do) that it&#39;s not the SPIRIT of the mother, but, rather, THE MOTHER.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The one who died in the fire was her husband&#39;s lover.  She set the fire for revenge, then fled, then &#39;returned.&#39;  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Am I Missing </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117015476109962736/comments/default/117029091720201952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117015476109962736/comments/default/117029091720201952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/pedro-almodvars-volver-is-most_30.html?showComment=1170290880000#c117029091720201952' title=''/><author><name>Rain Delay</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02882791018391366108</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/pedro-almodvars-volver-is-most_30.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117015476109962736' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117015476109962736' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1598785473"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 31, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117019368149072345</id><published>2007-01-30T16:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-30T16:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bill Sherman notes the following:Glad you liked VO...</title><summary type='text'>Bill Sherman notes the following:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Glad you liked VOLVER, which I had listed on one of my blogsites as a &quot;favorite film&quot; of mine, and I wanted to comment on your puzzlement about the song she sings since it is structurally related to the fact that it is the first time she has sung since the teenage sexual abuse resulting in the birth and is the first time her daughter learns of this other</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117015476109962736/comments/default/117019368149072345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117015476109962736/comments/default/117019368149072345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/pedro-almodvars-volver-is-most_30.html?showComment=1170193680000#c117019368149072345' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/pedro-almodvars-volver-is-most_30.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117015476109962736' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117015476109962736' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 30, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117016846112170269</id><published>2007-01-30T09:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-30T09:47:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I saw All About My Mother in the Viva Pedro! Serie...</title><summary type='text'>I saw &lt;I&gt;All About My Mother&lt;/I&gt; in the Viva Pedro! Series and was completely blown away by that film. I think it receives a lot of negative criticism, as I was reading in the Michael Wood review of &lt;I&gt;Volver&lt;/I&gt;. Wood mentions the crappy dialog, but I don&#39;t speak Spanish, so what do I know. I consider &lt;I&gt;Mother&lt;/I&gt; to be a masterpiece and probably my favorite movie.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Regarding the dialog</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117015476109962736/comments/default/117016846112170269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117015476109962736/comments/default/117016846112170269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/pedro-almodvars-volver-is-most_30.html?showComment=1170168420000#c117016846112170269' title=''/><author><name>Patrick Dillon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175884937968045605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/pedro-almodvars-volver-is-most_30.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117015476109962736' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117015476109962736' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1634681312"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 30, 2007"/></entry></feed>