John Waters were among the handful of celebrities at the 50th annual Chaplin Gala in New York Monday evening to pay tribute to friend and partner Pedro Almodóvar. The Spanish Oscar-winning “Talk to Her” and “Women on the Border of a Nervous Division” received the director Film At the Lincoln Center corresponding to the A Lifetime Achievement Award with remarks from his beloved screen Muse Rossy de Palma, John Turturro, Richard Peña and Dua Lipa and even a flamenco dance from Mikhail Baryshnikov.
However, Water’s speech was the most memorable and evil of the night – no surprise from the “Pink Flamingo” director and the Pope of Junk – with Waters who praises Almodóvar as “the best filmmaker in the world” while singing how generous “the room next to” director is with complex roles for women. (Remember that “All About My Mother” ends with an ode on the screen To the world’s largest actresses, especially Bette Davis, Gena Rowlands and Romy Schneider.)
Waters recalled “A completely crazy club child party for me when I showed up with my films in Malaga, Spain,” praised Almodóvar who “never pretentious, always a little rude and ready to pull the carpet out of what we are comfortable with. No.
When he talked to IndieWire earlier on the red carpet in Chaplin Gala, Waters designated “I’m so excited!” As one of his favorite Almodóvar films, aircraft comedy 2013 that met a mixed reception at that time.
“The 50th Chaplin Award – formerly Honoree’s Alfred Hitchcock, Elizabeth Taylor, Fellini, even the three Stooges would know that Pedro deserved this price,” Waters said in his speech. “He can tell a story without endless driving time, make a dollar Holler budget, create screen goddesses of non-traditional beauties that make other glamor girls look boring. Pedro has put their handsome disposable assistants in their films in daily players, which I always try to identify and ask him.”
He continued, “In addition to all these professional talents, Pedro also holds old friends in the United States that he has had from the beginning and sees them at every visit. He is gay, but not Rah-Rah-Rabid and hetero-friendly in the best sentence. He also has a look. Waters also described Almodóvars 2024 Novell and Pecnity” The Last Dream “as a” real ”
Finally, he ended his speech with a nod to many of Almodóvar’s best titles: “Tie me in high heels that carry the skin I live in. That’s right: We are matadors on the verge of a nervous division. No bad education here. I am so excited. I mean, what have I done to deserve this?
Vincent Perella contributed reporting.
