Series plenty plenty of music, dances and songs and in their original version for our Open Air Cinema in San Sebastian: Office by Johnnie To, Una jolie vallée by Gaël Lépingle, Phantom of the Paradise by Brian de Palma, among others.
When we first started thinking about the summer, this season was going to be called Cinturón negro de karaoke [Black Belt in Karaoke], in memory of the album by Javier Krahe. Then, we thought we might call it Último Grito [Last Cry], in tribute to the musical and television facet of our beloved Ivan Zulueta, because this was the title of the musical program of TVE where he worked in the late seventies.
But in the end, whatever it's called, we think our reasons for scheduling these films during July and August is obvious – we want music, we want singing and we want dancing at the launch of our open-air cinema in San Sebastian. Music and cinema, yes, but with our own special approach to programming. Is it possible to make a film on capitalist corruption in which the executives sing? Or a pastoral and choral adaptation of The Three Musketeers? Or a glam-rock remake of The Phantom of the Opera?