Antoni Padrós

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Antoni Padrós

Born January 1, 1937 · Terrassa, Spain (age 89)

Born in Terrassa, in Cataluña, in 1937. A key figure in Catalán avant-garde cinema, contemporary with but not a part of the Barcelona School. He self-funded his early films from his job at a bank, leading to the production of two feature-length films and 11 shorts. 

Known For

Lock-OutLock-Out · 1973
Lock-Out
4.01973
MovieDrama
An allegory of political oppression under Franco, with a plot alternating between narrative sequences and dream-like moments styled after the Spanish avant garde. Padrós employs a range of musical forms including opera, scores, and choreography to underscore a plot featuring a group of dropouts living in a junkyard who try to re-integrate with "The System" as represented by a party.
Alice Has Discovered the Napalm BombAlice Has Discovered the Napalm Bomb · 1969
Alice Has Discovered the Napalm Bomb
5.51969
MovieDrama
(Very) loosely based on Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, with a soundtrack partly from Cream and Tuli Kupferberg, and shot in the cemetery of Terrassa, this film presents a protest of American imperialism and the Vietnam War.
Shirley Temple StoryShirley Temple Story · 1976
Shirley Temple Story
5.51976
MovieComedyMusic
A humorously distorted version of the life of Shirley Temple, and described by its director as a terrorist musical. Shirley Temple sets off for the Emerald City to tell the Wizard that she is upset that Judy Garland has been selected for the role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. On this trip she is accompanied by a group of characters who make reference to a fragmented, bipolar society. The film was begun as Franco was ill and completed after his death, and makes reference to the oppression of Spain during this period.
L’home precísL’home precís · 2012
L’home precís
5.02012
Movie
A narrative in the form of a Christmas story filled with repetitions, the specific routines of a precise man, in which the visit of death is part of the specular game.
Ice CreamIce Cream · 1970
Ice Cream
6.41970
MovieMusic
A short film about a mysterious ceremony, based on an essay by William S. Burroughs.
FreeFree · 1966
Free
1966
Movie
Short film by Antoni Padrós
Fragmentos para una historia del otro cine españolFragmentos para una historia del otro cine español · 2010
Fragmentos para una historia del otro cine español
6.02010
MovieDocumentary
Documentary about the history of experimental cinema in Spain. FRAGMENTS is a historical survey of “the other” Spanish Cinema — films that brazenly explored their artistic, poetic and conceptual potential. Spanish experimental cinema can be glimpsed in a series of important yet isolated events that FRAGMENTS compiles through various firsthand accounts, film excerpts and documents. For the first time in Spain, a documentary brings together the most relevant of a cinema that is slowly losing its invisibility.
Men of FireMen of Fire · 1984
Men of Fire
1984
Movie
Short film by Antoni Padrós

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