Tabu by Murnau, they're always in my memory. They're part of my education, and I love them very much.
Persona influenced me by the idea of an intense relationship, a conversation between two women, where one of them is silent. That image of Bibi Andersson in the bed, very still, has followed me for many years and influenced my visual approach to scenes of main characters in the bed.
— Pedro Almodóvar · IndieWire interview: A Tender Side of Pedro Almodovar
I realized that a person in a coma can have an intense life. And that memory also was influential for the movie.
— Jean Renoir · IndieWire interview: A Tender Side of Pedro Almodovar
The image of the boy in a coma was a revelation. I realized that a person in a coma can have an intense life.
— Jean Renoir · IndieWire interview: A Tender Side of Pedro Almodovar
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