THE HUNT IS OVER
Spanish film auteur Carlos Saura has died aged 91. His upbringing in the throes of the Spanish Civil War influenced his filmmaking, as did the censorship of the Franco regime, which forced him to lean heavy on symbolism to get the themes of his films across. Among his best-regarded works were Peppermint Frappé, Cousin Angélica, The Hunt, and the Flamenco trilogy. Taking the “honorary award kiss of death” to a new degree, he died a day before he was due to receive the Honorary Goya Award. He was picked by mainstay The Deadest Of The Dead and critic-friendly film personnel theme Criterion Afterlife Edition.
Carlos Saura
4 January 1932 – 10 February 2023, aged 91
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