The Spanish Film Academy announced today the death of Carlos Saura, recognized as “the last classic director of Spanish cinema”. The 91-year-old filmmaker and photographer was about to receive the Goya Award of Honor 2023 during the ceremony tomorrow, February 11. His cause of death would be respiratory failure.
The Film Academy deeply regrets to announce the death of Carlos Saura, Goya de Honor 2023. Saura, one of the fundamental filmmakers in the history of Spanish cinema, died today at his home at the age of 91, surrounded by his loved ones. pic.twitter.com/VJMJZYnzm7
— Film Academy (@Academiadecine) February 10, 2023
He had directed 50 films, and one more, the last, the walls speakpremiered last Friday, February 3, and is celebrated by the Academy as a sign of his tireless activity and his love for the trade until the last moment. “Tomorrow, at the Andalusia Auditorium in Seville, the 37th edition of the Goya will commemorate the memory of an unrepeatable creator,” this organization published.
Film personalities from his country, such as the actor Antonio Banderas, They rushed to pay tribute through social media. The president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, also published his condolences.
With Carlos Saura, a very important part of the history of Spanish cinema dies. He leaves behind him an essential work for deep reflection on human behavior.
Rest in peace, friend.#D.E.P #CarlosSaura pic.twitter.com/B7AU9wGWbU
—Antonio Banderas (@antoniobanderas) February 10, 2023
In Saura’s filmography there are classics like the garden of delights (1970), Breeding ravens (1975), Carmen (1983), The love wizard (1983), Shoot! (with Banderas, in 1993) and the seventh day (2004).
He was famous for his method of shooting in chronological order to facilitate the work of the actors in the evolution of the characters, and for leaving the script in a secondary role. But his photographic production is also memorable.
He was a personal friend of Luis Buñuel, worked with Stanley Kubrik in A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lindon and Eyes wide Shut (he was also commissioned to direct the dubbing) and described Francisco Franco as “a donkey, a closed military man”, in an interview for the magazine jot downin 2017.
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Source: Eluniverso
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