Camp at the Cinema, Cinema Talk & Screening: Strange Way of Life (2023)

Camp at the Cinema takes a trip to the Wild West with Strange Way of Life, by director and leading light of modern melodrama Pedro Almodóvar. 

Melodrama traditionally focuses on women’s inner lives. These  ‘women’s pictures’, were created for female audiences with their favourite female stars, featuring characters whose sensationalist struggles carry searing social commentary beneath their glossy veneer. Strange Way of Life is our ‘wild card’, what if it’s Queer male relationships in the spotlight?

Former ‘hired guns’ Jake and Silva (Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal), meet again after 25 years of separation following a brief fiery affair. Jake’s transition to the ‘right side of the law’ has made a sheriff out of this former gunslinger. Fate intervenes when a yearning Silva rides into town angling to reminisce and rekindle the romance. Before too long passion resurfaces, but things take a dramatic turn when a murder cover-up muddies the waters.

Stunning cinematography, lush design (Pascal and Hawke are styled to Western perfection in costumes courtesy of YSL) and a clear melodramatic tone will transport you to a sensuous world of lonesome cowboys.

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