Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989): The NC-17 Rom-Com & Almodóvar’s "Fairy Tale"
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Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989): The NC-17 Rom-Com & Almodóvar’s "Fairy Tale"

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This week on pplpod, we dive into the colorful, controversial world of Pedro Almodóvar’s 1989 classic, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Átame!). We break down the breakout performance of a young Antonio Banderas as Ricky, a released psychiatric patient who kidnaps an actress (Victoria Abril) with a plan to force her to fall in love with him so they can marry and have children.

Join us as we discuss:

• Genre-Bending: How Almodóvar blends elements of horror and thriller with romantic comedy to create what he calls a "romantic fairy tale".

• The Controversy: The legal battle against the MPAA that ensued after the film received an X rating—due in part to a scuba diver toy—and how this movie was instrumental in the creation of the NC-17 rating.

• Beauty and the Beast: The film’s exploration of Stockholm syndrome as a parody of marriage, and its thematic links to classic "taming the beast" narratives like King Kong.

• The Music: The use of Ennio Morricone’s thriller-style score and the iconic closing singalong to "Resistiré".

Whether you view it as a story of "sweet human bondage" or a problematic depiction of abduction, we unpack why this film remains the director's clearest—and most debated—love story.

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