Episode 169: ARREBATO (RAPTURE) (1979) with Kelly Krantz

Kelly Krantz (https://twitter.com/kransekage_) is back to discuss a doozy of a movie: Iván Zulueta’s enigmatic, career-ending, post-Franco, quasi-horror film ARREBATO (also known as RAPTURE)! ARREBATO focuses on Pedro and José, two filmmakers seduced by art, heroin, history, and each other. As the mystery behind Pedro’s enigmatic naivete unravels – recurring “raptures” that maybe take Pedro out of his body when he watches film – José and his girlfriend Ana find themselves pulled closer and closer to the dark heart of his obsession. It’s about the fulfilling, soul-sucking enterprise of doing… well, anything worth doing! It’s also a movie about preserving and reliving moments forever and, in a world already full of moments to be experienced, the inherent pull of the pause. Links: Follow Kelly on Twitter at https://twitter.com/kransekage_ and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/luckyhoss/ “Rapture and Relapse, Arrebató and Addiction” by Finn Odum at Perisphere, the Trylon blog: https://www.perisphere.org/2022/04/07/rapture-and-relapse-arrebato-and-addiction/ Natalie Marlin’s review of ARREBATO on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/framingthepic/film/rapture-1979/ - Buy tickets to “DISHONORABLE DISTINCTION: BRUCE DERN’S 1970s” (April 2022 at the Trylon Cinema): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/dishonorable-distinction-bruce-derns-1970s/ Buy tickets to “AGNÈS VARDA: DIEU DU CINÉMA” (May 2022 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/agnes-varda-dieu-du-cinema/ - Buy tickets to “ISHIRÔ HONDA’S GODZILLA” (May 2022 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/ishiro-hondas-godzilla/ Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 169: ARREBATO (1979) 1:09 - The episode actually starts 2:57 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 5:25 - Kelly’s thoughts 09:42 - On structure 17:47 - Distance, addiction, & queer attraction 23:40 - Nostalgia, Peter Pan, Stendhal syndrome, and the many readings of ARREBATO 32:48 - Is this really a horror movie? 37:25 - Empathy, the women of ARREBATO, & the ending 55:09 - Final thoughts: The goop, Almodovar, the humor, & the music 1:06:40 - Cody's Noteys (Trylibs: Rapture)