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InUmbracle,analeatoryhorrorfilmthatpaintsacriticalimageofFrancoistSpain,Portabellacontinueshisexplorationofthelanguageofexperimentalcinemaanddevelopshisaestheticofcombiningdocumentarywithreenactment.HeworkedwithChristopherLeetoproducean&quot;idealandpredeterminedcliché[d]&quot;imageofanactor:&quot;Leeofferedtoperformmyideaswithpleasure.Ievenmanagedtogethimtodothehardestthinganactorcando:nothing.&quot;<br/>　　Low-budgethorror-filmstarChristopherLeemakesasecondappearanceastheiconiccenterpieceofaPortabellafilm(CUADECUC--VAMPIRwashisfirst),thistimeasanimposingbutghostlyfigurewanderingthestreetsofBarcelona.ThroughfilmclipsthatevokeChaplinandothersilent-eracomedians,Dadaistpoetry,andmysteriousmelodrama,PortabellamakesabidforunfetteredartisticfreedomcalculatedtoscramblethebrainsofFranco-regimecensors.<br/>　　PerePortabella(b.1929,Barcelona)isaveteranSpanishfilmmakerwhosenarrativefeatures—richininterludes,plotdiversions,atmosphere,andunexpectedsynchroniesbetweensightandsound—limntheavant-gardeandexpandtheexpressivepotentialofcinema.Portabella,whobeganhiscinematiccareerasaproduceroffictionfilmsimplicitlycriticalofGeneralFranciscoFranco,hadhispassportrevokedwhenLuisBunuel'sViridiana(1961),whichhehelpedtomake,&quot;embarrassed&quot;SpainattheCannesFilmFestivalin1962.WhendemocracyreturnedtoSpain,PortabellaservedasasenatorintheCatalangovernment.However,throughouthisvariouscareers,Portabellacontinuedtomakecinema,investigatingmeaninginthemovingimageandflexingthenotionofgenre—particularlyforhorrorfilms,fantasyfilms,andthrillers.MoMAfirstscreenedaPortabellawork—VampirCuadecuc(1970)—onJanuary27and28,1972,initsCineprobeprogram.Afterathirty-fiveyearabsence,theDepartmentofFilmishonoredtowelcomePortabellabacktointroducetheNewYorkpremiereofhisrecentlycompletedTheSilencebeforeBach(2007).RoundtablediscussionswillalsobeheldatNewYorkUniversity,September27–28.AllfilmsdirectedbyPortabella.<br/>　　<ahref=&quot;https://www.douban.com/link2/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagoreader.com%2Ffeatures%2Fstories%2Fmoviereviews%2F061110%2F&link2key=ff3a505ae6&quot;target=&quot;_blank&quot;rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;>http://www.chicagore<wbr/>ader.com/features/st<wbr/>ories/moviereviews/0<wbr/>61110/</a>