Personalities from the world of tradition and politics have mourned the demise of director Carlos Saura, who died this Friday on the age of 91, in the future earlier than the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences awarded him the Goya in Seville honorary.
After studying of the demise of the director, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has praised the “basic determine” of Spanish tradition that has been Saura. “His expertise is and can at all times be the cultural heritage of our historical past due to unforgettable movies corresponding to ‘Ay, Carmela’ or ‘La cousin Angélica’. We say goodbye to the director of creativeness, however his cinema stays,” Sánchez mentioned in a publication. on his Twitter account.
For his half, the president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has highlighted the “indispensable determine” within the historical past of Spanish cinema of Carlos Saura and has conveyed his affection “to his household and to your entire household of cinematographic arts”.
Carlos Saura leaves us, a basic determine of Spanish tradition.
His expertise is and can at all times be a cultural heritage of our historical past due to unforgettable movies corresponding to ‘Ay, Carmela’ or ‘La cousin Angélica’.
We say goodbye to the director of the creativeness, however his cinema stays. pic.twitter.com/FAv8Of3Vhv
— Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) February 10, 2023
The Ministry of Culture and Sports have additionally mourned the demise of the director, stressing that his contribution to Spanish cinema will stay “invaluable” and that he was awarded “numerous” prizes such because the 1980 National Film Award and the Gold Medal for benefit in Fine Arts 1991.
Thus, the Minister of Culture and Sports, Miquel Iceta, who talked about that Saura was a filmmaker, photographer, set designer and complete artist, identified that his profession obtained “each award conceivable, and above all, the love, appreciation and everybody’s recognition.”
An Aragonese “lover of his land and keen about images”
The Minister of Education and Vocational Training, Pilar Alegría, has influenced the Aragonese roots of Saura, “lover of his land, keen about images” who portrayed “society like few others in all his works”: “His contribution to cinema trendy is indeniable. All our like to his household”.
Along the identical strains, the president of Aragon, Javier Lambán, has harassed that Saura has already entered the historical past of “the most effective Spanish and Aragonese tradition, within the wake of Goya and Buñuel”. “I’ve been coping with him lately, out of a deep admiration for him,” he recalled.
The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has additionally mentioned goodbye to the filmmaker, who has harassed that Saura was “a Madrileño by adoption and a grasp of cinema, literature and images”. “He leaves us a novel work, which pays tribute to the whole thing of our cultural heritage and renews it: the phrase, music, dance and picture. Rest in peace”, Ayuso has revealed.
Carlos Saura, a local of Madrid by adoption and a instructor of cinema, literature and images, has handed away.
He leaves us a novel work, which pays homage to the whole thing of our cultural heritage and renews it: phrases, music, dance and picture.
Rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/yFNEsfblnf
— Isabel Díaz Ayuso (@IdiazAyuso) February 10, 2023
In addition, the president of the Senate, Ander Gil, has indicated that he was one of many “most transcendental” administrators of Spanish cinema. “He leaves with all of the nationwide and worldwide recognitions, and signing a golden web page within the historical past of Spanish cinema. DEP”, he commented.
The spokesperson for Ciudadanos in Congress and former chief of the orange formation, Inés Arrimadas, has lamented the unhappy information of her loss the day earlier than receiving the Goya de Honor 2023 and has identified that her determine “crosses the borders of cinema and her legacy is already a basic a part of Spanish tradition”.
“Tomorrow we’ll all commemorate his reminiscence and determine in Seville. Rest in peace”, underlined the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, who added that Saura was going to obtain the Goya de Honor on this version “as a tribute to his expertise and trajectory”.
The world of tradition remembers the “indispensable work” of Saura
Malaga actor Antonio Banderas has said that with Carlos Saura “a vital a part of the historical past of Spanish cinema dies” and has highlighted that the filmmaker “leaves behind him a vital work for deep reflection on the habits of the human being”. “Rest in peace good friend”, he identified, whereas his colleague Hugo Silva shared a fraction of the Carlos Saura movie ‘Sevillanas’ (1992), with Lola Flores.
With Carlos Saura, a vital a part of the historical past of Spanish cinema dies. He leaves behind him a vital work for deep reflection on human habits.
Rest in peace good friend.# DEP #CarlosSaura pic.twitter.com/B7AU9wGWbU
— Antonio Banderas (@antoniobanderas) February 10, 2023
“Carlos Saura, whom I met through the filming of his final movie in Atapuerca and among the many bison, has died. In these days I believed: I wish to be like Carlos Saura when I’m his age. (These days I draw what I known as them I maintain as a treasure)”, recalled paleontologist Juan Luis Arsuaga.
For his half, the movie producer Agustín Almodóvar has additionally echoed the information of the demise of Carlos Saura, whom he considers “the final traditional director of Spanish cinema”.
“Have a superb journey” wished the “maestro” the actor Óscar Jaenada, whereas the director of the tv program ‘Días de Cine’, Gerardo Sánchez, mentioned “goodbye to a movie big”. “Goodbye Carlos Saura”, he has indicated himself.
Likewise, the movie and tv producer Enrique López Lavigne has declared “for eternity Carlos Saura”, whereas the Círculo de Bellas Artes has lamented “the unhappy information of the demise of the good Spanish filmmaker”, sending “a hug to his family members and associates”.
Rodrigo Cortés, director, producer, and screenwriter, has written a couple of phrases in his reminiscence on ABC, underneath the title ‘Carlos I the Stubborn, Last King of Aragon’. “Saura had the attention of a photographer and the soul of a painter. Bored so many occasions with himself to have the ability to do the identical factor otherwise, he reinvented himself as a lot as he might and as many occasions as he wished, from board to board and from bard to verse, from oil to wave and from rhythm in purpose”, has written.
The Film Academy has additionally “deeply” regretted the demise of Carlos Saura, Goya de Honor 2023, “one of many basic filmmakers within the historical past of Spanish cinema.”
The Fundación Artistas e Intérpretes Sociedad de Gestión (Aisge) have recalled how final week they celebrated the Goya of Honor for Carlos Saura with an illustration. “Did we do incorrect to get forward of ourselves? The filmmaker leaves us right this moment, in the future after receiving the award. In actuality, we had been doing the correct factor: it was not vital for him to boost the trophy for us to have a good time (as soon as once more) his artwork,” he identified. .
“Goodbye maestro. Deep disappointment for the demise of the good filmmaker Carlos Saura. He leaves us along with his newest movie ‘La paredes hablan’ (offered at #70SSIFF) lately launched in theaters and on the eve of receiving the Goya de Honor for his whole profession “, defined Donostia Zinemaldia, the San Sebastian Festival.
The Antonio Gades Foundation and Company additionally mourns the lack of the “nice filmmaker”. “With his departure, a novel web page within the historical past of our cinema and our tradition closes. Our hug and affection for all his household and associates,” he mentioned.