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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
El Sr. Álvarez ya tiene web
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Scene of spears
I talked about the scene of spears some months ago, when Helena Colomé sent a photo to my Hall of Fame. I am showing this piece because it's just a bit of archeology never seen before. Don't take too many pains trying to understand this. I shooted it in 1995 for my filmed-but-never-edited 16 mm feature film Triptico.
The girls are Arantxa Peña (in black) and Helena Colomé (in yellow), the two actresses who have done more films with me. Arantxa and Helena were not in the cast of Triptico, but I invited them to come a day and shooting an improvised sequence. We had long screens, some sticks and four anonymous spectators who jumped on stage. I don't know what the girls are exactly doing. I don't know what the men with sticks are doing. But you can reach your own concluisons. If you wish tell me what do you think of it on my Facebook page.
Another day I will talk about how much I like women with ponytails, tight dresses and ankle boots.
Carlos Atanes website: www.carlosatanes.com
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
To make movies? Why?
You can't hear the laugh because she's a Scream Queen with the mouth full of sponge cake. Right. This is a teaser I made with a shoot from my 2009 shortfilm "Scream Queen". That is the unmistakable mouth of Arantxa Peña, the actress who has done so many films with me, and I like to see this image as a tribute to her.
If I post this clip is because this scene is one of my favourites. Yesterday a person from Fetisch FilmFestival who was talking with me about "Maximum Shame" asked me "what's you intention making movies?" and it made me thinking. I quickly answered that all begins with an image, the desire of shooting and image, and later the rest come to my mind intuitively. Yes, it is true, and it's possible that rest is just an excuse, a wrapping. With no that basic image the whole movie would lose its raison d'etre for me. The fuel that push me to build a movie is not to spread a message, to tell a story, to become rich or famous. Those reasons are collateral incentives. And what kind of nuclear image I need for begin to work?
There are many kinds of it but I notice it is usually somebody doing something. In this case I had an urgent need to get my camera closer to Arantxa's wide open mouth full of sponge cake, so I wrote it in the screenplay. Why? I don't know, but that image is where the whole shortfilm come from. In following posts I promise to try to psychoanalyze me and understand and explain my weird obsessions which push me to make films. Yes, I know, maybe you don't give a damn, but I think it could be funny anyway.
More info about Carlos Atanes films
at www.carlosatanes.com
Friday, September 11, 2009
The New Spanish Scream Queen is born!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
“SCREAM QUEEN”
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(Are you a reviewer?… Review it! / ¿Haces críticas?… ¡Críticalo!)
The Spanish journalist Jose Manuel Serrano Cueto, author of the book “Horrormania”, goes deep into an evil and dangerous underworld for an interview with a legendary “scream queen.”
A shortfilm written, directed and produced by Carlos Atanes (2008).
Cast: Arantxa Peña, José Manuel Serrano Cueto, Antonio Albella, Manel Solàs, Jean-Pierre Kameni.
Original music score by Marc Álvarez.
More info about Carlos Atanes films at
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
TELECARTON – “PULQUE 51″
TELECARTON (”TV-CARDBOARD”) is a weird programme produced and directed by Carlos Atanes.
Arantxa Peña announces “PULQUE 51″ release.
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
Inminente estreno de “PULQUE 51″
El próximo lunes 16 de febrero de 2009, a las 21:00 h. tendrá lugar en el Teatro Amaya de Madrid el estreno de “Pulque 51″.Friday, January 23, 2009
Sunday, August 10, 2008
“PULQUE 51″ : “SCREAM QUEEN”
The shooting of “Pulque 51″, the shortfilms collective project has started. All the films are starring by the new Spanish Scream Queen Arantxa Peña. Carlos Atanes has shooted “Scream Queen” and Víctor Conde “Lesbos Invaders from Outer Space”. Another four filmmakers will make their own in september. “Scream Queen”, written and directed by Atanes, is played by José Manuel Serrano Cueto, Antonio Albella, Manuel Solàs, Jean-Pierre Kameni and Arantxa Peña, and it is now being edited.Comienza el rodaje del proyecto colectivo de cortometrajes “Pulque 51″, protagonizados por la nueva Scream Queen española: Arantxa Peña. Carlos Atanes rueda “Scream Queen” y Víctor Conde “Lesbos Invaders from Outer Space”. Otros cuatro realizadores rodarán sendos cortos en septiembre. “Scream Queen”, escrito y dirigido por Carlos Atanes, está interpretado por José Manuel Serrano Cueto, Antonio Albella, Manuel Solàs, Jean-Pierre Kameni y Arantxa Peña, y se encuentra ahora en fase de montaje.
Friday, April 4, 2008
“Une présence explosive”

UNE PRÉSENCE EXPLOSIVE: Monika Swuine, from Alien’s Café, interviews Arantxa Peña, actress in many atanic films (“PROXIMA“, “CODEX ATANICUS“, “THE METAMORPHOSIS OF FRANZ KAFKA”…).
UNE PRÉSENCE EXPLOSIVE: Monika Swuine, de Alien’s Café, entrevista a Arantxa Peña, actriz en muchas producciones atánicas (“PROXIMA“, “CODEX ATANICUS“, “LA METAMORFOSIS DE FRANZ KAFKA”…).
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Saturday, January 20, 2007
Pausa
La actriz Arantxa Peña y el actor Manuel Solàs durante un descanso del rodaje de “PROXIMA”, el verano pasado. Me gusta mucho esta fotografía, en la que les pillé desprevenidos y concentrados en sus respectivos quehaceres. Los descansos de los actores acostumbran a quedar fuera de mi radio de acción, pues constituyen, y así debe ser, una realidad paralela a la de los ajetreados interludios fílmicos. Por eso me resulta muy curioso, y entrañable, contemplar esta imagen congelada, que me revela una faceta inédita de dos actores que siempre han estado a mi lado, ayudándome a remar en los procelosos mares del cine, contra viento y marea.

