{"id":13452,"date":"2024-10-18T12:06:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T19:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13452"},"modified":"2024-11-23T12:17:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T19:17:11","slug":"albert-serra-is-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2024\/10\/18\/albert-serra-is-balls\/","title":{"rendered":"Albert Serra is \u201cballs\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearbooks.com\/articles\/2024\/10\/18\/the_loneliness_of_the_bullfighter_1065640.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Real Clear Books<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Loneliness of the Bullfighter<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>On &#8216;Afternoons of Solitude&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearbooks.com\/authors\/jennifer_may_reiland\/\">Jennifer May Reiland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"El Cordobes - Bullfighter (1950-1959)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-3RW-clQZUg?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The most frequently used word in the new film by director Albert Serra is \u201cballs,\u201d but almost as frequently used is \u201ctruth.\u201d Following the killing of a bull in which the subject of the film, the young Peruvian bullfighter Andr\u00e9s Roca Rey, took near-insane risks with his own life, a member of his team approaches to embrace him. As the crowd roars in the background, we hear the teammate shout with emotion to Roca Rey, \u201cLa vida no vale nada! La vida no vale nada!&nbsp;<em>Nada<\/em>! Que cojones tienes!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I found this moment a perfect encapsulation of the world of bullfighting as I have come to understand it: unique masculine intimacy; admiration for suicidal risk and disregard for life itself; and a preoccupation with balls. I, myself, have heard men in the stands at bullfights point to bullfighters in the ring and remark approvingly, \u201cThis guy wants to die!\u201d to express their satisfaction many times\u2013but not as many times as I\u2019ve heard them talk about&nbsp;<em>cojones<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, in the van which transports the bullfighter and his team\u2013his&nbsp;<em>cuadrilla<\/em>\u2013to their respective hotels, the cuadrilla continually repeats to Roca Rey that he showed \u201ctruth\u201d in the ring and killed the bull \u201ctruly.\u201d It\u2019s a word we will hear again and again\u2013but not as many times as we will hear&nbsp;<em>cojones<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film in question is\u00a0<em>Afternoons of Solitude<\/em>, a documentary directed by Catalan director Albert Serra. Having previously won prizes at Locarno and Cannes for his fictional films, Serra has now won the Golden Shell, the top award at the San Sebasti\u00e1n film festival for his first documentary.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearbooks.com\/articles\/2024\/10\/18\/the_loneliness_of_the_bullfighter_1065640.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at Real Clear Books<\/a> }<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Real Clear Books The Loneliness of the Bullfighter On &#8216;Afternoons of Solitude&#8217; By\u00a0Jennifer May Reiland The most frequently used word in the new film by director Albert Serra is \u201cballs,\u201d but almost as frequently used is \u201ctruth.\u201d Following the killing of a bull in which the subject of the film, the young Peruvian bullfighter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}