Mar 11, 2020 living is easy with eyes closed misunderstanding all you see its getting hard to be someone but it all works out it doesnt matter much to me. Living is easy with eyes closed american cinematheque. Living is easy with eyes closed official trailer youtube. It was selected as the spanish entry for the best foreign language film at the 87th academy awards, but was not nominated. Culture film features living is easy with eyes closed. Newhall under construction newhall under construction. John lennons spain sojourn becomes a film without lennon. The film won six goya awards, including best film, best director, best original writing and best leading actor. Living is easy with eyes closed is a 20 spanish comedydrama film written and directed by david trueba, and starring javier camara. Living is easy with eyes closed misunderstanding all you see its getting hard to be someone but it all works out it doesnt matter much to me.
Oct 18, 20 culture film features living is easy with eyes closed. I suppose on the forefront it sounds rather obvious to say, but david truebas living is easy with eyes closed is a film that i increasingly liked as it went on. Living is easy with eyes closed vivir es facil official trailer. Inspired by true events, writerdirector david truebas multi awardwinning box office hit living is easy with eyes closed is a buoyant and heartfelt comedy set in conservative, francoera spain, about a freespirited english teachers quest to meet his idol, john lennon, and the inspirational effect he has on two young people who share. Living is easy with eyes closed is subtle in the truest sense, in that it says and suggests much, and does so definitely, but through a minimum of means. The opening night film for the spanish film festival 2014 is the goyaawardwinning film living is easy with eyes closed. Living is easy with eyes closedhow do you interpret. Living is easy with eyes closed 20 in 1966, antonio, a high school teacher in spain, drives to almeria to meet john lennon and helps two runaways. Living is easy with eyes closed official site palace films. Spanish comingofageroad trip film set in 1966 following a high school teacher who drives to almeria where he hopes to meet his idol, john lennon. The winner of the new filmmakers from spain short film contest, sequence by carlos torres, will screen first and the feature will begin at 7.
A new film about a teacher who travels across spain to meet john. Spanish comingofageroad trip film set in 1966 following a high school teacher who drives to almeria where he. Spain, 1966, a highschool englishlatin teacher, antonio, drives to almeria in hopes of meeting his hero, john lennon. The beatles strawberry fields forever lyrics genius lyrics. At the recent 28th goya awards living is easy with eyes closed, won awards for best film and director, best screenplay and best original score. Its a lot easier to pretend its alright than to deal with it. And whether youre the type to feel nostalgic about things before they even happen or not, this film takes you on a glorious sepia toned journey to almeria in the late 1960s. Played with unaffected charm and sincerity by javier camara, an actor referred to as spains national treasure, antonio is the. Living is easy with eyes closed selena the beatles. Living is easy with eyes closed 2014 rotten tomatoes. Oct 31, 20 spain, 1966, a highschool englishlatin teacher, antonio, drives to almeria in hopes of meeting his hero, john lennon. Monica film center santa monica monica film center santa monica. And as a carrier of meaning, the figure of lennon is used deftly and.
Spanish beatlemania and icelandic horses steal the screen. Living is easy with eyes closed by david trueba david. When he learns that his idol john lennon is making a film in almeria richard lesters how i won the war he resolves to meet him. Played with unaffected charm and sincerity by javier camara, an actor referred to as spains national treasure, antonio is the everyman who is both ordinary and extraordinary. Closer, let me whisper in your ear im in love with you. Peterson antonio, the english teacher on a quest in living is easy with eyes closed, is one of the most likeable characters you will ever encounter on film. Antonio leads our motley trio down the long and winding road to the village near the film set. I loved everything else about this film and because the rest of it. Living is easy with eyes closedhow do you interpret this.
The spanish film takes its inspiration from strawberry fields forever, the 1966 beatles song. Find where to watch living is easy with eyes closed in australia. The carpetbagger will take a look at films and the people who make and. The films title comes from a line in the song strawberry fields forever. The crowd pleasing living is easy with eyes closed was a big winner at spains goya awards, and its easy to see why. Living is easy with eyes closed misunderstanding all you see its getting hard to be someone. When he discovers that john lennon is to film a movie richard lesters how i won the war in. We can work it out the beatles living is easy with eyes.
How john lennons role in a 1960s war film inspired a whole new movie. Antonio, the english teacher on a quest in living is easy with eyes closed, is one of the most likeable characters you will ever encounter on film. I suppose on the forefront it sounds rather obvious to say, but david truebas living is easy with eyes closed is a film that i. This channel was generated automatically by youtubes v. Mar 19, 2015 javier camara is the beatlesobsessed teacher antonio in living is easy with eyes closed. Living is easy with eyes closed vivir es facil official.
Inspired by a real incident, the title of the comedydrama mirrors the first line of the beatles song strawberry fields forever whose lyrics signal attention to the growing use of psychedelics. The films title comes from a lyric in the song strawberry fields forever, from the beatles. This is how i remember you this is how youll stay this is how i remember you this is how youll stay. Living is also easy when you view the world through rose coloured glasses. We can work it out living is easy with eyes closed. Youre forgetting the other part to that quote which makes up the whole meaning living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see what i think it means is that living is easy when you only look at things at face value.
Years to come living is easy with eyes closed lyrics. May 11, 2010 i cant believe this is the best answer, its as simple as this living is easy when you just ignore things in life that are uncomfortable or inconvient to you. Spanish film written and directed by david trueba, and starring javier camara. The film crew was ready, and maureen wished shed made richie wear the fingerless gloves shed bought him.
An english teacher who travels to almeria when he hears that john lennon is making a film there befriends with a 16yearold boy who has run away from home and a young girl who also seems to be running away from something. Strawberry fields forever living is easy with eyes closed misunderstanding all you see its getting hard to be someone but it all works out it doesnt matter much to me let me take you down, cause im going to strawberry fields nothing is real and nothing to get hung about strawberry fields forever no one i think is in my tree i mean it must be. The movie title, living is easy with eyes closed, comes from a line in lennons song strawberry fields forever which he wrote while filming how i won the war in almeria. Living is easy with eyes closed 20 movie moviefone. Watch living is easy with eyes closed 20 full movie online 123movie watch living is easy with eyes closed 20 123movies online for free. John lennons spain sojourn becomes a film without lennon by larry rohter. David truebas film living is easy with eyes closed takes its title from the beatles song strawberry fields forever, which john lennon wrote while he was in almeria, spain, acting in richard. The subject is explored with confidence in writerdirector david truebas soldiers of salamina living is easy with eyes closed, winner of six goya awards, the spanish equivalent of the oscars. Outsider pictures he loves john lennon, and viewers will love him. But that was part of the adventure, and so he didnt mind too much. Javier camara is the beatlesobsessed teacher antonio in living is easy with eyes closed.
Living is easy with eyes closed is a 20 drama and comedy film written and directed by david trueba. Get out was a great movie until it threw blind people under the bus. Beatles fans may instantly recognize some of the back story behind david truebas film, living is easy with eyes closed, which is receiving its world premiere in san sebastian. For example, a lot of north america has completely ignored the fact that the government is becoming less democratic every day. He loves john lennon, and viewers will love him sfgate. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical. Montreal lets just say i was predisposed to like a film titled living is easy with eyes closed. Living is easy with eyes closed official site palace. Let me take you down, cause im going to strawberry fields nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about strawberry fields forever living is easy with. Oct 22, 2014 yet there is a gravity to living is easy with eyes closed too, a sense that there are things at stake for all the characters. Living is easy with eyes closed 20 directed by david. Living is easy with eyes closed by david trueba david trueba. Find out where to watch, buy, and rent living is easy with eyes closed online on moviefone. Living is easy with eyes closed, which took top honors at spains goya awards best film, director, actor, screenplay, etc.
Jun 26, 2011 youre forgetting the other part to that quote which makes up the whole meaning living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see what i think it means is that living is easy when you only look at things at face value. Sep 26, 20 beatles fans may instantly recognize some of the back story behind david truebas film, living is easy with eyes closed, which is receiving its world premiere in san sebastian. This charming road movie, inspired by actual incidents, earned six goya awards, including best film and two for writerdirector david trueba. It touches on a spain where everyone who was different lived in fear, where decades of censorship and cultural repression sat bottled up until the day franco died. Chosen as the opening night film for the 2014 spanish film festival, this is a charming, enjoyable and feel good road trip comedy which takes its title from the opening lyric of the beatles song strawberry fields forever. To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up. Firstly, i am blind, so i think i have every right to make this point. Yet there is a gravity to living is easy with eyes closed too, a sense that there are things at stake for all the characters.