A classic western, Two ride together, by John Ford, and an example of modern horror cinema, It Follows, feed the moviegoers this day. La Sexta offers the return of Albert Espinosa’s space The way home, This time with Máximo Huerta as the protagonist. In addition, Ariel Rot explores the music of Granada, Malaga and Cadiz in A country to listen to on La 2. For its part, DMAX premieres the documentary series The wonders of Egypt.
‘It Follows’
13.10, DARK
USA, 2014 (100 minutes). Director: David Robert Mitchell. Cast: Maika Monroe, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi.
It follows takes up the scheme of horror films for teenagers from the seventies and eighties and leads it to narrative abstraction. What was vulgarity at the time, here becomes a flood of ominous images that opt for stylistic minimalism, in a plot as disturbing as it is unhealthy.
‘Two ride together’
20.10, Movistar Classics
Two Ride Together. United States, 1961 (109 minutes). Director: John Ford. Cast: James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones.
Framed between a masterpiece, Mission of the bold, and an unforgettable song to the death of the myths of the West, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The great John Ford knew how to deliver another memorable film. Two ride together, One of the works in which the filmmaker poured a greater dramatic depth, he delivers a collection of beautiful sequences to add to the journey of an officer and a sheriff towards Indian territory. Among all his images, the very long single shot that shows the two protagonists talking in the river is still of immeasurable richness: one of the most emotional and captivating moments in the master’s cinema.
‘The Road Home’ Returns
22.30, La Sexta
Máximo Huerta is the protagonist of the start of the new season of El camino a casa. Albert Espinosa will accompany the writer on an emotional journey to his hometown, Buñol, in Valencia, where he will open the doors of his childhood to the viewers. Huerta will return to the school of his childhood and will meet one of his teachers from those years, he will reflect in this first episode on the complex relationship with his father and will go to his old house, a place he has not set foot in since he was a child.
The wonders of Egypt
22.55, History
Canal Historia dedicates Tuesday nights to exploring the land of the pharaohs with the documentary series The wonders of ancient Egypt. From the discovery of Tuntankhamun’s tomb by archaeologist Howard Carter to the search for the tomb of Nefertiti or the expeditions to the Temple of Philae to investigate one of the largest pharaonic sites in existence.
The Mediterranean and ‘A country to listen to’
23.00, La 2
Ariel Rot continues along the Mediterranean road and travels along the coasts of Granada, Malaga and Cadiz in the new installment of A country to listen to. In Salobreña, she will meet the cult Granada group 091. Later, in Benalmádena, she will talk with the leader of Chambao, LaMari, and attend the meeting between representatives of two generations of southern indie, Antonio Luque, from Sr. Chinarro, and the group La Trinidad. And at the southernmost point of the Peninsula, around the province of Cádiz, there will be a representation of the musical eclecticism of the area, the singer-songwriter of Carmen Boza, the fusions of Tatiana Delalvz and Carmen Xía and the flamenco-jazz of Jorge Pardo, Carles Benavent and Tino DiGeraldo.
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