Four Pere Portabella Shorts on MUBI

https://notesonfilm1.com/2022/02/26/thinking-aloud-about-film-four-pere-portabella-shorts-on-mubi/ We discuss four Pere Portabella Shorts on MUBI: Don’t Count Your Fingers (1968); Play Back (1970); Acció Santos (1973); Premios Nacionales (1969) focussing on their play with form, the conceptual cleverness, the surrealist aspects; the sensuousness of the imagery; the potency of their critiques. Portabella seems to be in touch with all the leading painters, poets and musicians of the day; and their collaborations evoke a spirit of community that seems particularly powerful considering they were made under a fascist dictatorship.