FRIDA 2002 Director Julie Taymor Writers Hayden Herrera

FRIDA (2002) Director: Julie Taymor Writers: Hayden Herrera (book), Clancy Sigal (screenplay) Stars: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush Rating: 7. 9/10 “Prepare to be seduced…”

A few facts about the movie § Frida Kahlo's niece was so impressed with the film that she gave Salma Hayek one of Kahlo's necklaces. § Chavela Vargas, who sings a song ('La Llorona') to Frida in the bar, knew the real Frida with whom she had an affair. § Salma Hayek did some of the paintings in the movie. § Alfred Molina gained 50 lbs (23 kg) for his role as Diego Rivera. § Jennifer Lopez was very interested in playing the part of Frida Kahlo. Madonna, who is a fan of Frida Kahlo and owns some of her work, was reportedly keen to play the role. § Best music & best make up Oscar awards.

FRIDA vocabulary (1) 1) That's all you need to paint pinche murals – a) pinche - in Mexico, it's an all-purpose insult enhancer; b) mural is a painting or other work of art executed directly on a wall. 2) We found the most beautiful fabric for my wedding dress - ? ? / guess 3) Ripe (of fruit or grain) developed to the point of readiness for harvesting and eating. 4) The spinal column was broken, as were the collarbone and two ribs - The spine/ sp. column is composed of series of bones called vertebrae stacked one upon another. Collarbone - either of the pair of bones joining the breastbone to the shoulder blades. 5) The pelvis is broken in three places - the large bony structure near the base of the spine to which the hind limbs/ legs are attached in humans and many other vertebrates.

FRIDA vocabulary (2) 6) The right leg has 11 fractures and the foot was crushed – ? ? / guess. 7) I told the doctor the handrail had taken my virginity – ? ? / guess. 8) I feel like some rich girl. With a new suitor every week - a man who pursues a relationship with a particular woman, with a view to marriage. 9) I hope to be a self-sufficient cripple one day – ? ? / guess. 10) Now you look like a gringa movie star - A female native speaker of English, unrelated to race. Gringa is often defined as disparaging slang for a foreign female in Latin America. 11) So I don't have time to fool around just for vanity - excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements.

FRIDA vocabulary (3) 12) What if I said that easel painting like yours is finished? - a self-supporting wooden frame for holding an artist's work while it is being painted or drawn. 13) They say if a girl asks your opinion and she's not a fright, you'll gush all over her - To worship something excessively. To spout off verbally over how much you like something. 14) He finds beauty in all your imperfections - ? ? / guess. 15) A man who plays the martyr when he was rejected by his whole country. Good riddance. M. - a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs. R. - the action of getting rid of a troublesome or unwanted person or thing.

FRIDA vocabulary (4) 16) They hire you because you assuage their sense of guilt - make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense. 17) And you are too vain to see it - ? ? / guess. 18) Whoever takes the biggest swig can dance with me - drink in large gulps. 19) We will solemnly swear, right here, right now, that we will be friends only - 1) in a formal and dignified manner; 2) with deep sincerity. 20) A girl with cojones - The Mexican way to say balls. 21) I am physiologically incapable of fidelity - sexual faithfulness to a spouse or partner.

FRIDA vocabulary (5) 23) I think at worst it's a hostile political act, a way for small-minded men to keep women in the house, out of the way wrapped up in the guise of tradition and conservative religious nonsense - H. - unfriendly and not liking something. G. - the appearance of someone or smth, esp. when intended to deceive. 24) At best, it's a happy delusion – ? ? / guess 25) You give up these beauties for these matchsticks, this peg leg? - an artificial leg, especially a wooden one. 26) What a wonderful mole - is the generic name for a number of sauces originally used in Mexican cuisine, as well as for dishes based on these sauces. 27) Pass the cilantro - another term for coriander (especially the leaves).

FRIDA vocabulary (6) 28) And I smashed the clay in the boiling pot of beef stock and told him it was sopa azteca - stock is the liquid produced by simmering raw ingredients: solids are removed, leaving a highly flavored liquid. 29) I put socialism on the government walls, I've got fascists calling me a dangerous subversive and I'm the traitor to the party? - trying to destroy or damage something, especially an established political system. 30) I despise this pretension - feel contempt or a deep repugnance for. 31) He's like a big Mexican "pinata" with candy for everyone - a decorated figure of an animal containing toys and candy that is suspended from a height and broken open by blindfolded children as part of a celebration.

FRIDA vocabulary (7) 32) Do you think that my family is influenced by newspaper hacks? - a writer who is deemed to operate as a "mercenary" or "pen for hire", expressing their client's political opinions in pamphlets or newspaper articles. 33) If you lie down with dogs, expect fleas - a small wingless jumping insect that feeds on the blood of mammals and birds. 34) But whatever happens, you have aroused people, made them passionate about their ideals - evoke or awaken (a feeling, emotion, or response). 35) I must ask you one last time to reconsider your position - ? ? /guess

FRIDA vocabulary (8) 36) A man stabbed his wife 22 times and he told the judge, "It was just a few small nips. “ - pinch, squeeze, or bite sharply. 37) The Norwegians have expelled him, no one else will take and Stalin wants him dead - ? ? /guess. 38) They have granted him asylum here in Mexico - the protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee. 39) Such commotion! - a state of confused and noisy disturbance. 40) There is the brutality, but when you get right down to it, Stalin is nothing but a bureaucrat, and that is what is smothering our revolution - kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate.

FRIDA vocabulary (9) 41) In the experience of my lifetime, the failure & the pain have outstripped the triumphs – move faster than and overtake (someone else). 42) I hate flattery - excessive & insincere praise, esp. that given to further one's own interests. 43) I've been cut into, rebroke and reset so many times, I'm like a jigsaw puzzle - ? ? /guess. 44) I have condemned my family as I am condemned - a c. person is someone who is going to be killed, esp. as a punishment for having committed a very serious crime, such as murder. 45) In his book, State and Revolution, Lenin purged from the genuine teaching of Marx all the spurious ingredients introduced by social democracy – P. - to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify. S. - not being what it purports to be; false or fake.

FRIDA vocabulary (10) 46) The French are the most pretentious bores in the world - attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc. , than is actually possessed. 47) It's been lonely and I crave news from home - feel a powerful desire for (something). 48) Just patch me up so I can paint, please - fix, mend, repair, restore - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken. 49) Condolences - an expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of a death. 50) They say you should never believe a limping dog or a woman's tears - walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg /foot. 51) Her work is acid and tender - smth as a remark /piece of writing, that is sharp, sour or illnatured.

Topics to discuss § § What was Frida’s secret of success in becoming a talented original artist with own way of seeing things? Was an accident a crucial motivation for Frida’s talent awakening? Why Frida chose Diego Rivera as her teacher and husband, from your viewpoint? What attracts you most in Frida as a person and artist? Can she be an example for younger generations? In what way? What is Frida’s message for people who watch her paintings?