Y tu mamá también

“Y tu mamá también is, let's say I'm obsessed with this film. I watched this film over and over and over. The first time I watched it, it just kind of washed over me and I knew there was tremendous depth there and I needed to watch it again to really unpack it. But the story, again, a love triangle at its heart, I just find so exquisite. There's moments that I feel like are like these marvels, these little worlds that I want to dwell in. There's a scene when one of the characters is swimming in a swimming pool that's like scattered with leaves, and there's a shot up, you know, the light kind of pulsating through, and there's so much communicated. And the writing, was gorgeous. When we were making Fire of Love, this was a film that we really studied, to try to learn the narration as much as possible. Our narration was very different, but we loved how it would prompt and, and call attention to details, that, the camera wasn't focusing on. It was off to the margins in a way that taught so much about kind of an ecological view of this, socio-political world that was spiraling around these hyper-immature main characters. I could go on and on and on, but love, love Y tu mamá también.”

“Y tu mamá también, this I love this movie because it's just not afraid to sort of be almost genreless, you know. It's funny, it's also a coming of age movie, it's also just a great honest portrayal of sex. I just made a sex movie and this was one of the films that we watched in preparation for that.”

“Oh, crap! I wasn’t looking for this one. Y tu mamá también. Awww. Probably the most special project I’ve ever worked on. Before Y tu mamá también I was just doing projects in Mexico. My whole idea was just to stay there, do more theater than cinema. And then this film changed my perspective in many, many ways. I met one of the most interesting directors I’ve ever worked with, which is Alfonso. And the special community we made here, with everyone, everyone. It’s like this is… This is family for me. But I am not going to take it because I have, like, four of these at home and I’m going to let someone else take it. I recommend, next time you come to the Closet, start here. Anyway, I was going somewhere else.”

“Y tu mamá también. Another of my favorite filmmakers, I could pick any of his films. It also has this amazing needle drop at the end. I think it’s the perfect use of the Frank Zappa song.”

“This one, of course. Y tu mamá también, And Your Mother Also. I'm glad that they never changed the title into English because it's not, doesn't sound so good. Okay, why I think it's so, I'm so glad that it's in this collection is because normally, you know, when the film came out, it was sort of seen as a teen comedy, you know? Like kind of like, you know, you know, teens. But obviously it is not. It's a very deep film. And there's two things that I think this movie has that nowadays very few films have. One is the freedom that it was, that it exudes, you know? It's a it's a film that it was done with absolute freedom. I think I discovered cinema, like properly, you know, how to make cinema here with Alfonso Cuarón who included us in the making of this. But the other thing that is very important is I want you to tell me which film has made you horny in the last years? There's not many. Actually, there is none. And I miss that from cinema because I used to get, you know, I used to learn about stuff when I was a kid watching films, and now it's like, you know, like you don't walk out of the cinema feeling like something. And this one does. This one does. When you come out of the cinema watching this, you just want to live and have sex and enjoy and love people. And so yeah, of course.”

“Y tu mamá también is the kind of is a movie that I discovered when I overheard controversy. When I overheard that parents were up in arms, I knew it was probably good and sexy. But they were also up in arms about The Simpsons, which is good and it's sometimes sexy, but not like Y tu mamá también. Just like a quintessential scene of queer awakening, the Diego Luna— not to give away any spoilers—is just one of those where you're like, oh, oh, didn't didn't know movies could do this. And it's so like easy and careless, and the whole movie like portrays these characters as being so like off the cuff. They're like constantly swimming, they're constantly naked, and it's so like so whatever, whatever, whatever. But then as the movie progresses you see tension. That like pulling of the veil is what makes the movie great, I think.”

“Okay, this is for obvious personal reason, I do the comment. Although I must say that my favorite, Cuarón is Children of Men, which is otherwise a failure.”

“Meanwhile, yeah, I'm gonna take Y tu mamá también because it's the only Alfonso Cuarón's movie that I didn't see. No? Yep. And it's Felix's favorite. Oh really? Yeah, it's a song about friendship. I'm ready.”

“Well, this movie, Y tu mamá también, by Alfonso Cuarón, it’s a movie... That helped me discover these wonderful actors. One of them is Gael García Bernal, who I worked in three movies, is a wonderful actor and a great friend. And I really, really love this movie. When I saw it for the first time in 2001, it changed my head. It made me think and dream big. Because the movie made in Spanish that is so universal. And I keep it in my heart. I’m very happy to take it home in a Blu-ray.”