Frida

I crossed the manicured garden to the separate study library to meet one of Garcia Marquez's sons.

sixty four year old gonzalo garcia barcha a mustachioed graphic designer who recalled that his parents loved to entertain celebrated writers politicians and movie stars in the house i remember when fidel came here he mused sean penn came by with hollywood people wanting to do a film of the autumn of the patriarch garcia marquez nineteen seventy five novel about a declining dictator garcia barsha said that the family envisions the house as a venue for lectures talks and book club meetings there is a very different atmosphere here than in a curated museum he says this is where my parents lived for decades this is where they died these are gabo's books his office it was a work-place the casual presence of literary artifacts was thrilling The library has the narrow wooden table on which Garcia Marquez wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude.

The original manuscript is in the Sumaya Museum across town, while the study has the larger desk on which he wrote Love in the Time of Cholera.

One wall features a photo portrait of Garcia Marquez by Richard Avedon.

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And this is Falling Through Time, a podcast that explores movies and shows that transport us to historical periods past.

And today we're going to discuss the film Frida, which was released in 2002, depicting the life and the career of the revolutionary Mexican artist and comrade Frida Kahlo.

And before we tell you the details about that, can I just say, Michelle, that I'm very happy to be back here recording with you.

We've been gone for a while because I've been off traveling and then I got COVID and life and stuff but happy to be back discussing these interesting films

Yeah.

Well, first I just wanted to point out that there are, I think a couple documentary type films swirling out there.

Um, about Frida and there's a more recent documentary that came out just a couple years ago that uses her actual journal entries and archival footage and it's supposed to be excellent and I have to say I watched the trailer today and it looks super cool so I look forward to watching that but the film that we're talking about today is a more mainstream approach to a biopic of Frida's life stars Selma Hayek as Frida Kahlo Alfred Molino as Diego Rivera.

And Jeffrey Rush as Leon Trotsky.