Episode 13: Frida

Salma Hayek’s passion project Frida—a gem of a film directed by the confounding, singular talent that is Julie Taymor—is under the microscope this week. At play: what’s the deal with communist men and the civilized way they hang out with their exes? Why are there so many children’s books about Frida Kahlo, a completely badass artist who played by her own rules, hooked up with everybody she felt like, created complex and colorful art about infidelity, politics, and miscarried babies, and endured decades of chronic pain? How hot are the communist Brangelina, Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky? 

Sara and Rena also discuss Harvey Weinstein’s monstrosity and terrible influence over this film, which past world leaders are worth swiping right on a time traveling, metaphysical Tinder, and how Alfred Molina is impossible to hate.

Frida stars Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo, Alfred Molina as Diego Rivera, Geoffrey Rush as Leon Trotsky, Valeria Golino as Lupe Marín, Ashley Judd as Tina Modotti, Mia Maestro as Cristina Kahlo, Roger Rees as Guillermo Kahlo, Antonio Banderas as David Alfaro Siqueiros, Diego Luna as Alejandro Gómez Arias, and Edward Norton as John D. Rockefeller Jr.

 

Sources:

Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrara.

The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris by Marc Petijean.

 

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