The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 73 – Carlos Saura’s Flamenco Trilogy

This podcast focuses on the Eclipse Series, box set editions of lost, forgotten, or overshadowed films recently revived by the Criterion Collection. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each set and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this episode, David and Trevor discuss three films included in the recent Blu-ray reissue of Eclipse Series 6: Carlos Saura’s Flamenco Trilogy. This is their second conversation about the set, following up on their previous coverage of the films in 2016 when they were available in DVD format, though the box was out of print at that time.

One of Spanish cinema’s great auteurs, Carlos Saura brought international audiences closer to the art of his country’s dance than any other filmmaker, before or since. In his Flamenco Trilogy—Blood Wedding, Carmen, and El amor brujo—Saura merged his passion for music with his exploration of national identity. All starring and choreographed by legendary dancer Antonio Gades, the films feature thrilling physicality and electrifying cinematography and editing—colorful paeans to bodies in motion as well as to cinema itself.

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• The Criterion Collection
• The Criterion Channel
• Wikipedia
• Letterboxd
• Criterion Channel Surfing – The Films of Carlos Saura – Part 1
• Criterion Channel Surfing – The Films of Carlos Saura – Part 2
• Criterion Channel Surfing – The Films of Carlos Saura – Part 3
• Saura articles on CriterionCast.com
• Film Comment
• The Guardian (interview, 2011)
• Enforex
• Indiewire
• Latino Life
• TSPDT
• BFI (obituary)
• The Guardian (obituary, 2023)

• The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 41 (2016)
• Cinema Gadfly (2015)
• Criterion Confessions (2008)
• BFI Film Forever (review of the British Film Institute release of The Flamenco Trilogy)
• Texas Public Radio (2026)
• Trailers from Hell (2026)

• The Criterion Collection
• Wikipedia
• Letterboxd
• A Journey Through the Eclipse Series
• New York Times (1981)
• I Have My Intentionalities
• TikTok Blu-ray vs. DVD Comparison

• The Criterion Collection
• Wikipedia
• Letterboxd
• A Journey Through the Eclipse Series
• New York Times (1983)
• Twitch
• I Have My Intentionalities
• M/C Journal
• TikTok Blu-ray vs. DVD Comparison

• The Criterion Collection
• Wikipedia
• Letterboxd
• A Journey Through the Eclipse Series 
• New York Times (1986)
• Los Angeles Times (1986)
• Bulletin of Spanish Studies (downloadable .pdf)
• I Have My Intentionalities
• TikTok Blu-ray vs. DVD Comparison

• David Blakeslee ( TikTok / YouTube / Facebook / CriterionCast / Blog )
• Trevor Berrett ( Instagram / Website / The Mookse and the Gripes  )