Frida - 2002

"I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality" - Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was a great painter with a unique personality and an original ideas. Known for her self-portraits. Her work has been celebrated internationally as emblematic of Mexican national and indigenous traditions, and by feminists for its uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form.

The content of this post is about an important parts of Frida Kahlo's life, and also will be enriched with pictures from the movie "Frida" and some of her most known painting.

Trailer

Initial release : October, 25, 2002 (USA)

Director : Julie Taymor

Featured song: Burn It Blue

Box office: 56.3 million USD

Awards: Academy Award for Best Original Music Score...

Actors : Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Ashley Judd, Antonio Banderas ...

Bus accident :

Frida's life seemed to reach its end after this accident. Yes she survived, but she also suffered some serious injuries such as : a broken spinal column, a broken collar bone and eleven fractures in her right leg. Frida passed three weeks in the hospital before joining her family again. Obviously that caused a bad consequence in her life. But if we look at it for another angle, we will see how did it help Frida to discover the talent she got. Let me explain myself. Finding herself unable to leave her bad, Frida availed her pastime, by drawing.Thanks to the great effort and support by her family, Frida did, unexpectedly, walk again.

Diego Rivera :

Diego Rivera (1886 - 1957) was a prominent mexican painter. We can't deny the important role this guy has played in Frida's life. He's the one who helped to made such a career, and he's also her husband.

In this movie we discover an intelligent man, who's able to get any women he wants. Which did cause him some trouble once he married Frida.

The marriage was often troubled. For Diego that was the usual. And i expected a reaction from Frida. But she only did the first times, and then unlike the ones before her, she gave up and accepted that. I think that was a choice coming from a strong woman, who understood her husband to save their love.

According to biographers:

Frida had huge lust for life. She had a seductive effect on many people and charmed everyone. People loved her beauty, personality, and talent. She was also known for her dark sense of humour and sharp wit. Frida loved dancing, drinking and parties. She took great pride in keeping a home for Diego and loved looking after him. She lavished attention on her pets – mischievous spider monkeys, dogs, cats and birds and adored children. She loved nonsense, gossip and dirty jokes and abhorred pretension. She treated servants like family and students like esteemed colleagues.

Some work of art by Frida Kahlo. Brilliant.