Pedro Paramo wearing a sombrero on the poster for Pedro Paramo 2024
Netflix's Pedro Páramo is notable for several reasons. It is the first major adaptation of the classic 1955 Juan Rulfo novel — a seminal masterpiece of Mexican literature that is widely considered to be the core influence on the development of magical realism — since Carlos Velo's 1967 adaptation starring Psycho's John Gavin.
✕ Remove Ads In the novel, the past and present slip effortlessly past one another, as though they are separated only by the thinnest of membranes. While the movie captures this feeling in some individual shots, for the most part the flashback sequences are too clearly delineated, with bolder colors keeping those storylines visually separate from present-day Comala and its sun-bleached, abandoned buildings.
Prieto also does manage to craft some beautiful images in the flashback sequences. While he doesn't harness his cinematography experience often enough to push the story forward visually, it is impossible to deny the power of certain images, such as Pedro sitting at the head of an empty table, water rushing through an irrigation ditch toward a fallen comrade, or the occasional sparks of supernatural eeriness that haunt Preciado's journey.
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