Many great films have used the power of dramatic irony to their advantage, and Copacabana does not disappoint.
If you were to take a shot every time Barry Manilow did jazz hands you’d no doubt die before he does.
The idea to make “Copacabana” a diegetic song that appears to play in the very disco in which Lola spends every evening drinking herself blind is yet another stunning choice. If I had a song constantly repeating the worst moment of my life to me I think I too would hallucinate Barry Manilow to cope.
Re: El Bravo. Foreshadowing is a filmic technique.
Many great films have used the power of dramatic irony to their advantage, and Copacabana does not disappoint.
If you were to take a shot every time Barry Manilow did jazz hands you’d no doubt die before he does.
The idea to make “Copacabana” a diegetic song that appears to play in the very disco in which Lola spends every evening drinking herself blind is yet another stunning choice. If I had a song constantly repeating the worst moment of my life to me I think I too would hallucinate Barry Manilow to cope.
Re: El Bravo. Foreshadowing is a filmic technique.
