FERNANDO FERNÁN GÓMEZ IN DEPTH - September 22, 1980 - Color - 65 minutes
Fernando Fernán Gómez (Buenoa Aires, Argentina, August 28, 1921 - Madrid, Spain, November 21, 2007) was a Spanish novelist, playwright, actor, screenwriter, and film, theater, and television director.
At 60 he considers himself more of a writer than an actor. He remembers the gathering at the Café Gijón, where he was a 'patron' of his literary prize, and his adolescence as a 'reciter'.
He comments on his first book / poetic offprint, "To Rome for something", and his first novel, "The orange seller".
He also reviews his disastrous beginnings as a theater writer. His big hit, "Bicycles Are for Summer" was written in 1977, and had not yet been released when he appeared on the show in 1980.
And the interpretations of him in theater. With a great sense of humor, he complains about the torture of the repetition of performances and the misery of the tours.
They review his life from childhood... and his first studies... until his theater debut.
His first success was "Thieves are honest people", by Jardiel Póncela, of whom they make an emotional portrait.
124 films as an actor, among which "That happy couple" by Bardem and Berlanga stands out.
Together they performed "Embrujo" with Sara Montiel.
After his activity as a 'comic' actor, which he interrupted, he spent a few years without working, until he was rediscovered by Erice, Saura and Armiñán for 'serious' roles, for which he was grateful.
He refers to his beginnings in cinema, copying North American actors, until he reached 'pure naturalness'...
Theater company, producer and film director... and author of two cursed films, "Life ahead" (1958) and "The strange trip" (1964), now recovered.
The great diffusion of classical Spanish literature and television. The series "Juan Soldado" and "El Pícaro".
He concludes: "What I would most like to do now is write"
Despite the fact that for Fernando Fernán Gómez "The woman in my life has meant a lot...", we assume that they agreed not to make any reference to his intimate relationships with María Dolores Pradera, Analia Gadé, Emma Cohen...
His latest literary works are:
Novel: The time of the trains, 2004.
Memories: The yellow time: extended memories (1921-1997).
Poetry: Song is flight. Madrid, Viewer, 2002 (complete poetry).