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I saw the film Amores Perros together with one of my students. Below is one of the main soundtrack songs. Its name is Lucha de Gigantes, by the Spanish band Nacha Pop. The actual movie scene is too strong to embed on this website. It’s not for kids and it’s not for many people. I decided to embed this other video, which contains the same exact soundtrack.
This is a link to the Amores Perros actual scene with Gael García Bernal. It’s strong, but if you watch the movie, these two overlapped stories within the scene are very meaningful. At that point in the movie, you just can’t believe what’s happening. The synchronization is perfect and it makes the scene more dramatic. In this single scene, there is violence, blood, betrayal, pleasure, cheating, revenge, sex, beatings, love, kidnapping, nudity, brutality, smiles, guilt, fear, all wrapped in a nice song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXROJzncGWA
My translation: I had two options for the title, Fight of Giants or Wrestling of Giants. I decided for the second one. Mexicans and Americans associate the word Lucha with Lucha Libre, you know, the guys wrestling with masks on. I tried to make the translation as literary as possible and I tried to match all the syntax structures for learning purposes, and it came out good.
| Lucha de Gigantes convierte el aire en gas natural un duelo salvaje advierte lo cerca que ando de entrar En un mundo descomunal siento mi fragilidad Vaya pesadilla corriendo con una bestia detrás dime que es mentira todo un sueño tonto y no más me da miedo la enormidad donde nadie oye mi voz Deja de engañar no quieras ocultar que has pasado sin tropezar monstruo de papel no sé contra quién voy ¿o es que acaso hay alguien más aquí? Creo en los fantasmas terribles de algun extraño lugar y en mis tonterías para hacer tu risa estallar En un mundo descomunal siento tu fragilidad Deja de engañar no quieras ocultar que has pasado sin tropezar no monstruo de papel no sé contra quien voy ¿o es que acaso hay alguien más aquí? Deja que pasemos sin miedo…. |
Wrestling of Giants turns the air into natural gas a wild duel warns how close I am of entering a massive world I feel my fragility What a nightmare running along with a beast behind tell me that it’s a lie all of it a silly dream and no more I’m afraid of the enormity where nobody hears my voice Stop deceiving don’t try to hide/ that you’ve passed without tripping monster of paper I don’t know whom I’m going against or is there perhaps anyone else here? I believe in ghosts terrible ones from some strange place and in my foolishness in order to make your laughter burst In a massive world I feel your fragility Stop deceiving don’t try to hide/ that you’ve passed without tripping no monster of paper I don’t know whom I’m going against or is there perhaps anyone else here? Let us pass/ with no fear…. |
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“Let us pass with no fear” sings Antonio Vega in Lucha de Gigantes, and so he did on May 12, 2009, at only 51 years old.
Amores Perros
Guillermo Arriaga, who wrote the script, is my Twitter friend.
Originally published on 20091013. Latest update 20210428 (spanishNY.com) top
