{"id":8408,"date":"2014-12-17T06:30:09","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T11:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=8408"},"modified":"2014-12-17T06:28:05","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T11:28:05","slug":"and-the-oscar-goes-to-the-spanish-living-is-easy-with-eyes-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/and-the-oscar-goes-to-the-spanish-living-is-easy-with-eyes-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"And the Oscar goes to the Spanish&#8230; &#8220;Living is easy with eyes closed&#8221;!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLet me take you down<br \/>\n&#8216;cos I&#8217;m going to Strawberry Fields<br \/>\nNothing is real<br \/>\nAnd nothing to get hung about<br \/>\nStrawberry Fields forever<br \/>\nLiving is easy with eyes closed<br \/>\nMisunderstanding all you see\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00bfReconoc\u00e9is esas l\u00edneas? Pertenecen a una canci\u00f3n de los Beatles, \u201cStrawberry Fields Forever\u201d. John Lennon la escribi\u00f3 durante el rodaje de \u201cC\u00f3mo gan\u00e9 la Guerra\u201d en Almer\u00eda (Espa\u00f1a). Y parte de ella, \u201cLiving is easy with eyes closed \u201c traducido al espa\u00f1ol como \u201cVivir es f\u00e1cil con los ojos cerrados\u201d, fue elegido como t\u00edtulo para la \u00faltima cinta de David Trueba. Su particular road movie es la candidata espa\u00f1ola a la categor\u00eda de mejor pel\u00edcula extranjera en la 87 edici\u00f3n de los premios de la Academia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">La pel\u00edcula est\u00e1 basada en la historia real de Juan Carri\u00f3n, un profesor de ingl\u00e9s de la universidad de Cartagena en los 60. Carri\u00f3n fue pionero usando canciones para mejorar la comprensi\u00f3n y capacidad auditiva en lengua extranjera de sus alumnos. Puesto que le encantaba la m\u00fasica y era un gran fan de los Beatles, utilizaba las canciones del grupo de Liverpool como material pedag\u00f3gico en sus clases. El problema era que ten\u00eda que o\u00edr las canciones en la radio y transcribir las letras \u00e9l mismo, y hab\u00eda algunas palabras que no pillaba. As\u00ed que, al tener noticias de que John Lenon ven\u00eda a Almer\u00eda, Juan cogi\u00f3 un autob\u00fas y march\u00f3 a encontrarse con \u00e9l, le explic\u00f3 su m\u00e9todo, y le pidi\u00f3 a John que completase los huecos que hab\u00eda en sus transcripciones. El Beatle qued\u00f3 fascinado por este particular m\u00e9todo de ense\u00f1anza, as\u00ed que prometi\u00f3 incluir las letras en sus discos de ah\u00ed en adelante. Y eso hicieron\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Esta entra\u00f1able an\u00e9cdota fue la semilla que inspir\u00f3 la pel\u00edcula ganadora de seis premios Goya, incluyendo el de Mejor pel\u00edcula, Mejor director, Mejor gui\u00f3n original y Mejor Actor principal (Javier C\u00e1mara). Javier C\u00e1mara hace de Antonio, un profe de ingl\u00e9s fan de los Beatles (personaje inspirado por Juan Carri\u00f3n), quien en su viaje para conocer a su \u00eddolo recoge a dos autoestopistas: Juanjo, un chaval de 16 a\u00f1os que se ha marchado de casa, y Bel\u00e9n, una joven que tambi\u00e9n parece estar escapando de alguien. Juntos, intentar\u00e1n cumplir sus sue\u00f1os, y conseguir la libertad, si eso es posible\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ahora que llega la navidad y tendr\u00e9is m\u00e1s tiempo libre, ser\u00eda un buen ejercicio para mejorar vuestro espa\u00f1ol ver \u201cVivir es f\u00e1cil con los ojos cerrados\u201d, \u00bfno os parece? Y si lo hac\u00e9is, \u00a1volved y compartid vuestra opini\u00f3n!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vivir es f\u00e1cil con los ojos cerrados - Trailer (HD)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JfKOrFugEKk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Do you recognize these lines? They belong to a song by The Beatles, \u201cStrawberry Fields Forever\u201d. John Lennon wrote this song during the filming of <em>How I won the war,<\/em> in Almeria (Spain). And part of it, \u201cLiving is easy with eyes closed \u201c translated into Spanish as \u201cVivir es f\u00e1cil con los ojos cerrados\u201d, was chosen as title for David Trueba&#8217;s last film. His particular road movie is the Spanish Oscar contender \u200ein the best foreign-language film category at the 87th Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The film is based on the true story of Juan Carri\u00f3n, an English teacher at the University of Cartagena during the 60s. Carri\u00f3n was a pioneer in using songs to improve his students listening and comprehension in a foreign language. As he loved music and was a beatlemaniac, he used the Liverpool group songs as teaching material in his lessons. The problem was that he had to listen to the songs on the radio and transcript the lyrics himself, and there were some words he couldn\u2019t catch. So, after getting to know that John Lenon was coming to Almer\u00eda, Juan took a bus and went to meet him, explained his method and asked John to fill in the gaps in his transcriptions. The Beatle was fascinated by this particular teaching system, so he promised to include the lyrics in their records from that moment on. And so they did\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This touching anecdote was the seed that inspired the movie that won six Goya Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Writing and Best Leading Actor (Javier C\u00e1mara). Javier C\u00e1mara plays the role of Antonio, an English teacher and a Beatles\u2019 fan (the character inspired by Juan Carri\u00f3n) who in his trip to Almeria to meet his idol picks up two hitchhikers: Juanjo, a sixteen years old boy who has run away from home, and Bel\u00e9n, a young woman who also seems to be eluding someone. Together, they will try to achieve their own dreams, and get freedom, if that is possible\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Now that Christmas is coming and you\u00b4ll have some free time, it would be a good exercise to improve your Spanish to watch \u201cVivir es f\u00e1cil con los ojos cerrados\u201d, don\u00b4t you think? And if you do, come back and share your opinion!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLet me take you down &#8216;cos I&#8217;m going to Strawberry Fields Nothing is real And nothing to get hung about Strawberry Fields forever Living is easy with eyes closed Misunderstanding all you see\u201d \u00bfReconoc\u00e9is esas l\u00edneas? Pertenecen a una canci\u00f3n de los Beatles, \u201cStrawberry Fields Forever\u201d. 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