Synopsis: Pedro Almodovar's colorful and controversial tribute to the pleasures and perils of Stockholm syndrome, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! is a rambunctious dark comedy starring Antonio Banderas as an unbalanced but alluring former mental patient and Victoria Abril as the B-movie and porn star he takes prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him. A highly unconventional romance that came on the spike heels of Almodovar's international sensation Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, this is a splashy, sexy central work in the career of one of the world's most beloved and provocative auteurs, radiantly shot by the director's great cinematographer Jose Luis Alcaine.
New documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with Pedro Almodovar; Agustin Almodovar; actors Antonio Banderas, Victoria Abril, Loles Leon, and Rossy de Palma; production manager Esther Garcia; and cinematographer Jose Luis Alcaine
New interview with Almodovar collaborator and Sony Pictures Classics copresident Michael Barker
Conversation from 2003 between Pedro Almodovar and Banderas
Footage from the film's 1990 premiere party in Madrid
PLUS: A 1990 piece about the film by Pedro Almodovar and a conversation between critic Kent Jones and filmmaker Wes Anderson