Spanish film critic Carlos Pumares passed away at the age of 80

Pumars, one of the most famous critics of the seventh artThe artist, who is also the screenwriter, also appeared as an actor in some films and wrote books such as “A Perfect Marriage” and “So Close and Far”.

The death announcement was published on the journalist’s own profile on the social network X: “Rest in peace, the greatest of cinema in Spain. It was always Stardust and will be so from today.”

He was born on September 29, 1943 in the Biscayan town of Portugalete (Basque Country). Pumares had a degree in Physical Sciences, but his professional career went in different directions.

Wrote in the seventies Scenarios of the films “La casa de las chivas” (1972, León Klimovsky), “Marital separation” (1973, Angelino Fons), “The Forbidden Woman” (1974, José Luis Ruiz Marcos)The television series “The strange love of vampires” (1977, León Klimovsky) and “The Hotel with a Thousand and One Stars” (1978-79, TVE), in which she starred with Joaquín Parejo.

He worked as a film consultant on the program “The Key”. (1976-85 on RTVE; 1990-93 on Antena 3 TV), hosted and directed by journalist José Luis Balbín.

A film was shot as an introduction to the topics the guests discussed later. Questions asked by viewers on the phone towards the end of space.

The program was new because, for the first time on Spanish television, it allowed the vision of various conflicting points of view on topics hitherto considered taboo (Opus Dei, NATO…).

In the early eighties He started presenting the program “Polvo de estrellas” about the world of cinema on Antena 3 Radio.it will later be taken to Antena 3 TV and Onda Cero.

Following the cancellation of “Dust of Stars” on the Onda Cero network, Pumares has collaborated on the Terra portal with a space called “El monolith de Pumares”. In it, he answered internet users’ questions about the world of cinema.

The domain remained at the portal until the summer of 2004. Same way, Collaborated as a member of the program “Martian Chronicles” Until his disappearance in July 2005.

Pumares wrote a film review in the newspaper La Razón. Presented on Radio Voz “Natural health”, a daily slot on natural medicine, He has a blog to comment on news related to the world of cinema and is a collaborator and member of the morning magazine program “Sin ir más Next” (Aragon TV), as well as presenting the weekly program “Veo Cine”. Veo 7 channel.

He appeared as an actor in the films “FBI: Frikis Busca Incordiar” (Javier Cárdenas, 2004) and “Torrente 3, hand protector”. (Santiago Segura, 2005); He wrote the scripts for the films “La casa de las chivas” (León Klimovsky, 1972), “Marriage Separation” (Angelino Fons, 1973) and “The Forbidden Woman” (José Luis Ruiz Marcos, 1974).

Also in “The Strange Love of Vampires” (Klimovsky, 1977) and that of the television series “Hotel of a Thousand and One Stars” (Yagüe, 1978). He also made several collaborations on the program “Sálvame” and the Telecinco program “Mira qué jump!” She took part in the jury.

He has also published books with Manuel Villegas López, Jaime Salom and José Luis Garci: “House of Chivas” (1971); with Hugo Pratt: “The Secret of Tristán Bantam: Rendezvous in Bahia” (1971); With Alberto Solsona, José Luis Garci and Adolfo Castaño: “The Tales of Popeye” (1973); “A Perfect Marriage” (1973); “So Close and Far” (1973); “Colonists: cinematographic plot” (1974); With José Luis Garci, Adolfo Castaño and Alberto Solsona: “The Tales of Rosario” (1974); and with Dick Fulton and Adolfo Castaño: “Mandrake: The X size” (1974).

Published with Lázaro Irazábal “One of Many” (1974); With Juan José Daza del Castillo and Abelardo Empecinado: “At Dawn” (1975); With Enrique Herreros, Juan José Daza del Castillo and Abelardo Empecinado: “El chalet de los geranios” (1975); He collaborated with Juan José Daza del Castillo on: “Night of the Vampires” (1975) and with Domingo López on “Wild Wild East” (2015).

Iván Reguera and Juan José Aparicio researched the figure of Pumares and published the book “Carlos Pumares: A Cry in the Night” (2006).