At the age of 12, on seeing Richard Brooks??? Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Almod??var decided to give purpose to his alienation, marking himself down for ???a life of sin and degeneracy.??? As a teenager, Almod??var was influenced by the films of such directors as Billy Wilder, Douglas Sirk, Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Bu??uel, Blake Edwards, and neorealists Marco Ferreri and Fernando Fern??n-G??mez; decidin