▁the ▁screen ▁could ▁end ure ▁these ▁terrible ▁trav ails ▁and ▁still ▁communicate , ▁so ▁could ▁they ". ▁ ▁Al mod ó var ▁bel ieves ▁all ▁his ▁films ▁to ▁be ▁political , ▁" even ▁the ▁most ▁f riv ol ous ▁movie ", ▁but ▁claimed ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁never ▁attempted ▁to ▁purs ue ▁out right ▁political ▁causes ▁or ▁fight ▁social ▁in just ice ▁in ▁his ▁films ; ▁merely ▁wanting ▁to ▁entertain ▁and ▁generate ▁em otion . ▁" I ' m ▁not ▁a ▁political ▁director . ▁As ▁a ▁film maker , ▁my ▁commit ment ▁was ▁to ▁want ▁to ▁create ▁free ▁people , ▁completely ▁autonom ous ▁from ▁a ▁moral ▁point ▁of ▁view . ▁They ▁are ▁free ▁regardless ▁of ▁their ▁social ▁class ▁or ▁their ▁profession ", ▁remarked ▁Al mod ó var . ▁However , ▁he ▁admitted ▁that ▁in ▁his ▁earlier ▁films , ▁which ▁were ▁released ▁just ▁after ▁Franco ' s ▁death , ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁world ▁on ▁film ▁in ▁which ▁Franco ▁and ▁his ▁repr ession ▁did ▁not ▁exist , ▁thereby ▁" prov iding ▁a ▁voice ▁for ▁Spain ' s ▁marg inal ized ▁groups ". ▁ ▁Al mod ó var ▁has ▁incorpor ated ▁elements ▁of ▁under ground ▁and ▁L GB T ▁culture ▁into ▁main stream ▁forms ▁with ▁wide ▁c ros so ver ▁appeal ; ▁academ ics ▁have ▁recogn ised ▁the ▁director ' s ▁significance ▁in ▁que er ▁cinema . ▁Al mod ó var ▁dis lik es ▁being ▁p ige on ho led ▁as ▁a ▁gay ▁film maker , ▁but ▁Court ney ▁Young ▁from ▁Pop ▁Mat ters ▁claimed