Ana Maria Sanchez-Arce

The cinema of Pedro Almodóvar

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Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive, historically informed study of the art and politics of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodà  var, showing how Almodà  var's films draw on various national cinemas and film genres, including Spanish cinema of the dictatorship, European art cinema, Hollywood melodrama and film noir. -- .

Produktdetails

• Spanish and Latin-American Filmmakers
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9781526167125
• ISBN-10: 1526167123
• Artikelnr.: 64268828

Autorenporträt

Ana María Sánchez-Arce is Reader in English at Sheffield Hallam University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 The early films: Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón
and Laberinto de pasiones 2 Kicking the habit: Entre tinieblas 3 High
windows and ugly aesthetics: ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? 4 Faking
Spain: Matador 5 Other voices, other stories: La ley del deseo 6 Pure
theatre: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios 7 On the verge of a genre
breakdown: ¡Átame!, Tacones lejanos and Kika 8 The end of romance: La flor
de mi secreto 9 Circle lines and memory work: Carne trémula 10 Remembering
children: Todo sobre mi madre 11 Still lives: Hable con ella 12 Faking
memory: La mala educación 13 Motherlands: Volver 14 Archaeology in the
dark: Los abrazos rotos 15 Visual seduction: La piel que habito 16 'Crisis
cinema': Los amantes pasajeros and Julieta Afterword: Dolor y gloria
Filmography References Index