Contemporary Spanish CinemaContemporary Spanish Cinema offers an essential analysis of the main trends and issues in Spanish film since the death of Franco in 1975. While taking account of cinema during the Franco dictatorship, the book focuses principally on developments in the last two decades. Acknowledging the sheer breadth and diversity of Spanish film production since the ending of the regime and the transition to democracy, this study includes chapters on Spanish film’s obsessive concern with the past on popular genre film (including the comedy and the thriller), on representations of gender and sexuality and the work of women film professionals, both behind and in front of the camera, as well as on film produced in Spain’s autonomous communities, particularly in Catalonia and the Basque Country. This book offers a unique and up-to-date focus on a wide range of materials, including work on such established directors as Carlos Saura, Víctor Erice, Pedro Almodóvar, Pilar Miró, Bigas Lina and Josefina Molina as well as exciting new talents such as Julio Medem, Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Alex de la Iglesia, Icíar Bollan, Isabel Coixet and Marta Balletbò-Coll. |
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Contents
Focusing on contemporary Spanish cinema | 8 |
historical cinema | 15 |
popular genre film | 61 |
Gender and sexuality in postFranco cinema | 112 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Contemporary Spanish Cinema Insights from Economic History |
| Authors | Barry Jordan, Rikki Morgan-Tamosunas, Dean School of Languages and Social Sciences Rikki Morgan-Tamosunas |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press, 1998 |
| ISBN | 0719044138, 9780719044137 |
| Length | 216 pages |
| Subjects | › › Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism |
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