Cinema of Alex De La Iglesia

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Willis is Senior Lecturer in Media and Performance at the University of Salford Núria Triana-Toribio is Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the University of Manchester Peter Buse is Lecturer in English and a member of the European Studies Research Institute at the University of Salford Klappentext The first book in English about Álex de la Iglesia, critically acclaimed former protégé of Pedro Almodóvar, and one of the highest grossing directors in Spain and Latin America. De la Iglesia's cinema is representative of a new generation of Spanish and European directors who combine avant-garde strategies with forms such as comedy and horror. Zusammenfassung The first book in English about Álex de la Iglesia, critically acclaimed former protégé of Pedro Almodóvar, and one of the highest grossing directors in Spain and Latin America. De la Iglesia’s cinema is representative of a new generation of Spanish and European directors who combine avant-garde strategies with forms such as comedy and horror. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Acción mutante: against the conspiracy of boredom2. El día de la bestia: comedy, sub-cultures, televisión3. Perdita Durango: the body, sex, and Mexico4. Muertos de risa: comedy, television, history5. La comunidad: modernity and the cinematic past6. 800 balas: undoing the ignominy of boyhood7. Crimen ferpecto: the mise-en-scène of mise-en-scèneConclusionFilmography

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• Authors: Peter Buse, Professor Peter Buse, Professor Peter Triana-Toribio Buse, N. Ria Triana-Toribio, Nuria Triana-Toribio, Triana-Toribio Nuria, Andrew Willis, Andy Willis, Andy Buse Willis, Andy Triana-Toribio Willis, Willis Andy
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2012
• EAN: 9780719071379
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7137-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Spanish and Latin-American Filmmakers; Spanish and Latin American Fil; Spanish and Latin-American Filmmakers; Spanish and Latin-American Fil
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, PERFORMING ARTS / Screenplays, United States of America, USA, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Film Scripts & Screenplays, Film scripts and screenplays