The Spanish Fantastic - Contemporary Filmmaking in Horror, Fantasy and Sci-fi

Informationen zum Autor Shelagh Rowan-Legg is a writer, filmmaker, and script consultant. She is the Executive Director of The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, a programmer for FrightFest, and a contributing editor for ScreenAnarchy. Her award-winning short films have screened at festivals around the world. She has a PhD in Spanish fantastic film from King’s College London. Vorwort Spanish cinema is at the cutting edge of fantastic film production: this book examines the directors, visual styles and cultural contexts that make up this popular genre and festival favourite. Zusammenfassung Spanish cinema is at the cutting edge of fantastic film production: this book examines the directors, visual styles and cultural contexts that make up this popular genre and festival favourite. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Bastard Sons: Contemporary Spanish Fantastic Film Chapter 1 Álex de la Iglesia: The Father of a Generation Mutant Action and The Day of the Beast Chapter 2 Heroes and Villains The Birthday and The BackwoodsChapter 3 Alejandro Amenábar: The Drop-Out Auteur Open Your Eyes and The OthersChapter 4 The Haunting of Houses The Abandoned and The OrphanageChapter 5 Jaume Balagueró: The Horror Aficionado The Nameless and DarknessChapter 6 The Spanish Fantastic Woman Sexykiller and HierroChapter 7 Guillermo del Toro: The Outside Man The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s LabyrinthChapter 8 Franchising the Spanish Fantastic The [REC] FilmsChapter 9 Nacho Vigalondo, The Illegitimate Inheritor Timescrimes and ExtraterrestrialConclusion The End of an Era?

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• Authors: Shelagh Rowan Legg, Rowan Legg Shelagh, Shelagh Rowan-Legg, Shelagh (Independent researcher Rowan-Legg, Rowan-Legg Shelagh
• Assisted by: Lúcia Nagib (Editor), Julian Ross (Editor)
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.09.2016
• EAN: 9781784536770
• ISBN: 978-1-78453-677-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Series: World Cinema
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy > Fantasy; Humanities, art, music > History; Fantasy, Popular Culture, Spain, Social & cultural history, Films, cinema, Social and cultural history, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film: styles & genres, Film: styles and genres, HISTORY / Europe / Spain