Cinema of Pedro Almodovar

Informationen zum Autor Ana María Sánchez-Arce is Reader in English at Sheffield Hallam University Klappentext A comprehensive, historically informed study of the art and politics of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, showing how Almodóvar's films draw on various national cinemas and film genres, including Spanish cinema of the dictatorship, European art cinema, Hollywood melodrama and film noir. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1 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 FilmographyReferencesIndex

Product details

• Authors: Ana Maria Sanchez-Arce, Ana María Sanchez-Arce, Ana María Sánchez-Arce
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780719074424
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7442-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Spanish and Latin-American Filmmakers
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Europäische Geschichte, Film, Kino, Spain, Südeuropa, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General, Biography / Autobiography, HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal, Films, cinema, Biography: arts and entertainment, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, HISTORY / Europe / Spain