Cinema of Pedro Almodovar

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.

About the author

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

Summary

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. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Ana Maria Sanchez-Arce, Ana María Sanchez-Arce
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781526167125
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6712-5
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: Spanish and Latin-American Filmmakers; Spanish and Latin-American Fil
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Spain, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Films, cinema, Biography: arts and entertainment, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, HISTORY / Europe / Spain