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Informationen zum Autor Rob Stone is Senior Lecturer and Head of Media and Communication at the University of Swansea Klappentext This thorough account of the life and films of the Spanish-Basque filmmaker Julio Medem is the first book in English on the internationally renowned writer-director of Vacas, La ardilla roja (Red Squirrel), Tierra, Los amantes del Círculo Polar (Lovers of the Arctic Circle), Lucía y el sexo (Sex and Lucía), La pelota vasca: la piel contra la piedra (Basque Ball) and Caótica Ana (Chaotic Ana),Initial chapters explore Medem's childhood, adolescence and education and examine his earliest short films and critical writings against a background of a dramatically changing Spain. Later chapters provide accounts of the genesis, production and release of Medem's challenging and sensual films, which feed into complex but lucid analyses of their meanings, both political and personal, in which Stone draws on traditions and innovations in Basque art, Spanish cinema and European philosophy to create a complete and provocative portrait of Medem and his work. Zusammenfassung This! the first book-length study of the Spanish-Basque filmmaker Julio Medem in English! contains profound analysis of his life and films in the context of contemporary Spain and World cinema and is based on original interviews with Medem and many of his collaborators by the author! an establish expert on Spanish cinema. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Note on interviews1. Author, auteur, aitor 2. A sense of nobility: the making of Medem 3. The other side of the hole: Vacas4. Eyes that entangle: La ardilla roja5. That part of you that died: Tierra6. A question of love: Los amantes del círculo polar7. A ray of sun: Lucía y el sexo8. Framing fearful symmetry: La pelota vasca: la piel contra la piedra9. Work in progressFilmography
