Julio Medem / Rob Stone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stone, Rob, 1965- author.

Series:

Spanish and Latin American filmmakers.

Spanish and Latin American filmmakers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medem, Julio, 1958---Criticism and interpretation.

Medem, Julio.

Motion picture producers and directors--Spain.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 236 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This 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 analyses of their meanings, both political and personal, in which the author draws on traditions and innovations in Basque art, Spanish cinema and European philosophy to create a portrait of the director and his work.

Contents:

List of figures; Acknowledgements; Note on interviews; 1 Author, auteur, Aitor; 2 A sense of nobility: the making of Medem; 3 The other side of the hole: Vacas(1992); 4 Eyes that entangle: La ardilla roja(1993); 5 That part of you that died: Tierra(1996); 6 A question of love: Los amantes del Círculo Polar(1998); 7 A ray of sun: Lucía y el sexo(2001); 8 Framing fearful symmetry: La pelota vasca: la piel contra la piedra(2003); 9 Work in progress; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Apr 2026).

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

ISBN:

9781847796356

1847796354

9781781701171

1781701172

9781847791894

1847791891

OCLC:

818847242