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Daniel Calparsoro / Ann Davies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, Ann, 1961- author.
- Series:
- Spanish and Latin American filmmakers.
- Spanish and Latin American filmmakers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Calparsoro, Daniel, 1968---Criticism and interpretation.
- Calparsoro, Daniel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Daniel Calparsoro, a director who has made a crucial contribution to contemporary Spanish and Basque cinema, has provoked strong reactions from the critics. Reductively dismissed as works of crude violence by those lamenting a 'lost golden age' of Spanish filmmaking, Calparsoro's films in fact reveal a more complex interaction with trends and traditions in both Spanish and Hollywood cinema. This book is the first full-length study of the director's work, from his early social-realist films set in the Basque Country to his later forays into the genres of the war and horror. It offers an in-depth film-by-film analysis while simultaneously exploring the director's position in the contemporary Spanish context, the tension between directors and critics and the question of national cinema in an area - the Basque Country - of heightened national and regional sensitivities.
- Contents:
- pt. I. The context. Introduction
- Najwa Nimri: the interaction of director and star
- pt. II. The films. Salto al vacío: opening up the void
- Pasajes: pathways through nowhere
- A ciegas: the blind side of Basque terrorism
- Asfalto: violence à trois
- Guerreros: Spanish alienation in a foreign landscape
- Ausentes: shining a light on horror
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 28, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9781526139405
- 1526139405
- 9781781702093
- 1781702098
- 9781847792860
- 1847792863
- OCLC:
- 818847266
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