The cinema of Pedro Almodóvar / Ana María Sanchez-Arce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sánchez-Arce, Ana María, 1974- author.

Series:

Spanish and Latin American filmmakers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Almodóvar, Pedro--Criticism and interpretation.

Almodóvar, Pedro.

Motion pictures--Spain--History.

Motion pictures.

Criticism and interpretation.

Spain.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 338 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The early films: Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del monton and Laberinto de pasiones

2. Kicking the habit: Entre tinieblas

3. High windows and ugly aesthetics: Que he hecho yo para mereceresto?

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: ¡Atame!, Tacones lejanos, and Kika

8. The end of romance: Laflor de mi secreto

9. Circle lines and memory work: Came trimula

10. Remembering children: Todo sobre mi madre

11. Still lives: Hable con ella

12. Faking memory: La mala education

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 Julkta.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0719074428

9780719074424

OCLC:

1153475741