Studying Talk to her / Emily Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Emily (Film teacher), author.

Series:

Studying films.

Liverpool scholarship online.

Studying films

Liverpool scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hable con ella (Motion picture).

Almodóvar, Pedro--Criticism and interpretation.

Almodóvar, Pedro.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

'Talk to Her' (2002) is a hugely rich and interesting, though ambiguous, film that met with both popular success and critical acclaim. The film won an Oscar for best original screenplay and has been hailed by some critics as Pedro Almodóvar's masterpiece. Yet like most of Almodóvar's films, little is clear-cut. The characters are complex and our affinity and empathy for them shifts throughout the film. This book provides an in-depth analysis of both the formal elements of the film (its narrative, genre, and auteur study) and the themes and issues it raises, discussing the social context of modern Spain and its old, traditional iconography; shifting attitudes towards gender; and, crucially, the film's uneasy, morally ambiguous depiction of rape and the spectator's reaction to it.

Contents:

Table of Contents ; Fact sheet and synopsis; Introduction; Almodóvar as an Auteur; Mise-en-scène and Cinematography; Gender; Physicality and The Body; Messages and Values: Rape and Moral Ambiguity; Psychoanalysis; Themes; Genre and Narrative; Audience and Critical Response; Summary; Glossary ; Bibliography

Notes:

Previously issued in print: Leighton Buzzard: Auteur, 2015.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 13, 2021).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781800850095

1800850093

9781800342026

1800342020

9781800346840

1800346840

9780993071720

0993071724