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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sánchez-Arce, Ana María, 1974- author.

Series:

Spanish and Latin American filmmakers.

Spanish and Latin American filmmakers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Almodóvar, Pedro--Criticism and interpretation.

Almodóvar, Pedro.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 338 pages) : illustrations (black and white); digital file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2020.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

A comprehensive, historically informed study of the art and politics of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, showing how Almod?ovar's films draw on various national cinemas and film genres, including Spanish cinema of the dictatorship, European art cinema, Hollywood melodrama and film noir.

Contents:

Introduction

1. The early films: Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón and Laberinto de pasiones

2. Kicking the habit: Entre tinieblas

3. High windows and ugly aesthetics: ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?

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: ¡Átame!, Tacones lejanos and Kika

8. The end of romance: La flor de mi secreto

9. Circle lines and memory work: Carne trémula

10. Remembering children: Todo sobre mi madre

11. Still lives: Hable con ella

12. Faking memory: La mala educación

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 Julieta

Afterword / Dolor y gloria

Filmography

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on e-publication, viewed on January 15, 2021.

ISBN:

9781526151025

1526151022

OCLC:

1230564862