Spanish Film Cultures : The Making and Unmaking of Spanish Cinema

ISBN-13: 9781844578221 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 168 str.

Nuria Triana-Toribio

Opis

The past four decades have seen the Spanish film industry rise from isolation in the 1970s to international recognition within European and World Cinema today. Exploring the cultural and political imperatives that governed this success, this book shows how Spanish film culture was deliberately and strategically shaped into its current form.

Recenzje

Nuria Triana Toribio's thorough biopsy of the Spanish Film Academy provides a lucid diagnosis of the condition of contemporary Spanish cinema and will enable vivid, challenging debate. Fascinating and hugely informative, this bracing book treats Spanish film cultures, both flowering and festering, as integral to the idea of Spanish cinema and is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand all the strategies that affect filmmaking in Spain. University of Birmingham Rob Stone

Spis treści

Acknowledgments.- Introduction.- 1. The House is Built of the Stones That Were Available.- 2. And the Winner Is.- 3. Being Different: Almodóvar and the Academia.- 4. Rogue Males, 'Bad' films and 'Bad' loyalties: Santiago Segura and Álex de la Iglesia.- 5. There's No Such Thing as a Weak Enemy.- 6. Transatlantic Academia.- Epilogue.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

Nuria Triana-Toribio is Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Kent, UK. Her research interests include Spanish film and film cultures, cultural studies, and popular cinema and culture. She is the author of Spanish National Cinema (2003), co-author of The Cinema of Álex de la Iglesia (2007) and co-editor of the Spanish and Latin Filmmakers series for Manchester University Press.