"The Films of Elias Querejeta" is the first book in English to explore the films of Spain s most celebrated producer, Elias Querejeta. Tom Whittaker highlights Querejeta s recurring emphasis on landscape, arguing that it can be understood as a site of political struggle against Francoism and Spain s embrace of neoliberal capitalism. In bringing together both the importance of cinematic and spatial production, Whittaker s study makes an original contribution not only to film studies but also to Spanish cultural studies and cultural geography."

While several critical works on Spanish cinema have centred on the cultural, social and industrial significance of stars, there has been relatively little critical scholarship on what stars are paid to do: act. Bringing together a range of scholars that attend carefully to the performances, acting styles, and historical influences of Spanish film, Performance and Spanish film is the first book to place the process of Spanish acting centre stage. Comprising fifteen original essays from renowned scholars of Spanish film, the book casts light on the manifold meanings, methods and...

Where others have focused on Hollywood film, this volume aims to extend the field to other cinemas from around the world, encompassing Latin America, Asia and Africa amongst others. Traditional theoretical accounts, based on classical narrative cinema, examine the importance of the voice in terms of a desired perfect match between visuals and sonic effects. But, as the chapters of this volume illustrate, what is normative in one film industry may not apply in another. The widespread practices of dubbing, postsynch sound and "playback singing" in...

Where others have focused on Hollywood film, this volume aims to extend the field to other cinemas from around the world, encompassing Latin America, Asia and Africa amongst others. Traditional theoretical accounts, based on classical narrative cinema, examine the importance of the voice in terms of a desired perfect match between visuals and sonic effects. But, as the chapters of this volume illustrate, what is normative in one film industry may not apply in another. The widespread practices of dubbing, postsynch sound and "playback singing" in...