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9781444304800

100 Years of Spanish Cinema

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    9781444304800

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    1444304801

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2009-02-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

100 Years of Spanish Cinema provides an in-depth look at the most important movements, films, and directors of twentieth-century Spain from the silent era to the present day. A glossary of film terms provides definitions of essential technical, aesthetic, and historical terms Features a visual portfolio illustrating key points of many of the films analyzed Includes a clear, concise timeline to help students quickly place films and genres in Spain's political, economical, and historical contexts Discusses over 20 films including Amor Que Mata, Un Chien Andalou, Viridana, El Verdugo, El Crimen de Cuenca, and Pepi, Luci, Born

Table of Contents

List of Figures
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Preface
Silent Cinema and its Pioneers (1906-1930)
El ciego de aldea
Amor que mata
Don Pedro el Cruel
La aldea maldita
Surrealism (1924-1930) and the Advent of Sound (the Second Republic: 1931-1936)
Un chien andalou
Tierra sin pan
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Suspiros de España
Canciones para después de una guerra
The Autarky: Papier-Mâché Cinema (1939-1950)
Raza
Locura de amor
Neorealism: Status Quo and Dissent (1951-1961)
El cochecito
Viridiana
The "Liberal" Dictatorship and its Agony (1962-1975)
El verdugo
El jardín de las delicias
Cinema of the Transition: The Period of Disenchantment (1975-1979)
El desencanto
El crimen de Cuenca
Post-Franco Spain: The Pedro Almodóvar Phenomenon (1980-1991)
Pepi, Luci, Bom, y otras chicas del montón
¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!
Contemporary Trends (1992 to the Present)
Vacas
Carícies
Flores de otro mundo
The Secret Life of Words (La vida secreta de las palabras)
Glossary of Film Terms
Historical Chronology
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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