Beschreibung:
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
100 Years of Spanish Cinema provides an in-depth look at themost important movements, films, and directors of twentieth-centurySpain from the silent era to the present day.* A glossary of film terms provides definitions of essentialtechnical, aesthetic, and historical terms* Features a visual portfolio illustrating key points of many ofthe films analyzed* Includes a clear, concise timeline to help students quicklyplace films and genres in Spain's political, economical, andhistorical contexts* Discusses over 20 films including Amor Que Mata, Un ChienAndalou, Viridana, El Verdugo, El Crimen de Cuenca, andPepi, Luci, Born
List of Figures viiAbout the Authors viiiAcknowledgments xPreface xi1 Silent Cinema and its Pioneers (1906-1930) 1El ciego de aldea, Ángel García Cardona 8Amor que mata, Fructuós Gelabert 10Don Pedro el Cruel, Ricardo Baños, Albert Marro 12La aldea maldita, Florián Rey 152 Surrealism (1924-1930) and the Advent of Sound (theSecond Republic: 1931-1936) 21Un chien andalou, Luis Buñuel 26Tierra sin pan, Luis Buñuel 303 Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) 39Suspiros de España, Benito Perojo 46Canciones para después de una guerra, Basilio MartínPatino 524 The Autarky: Papier-Mâché Cinema(1939-1950) 61Raza, José Luis Sáenz de Heredia 66Locura de amor, Juan de Orduña 745 Neorealism: Status Quo and Dissent (1951-1961)81El cochecito, Marco Ferreri 89Viridiana, Luis Buñuel 966 The "Liberal" Dictatorship and its Agony(1962-1975) 104El verdugo, Luis García Berlanga 113El jardín de las delicias, Carlos Saura 1207 Cinema of the Transition: The Period of Disenchantment(1975-1979) 127El desencanto, Jaime Chávarri 140El crimen de Cuenca, Pilar Miró 1458 Post-Franco Spain: The Pedro Almodóvar Phenomenon(1980-1991) 152Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón, PedroAlmodóvar 161¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!, PedroAlmodóvar 1699 Contemporary Trends (1992 to the Present) 180Vacas, Julio Medem 194Carícies, Ventura Pons 203Flores de otro mundo, Icíar Bollaín 211The Secret Life of Words (La vida secreta de las palabras)Isabel Coixet 218Glossary of Film Terms 226Historical Chronology 232Notes 246Bibliography 257Index 263