100 Years of Spanish Cinema
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100 Years of Spanish Cinema

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100 Years of Spanish Cinema

About this book

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

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Yes, you can access 100 Years of Spanish Cinema by Inmaculada Alvarez,Rosana Blanco-Cano,Anitra Grisales,Alejandra Osorio,Alejandra Sánchez,Tatjana Pavlović in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Film History & Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Figures
  2. About the Authors
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Preface
  5. 1 Silent Cinema and its Pioneers (1906–1930)
  6. 1 El ciego de aldea (Ángel García Cardona, 1906)
  7. 2 Amor que mata (Fructuós Gelabert, 1909)
  8. 3 Don Pedro el Cruel (Ricardo Baños, Albert Marro, 1911)
  9. 4 La aldea maldita (Florián Rey, 1930)
  10. 2 Surrealism (1924–1930) and the Advent of Sound (the Second Republic: 1931–1936)
  11. 1 Un chien andalou (Luis Buñuel, 1929)
  12. 2 Tierra sin pan (Luis Buñuel, 1933)
  13. 3 Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)
  14. 1 Suspiros de España (Benito Perojo, 1938)
  15. 2 Canciones para después de una guerra (Basilio Martín Patino, 1971)
  16. 4 The Autarky: Papier-Mâché Cinema (1939–1950)
  17. 1 Raza (José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, 1941)
  18. 2 Locura de amor (Juan de Orduña, 1948)
  19. 5 Neorealism: Status Quo and Dissent (1951–1961)
  20. 1 El cochecito (Marco Ferreri, 1960)
  21. 2 Viridiana (Luis Buñuel, 1961)
  22. 6 The “Liberal” Dictatorship and its Agony (1962–1975)
  23. 1 El verdugo (Luis García Berlanga, 1963)
  24. 2 El jardín de las delicias (Carlos Saura, 1970)
  25. 7 Cinema of the Transition: The Period of Disenchantment (1975–1979)
  26. 1 El desencanto (Jaime Chávarri, 1976)
  27. 2 El crimen de Cuenca (Pilar Miró, 1979)
  28. 8 Post-Franco Spain: The Pedro Almodóvar Phenomenon (1980–1991)
  29. 1 Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (Pedro Almodóvar, 1980)
  30. 2 ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto! (Pedro Almodóvar, 1984)
  31. 9 Contemporary Trends (1992 to the Present)
  32. 1 Vacas (Julio Medem, 1992)
  33. 2 Carícies (Ventura Pons, 1997)
  34. 3 Flores de otro mundo (Icíar Bollaín, 1999)
  35. 4 The Secret Life of Words (La vida secreta de las palabras) (Isabel Coixet, 2005)
  36. Glossary of Film Terms
  37. Historical Chronology
  38. Notes
  39. Bibliography
  40. Index