Alex de la Iglesia, initially championed by Pedro Almodovar, and at one time the enfant terrible of Spanish film, still makes film critics nervous. The director of some of the most important films of the Post-Franco era - Accion mutante, El dia de la bestia, Muertos de risa - receives here the first full length study of his work. Breaking away from the pious tradition of acclaiming art-house auteurs, The cinema of Alex de la Iglesia tackles a new sort of beast: the popular auteur, who brings the provocation of the avant-garde to popular genres such as horror and comedy.
This book brings together Anglo-American film theory, an exploration of the legal and economic history of Spanish audio-visual culture, a comprehensive knowledge of Spanish cultural forms and traditions (esperpento, sainete costumbrista) with a detailed textual analysis of all of Alex de la Iglesia's seven feature films. -- .
By:
Andy Willis,
Nuria Triana-Toribio,
Peter Buse
Index by:
Chantal Hamil
Series edited by:
Andy Willis
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 268g
ISBN: 9780719071379
ISBN 10: 0719071372
Series: Spanish and Latin-American Filmmakers
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 04 September 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1. Acción mutante: against the conspiracy of boredom 2. El día de la bestia: comedy, sub-cultures, televisión 3. Perdita Durango: the body, sex, and Mexico 4. Muertos de risa: comedy, television, history 5. La comunidad: modernity and the cinematic past 6. 800 balas: undoing the ignominy of boyhood 7. Crimen ferpecto: the mise-en-scène of mise-en-scène Conclusion Filmography -- .
Peter Buse is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Salford. Nria Triana-Toribio is Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the University of Manchester. Andrew Willis is Senior Lecturer in Media and Performance at the University of Salford
