Since the release of his first feature in 1996, Alejandro Amenabar has become the 'golden boy' of Spanish filmmaking, a bankable star director whose brand virtually guarantees quality, big audiences and domestic box office success. He has directed three of the highest-grossing movies in Spanish film history and has enjoyed enormous international and critical acclaim, including an Oscar for Best Foreign Film for Mar Adentro/The Sea Inside, 2004.
This book is the first full-length study in English of Amenabar's shorts and feature films. It provides detailed analysis of his engagement with popular film genres as the basis for an auteur cinema and incorporates a reappraisal of his auteurism as fundamentally decentred and shared. An essential resource for students, scholars and fans of Amenabar, the book will also appeal to a wider readership, including professionals in the film, media and culture industries as well as those who have a general interest in the best of Spanish, European and world cinema. -- .
By:
Barry Jordan Series edited by:
Nuria Triana-Toribio, Andy Willis Other:
Bethan Hirst Imprint: Manchester University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 33mm
Weight: 540g ISBN:9780719075896 ISBN 10: 0719075890 Series:Spanish and Latin-American Filmmakers Pages: 320 Publication Date:30 June 2012 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Barry Jordan is Professor of European Cinema and Culture at De Montfort University, Leicester
