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Author : Bradley S. Epps,Despina Kakoudaki
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780816649600
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Author : Bradley S. Epps,Despina Kakoudaki
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0816649618
Regarded as one of world cinema's most exciting filmmakers, Pedro Almodovar has been delighting, provoking, arousing, shocking and above all entertaining filmgoers since the early 1980s. This book offers new perspectives on his artistic vision and cinematic influences.
Author : Pedro Almodóvar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1578065682
A collection of interviews that documents the 22-year long cinematic career of the most internationally celebrated Spanish art-film director since Luís Buñuel
Author : Marvin D'Lugo
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780252054716
Perhaps the best-known Spanish filmmaker to international audiences, Pedro Almodóvar gained the widespread attention of English-speaking critics and fans with the Oscar-nominated Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and the celebrated dark comedy Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!. Marvin D'Lugo offers a concise, informed, and insightful commentary on a preeminent force in modern cinema. D'Lugo follows Almodóvar's career chronologically, tracing the director's works and their increasing complexity in terms of theme and the Spanish film tradition. Drawing on a wide range of critical sources, D'Lugo explores Almodóvar's use of melodrama and Hollywood genre film, his self-invention as a filmmaker, and his on-screen sexual politics. D'Lugo also discusses what he calls "geocultural positioning," that is, Almodóvar's paradoxical ability to use his marginal positions—in terms of his class, geographical origin, and identity—to develop an expressive language that is emotionally recognizable by audiences worldwide. Two fascinating interviews with the director round out the volume. An exciting consideration of an arthouse giant, Pedro Almodóvar mixes original interpretations into an analysis sure to reward film students and specialists alike.
Author : Pedro Almodovar
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-02-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0571231926
Pedro Almodóvar's films—such as Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, All About My Mother, and Talk to Her, to name a few—are colorful and deeply felt celebrations of life and love. The influence of these works, which have been feted around the world, has been immense, and Almodóvar on Almodóvar tells the personal story of the man and his wonderfully vivid and outrageous vision. Almodóvar came of age during an austere time in rural Spain: the 1950s, the age of the Cold War, of mambo, of Balenciaga, of the Korean War, of the Hungarian Revolution, of the death of Stalin. But none of these events bore any impact on his village. In response, Almodóvar proceeded to carve for himself a unique niche in contemporary cinema with films bursting with vibrant energy and vivid, primary colors—each frame saturated with passions, releasing a pure, visual, visceral emotion. In these frank and passionate conversations, Almodóvar discusses his astonishing life and career with a humor that is distinctly his own.
Author : A. W. Eaton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781135977498
Pedro Almodóvar is one of the most renowned film directors of recent years. Talk to Her is one of the most discussed and controversial of all his films. Dealing principally with the issue of rape, it also offers profound insights into the nature of love and friendship whilst raising important philosophical and moral questions in unsettling and often paradoxical ways. This is the first book to explore and address the philosophical aspects of Almodóvar’s film. Opening with a helpful introduction by Noël Carroll that places the film in context, specially commissioned chapters examine the following topics: The relationship between art and morality and the problem of 'immoralism' Moral injury and its role in the way we form moral judgments, including the ethics of love and friendship The nature of dialogue, sexual objectification and what 'listening to' means in the context of gender Almodóvar's use of allusion and the unmasking of appearances to explore hidden themes in human nature. Including a biography of Almodóvar, Talk to Her is essential reading for students interested in philosophy and film as well as ethics and gender. It is also provides an accessible and informative insight into philosophy for those in related disciplines such as film studies, literature and religion. Contributors: Noël Carroll, A. W. Eaton, Cynthia Freeland, Robert B. Pippin, C.D.C. Reeve, and George M. Wilson
Author : Paul Julian Smith
Publisher : Verso
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1859847781
The huge international success of his latest feature, All About My Mother, has finally granted Pedro Almodovar the recognition he deserves, as the most artistically ambitious and commercially consistent film-maker in Europe.
Author : Gwynne Edwards
Publisher : Peter Owen Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015053037761
"This important new study will appeal to Almodovar's devotees and to film students alike, with its chronological examination of the director's career. It sheds light on each individual film, demonstrates the connections between one movie and another and examines the director's progression in terms of genre, style and cinematic technique to reveal Almodovar's growing mastery of his art."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Pedro Almodóvar,Frédéric Strauss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0571175449
Pedro Almodovar has been called 'the Spanish Andy Warhol' for his influence on Spanish popular culture. Almodovar comes from an austere background in rural Spain. It was the 1950s, the age of the Cold War, of mambo, of Balenciaga, of the Korean War, of the Hungarian Revolution, of the death of Stalin. But none of these events had any effect on his village. 'I felt like an astronaut at the court of King Arthur.' In response, Almodovar proceeded to carve for himself a unique niche in contemporary cinema with films bursting with vibrant energy and vivid, primary colours - each frame saturated with passions, releasing a pure, visual, visceral emotion. Above all, Almodovar's films - such as Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Law of Desire, and Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, to name a few - are deeply felt celebrations of desire. In these frank and passionate conversations, Almodovar discusses his career to date with a humour that is distinctly his own.
Author : Marvin D'Lugo,Kathleen M. Vernon
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781405195829
A Companion to Pedro Almodóvar “Marvin D’Lugo and Kathleen M. Vernon give us the ideal companion to Pedro Almodóvar’s films. Established and emerging writers offer a rainbow of insights for fans as well as academics.” Jerry W. Carlson, Professor of Film Studies, The City College & Graduate Center CUNY “Rarely has a contemporary film artist been treated to the kind of broad, rich discussion of their work that can be found in A Companion to Pedro Almodóvar.” Richard Peña, Professor of Film Studies, Columbia University Once the enfant terrible of Spain’s youth culture explosion, the Movida, Pedro Almodóvar’s distinctive film style and career longevity have made him one of the most successful and internationally known filmmakers of his generation. Offering a state-of-the-art appraisal of Almodóvar’s cinema, this original collection is a searching analysis of his technique and cultural significance that includes work by leading authorities on Almodóvar as well as talented young scholars. Crucially included here are contributions by film historians from Almodóvar’s native Spain, where he has been undervalued by the academic and critical establishment. With a balance between textual and contextual approaches, the book expands the scope of previous work on the director to explore his fruitful collaborations with fellow professionals in the areas of art design, fashion, and music as well as the growing reach of a global Almodóvar brand beyond Europe and the United States to Latin America and Asia. It also proposes a reevaluation of the political meanings and engagement of his cinema from the perspective of the profound cultural and historical upheavals that have transformed Spain since the 1970s.
Author : Pedro Almodóvar,Jordi Costa,Vicente Molina-Foix,Gustavo Martín Garzo,Elvira Lindo,Thierry Fremaux,Ángel Fernández-Santos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 3836547929
An updated edition of The Pedro Almodóvar Archives, offering inside access to the cult Spanish director who beguiles audiences worldwide with his thrilling dissertations on desire, passion, and identity. With behind-the-scenes pictures and personal reminiscences, Almodóvar himself guides the reader through his singular journey from its early...
Author : José Quiroga
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781551523507
“This series will be a significant, valuable contribution to the history and literature of gay cinema. Each of these works will be valuable additions for academic and popular students of film and gay culture.”—Library Journal Law of Desire, one of three inaugural titles in Arsenal Pulp Press' new film book series Queer Film Classics, focuses on the 1987 homoerotic melodrama by Pedro Almodóvar, Spain's most successful contemporary film director. The film Law of Desire is a grand tale of love, lust, and amnesia featuring three main characters: a gay film director (played by Eusebio Poncela); his sister, an actress who was once his brother (Carmen Maura); and a repressed, obsessive stalker (a young Antonio Banderas). In the twenty-plus years since its first release, Law of Desire has been acknowledged as redefining the way in which cinema can portray the difficult affective relationships between homosexuality, gender, and sex. Taking his cue from the golden age of Latin American, American, and European melodrama, Almodóvar created a sentimental yet hard-edged film that believes in the utopian possibilities for new relationships that redeem people from their despair. Since its release, Almodóvar has become an Oscar-winning filmmaker who regularly delves into issues of sexuality, gender, and identity. This book examines the political and social context in which Almodóvar created Law of Desire, as well as its impact on LGBT cinema both in Europe and around the world.
Author : Sanchez-Acre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0719074428
Author : Mark Allinson
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001-08-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1860645070
AlmodOvar is Spain's most successful and controversial director, representing a unique blend of art-house auteur and popular film-maker. His films, with their mix of Hollywood and European styles and of popular melodrama and comedy, have been attracting growing international audiences since the success of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. A Spanish Labyrinth is a much needed, clear, and comprehensive introduction to the films of AlmodOvar, investigating the cultural and national contexts for his work, issues of gender, sexuality, stars, genre, visual style, music, and much more. It is the ideal companion to AlmodOvar for students of film and Hispanic Studies, as well as those generally interested in film and Spanish culture.
Author : Juan Rey
Publisher : Masculinity Studies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Men in motion pictures
ISBN : 1433138646
The interest for this volume lies in that it is the first time that the study of man is addressed in the cinema of Almodóvar from a broad, comprehensive and complementary perspective.