Great Spanish Films Since 1950

Author : Ronald Schwartz
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781461696612

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Great Spanish Films Since 1950 by Ronald Schwartz Pdf

When it began, modern Spanish cinema was under strict censorship, forced to conform to the ideological demands of the Nationalist regime. In 1950, the New Spanish Cinema was born as a protest over General Francisco Franco's policies: a new series of directors and films began to move away from the conformist line to offer a bold brand of Spanish realism. In the 1950s and early 1960s, filmmakers such as Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis García Berlanga, and Luis Buñuel expressed a liberal image of Spain to the world in such films as Muerte de un ciclista (Death of a Cyclist), Bienvenido Señor Marshall (Welcome Mr. Marshall), and Viridiana. The emergence of new directors continued into the sixties and seventies with Carlos Saura, José Luis Borau, Víctor Erice, and others. After Franco's death in 1975, censorship was abolished and films openly explored such formerly taboo subjects as sexuality, drugs, the church, the army, and the Civil War. The Spanish cinema was no longer escapist and entertaining but, at long last, mirrored the society it depicted. While established directors like Saura, Bardem, and Berlanga continued to produce distinguished work, the "new wave" of Spanish cinema included brilliant films by the likes of Montxo Armendáriz (Tasio), Fernando Trueba (First Work), Imanol Uribe (The Death of Mikel), and Pedro Almodóvar (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown). In the last couple of decades, exciting works by established filmmakers and newcomers alike continue to be produced, including Alejandro Amenábar's Thesis, José Luis Garcí's The Grandfather, and Almodóvar's Talk to Her and Volver. In Great Spanish Films Since 1950, Ronald Schwartz presents a compendium of outstanding Spanish films from the pre-Francoist era through the Spanish New Wave of the 80's and 90's and into the present day. Schwartz provides background, plot, and commentaries of key films from six decades of Spanish cinema. In addition to identifying

Author : Ronald Schwartz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015024956339

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The Great Spanish Films, 1950-1990 by Ronald Schwartz Pdf

Author : Richard K. Curry
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476665887

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The First Few Minutes of Spanish Language Films by Richard K. Curry Pdf

The first few minutes of a film orient the viewer, offering cues for a richer, more nuanced reading. With this premise, the author provides many insights into the history of Spanish language film, encouraging an enhanced understanding of the Spanish/Hispanic canon commonly taught in courses on film. The author explores El espiritu de la colmena (1973), La historia oficial (1985), Fresa y chocolate (1994), El crimen del padre Amaro (2002), Abre los ojos (1997), Te doy mis ojos (2003) and Carlos Saura's flamenco trilogy--Bodas de sangre (1981), Carmen (1983) and El amor bruno (1986), among others.

Author : Salvador Jiménez Murguía,Alex Pinar
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442271333

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The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films by Salvador Jiménez Murguía,Alex Pinar Pdf

Under the Franco regime (1939-1976), films produced in Spain were of poor quality, promoted the regime’s agenda, or were heavily censored. After the dictator’s death, the Spanish film industry transitioned into a new era, one in which artists were able to more freely express themselves and tackle subjects that had been previously stifled. Today, films produced in Spain are among the most highly regarded in world cinema. The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films features nearly 300 entries on the written by a host of international scholars and film critics. Beginning with movies released after Franco’s death, this volume documents four decades of films, directors, actresses and actors of Spanish cinema. Offering a comprehensive survey of films, the entries address such topics as art, culture, society and politics. Each includes comprehensive production details and provides brief suggestions for further reading. Through its examination of the films of the post-Franco period, this volume offers readers valuable insights into Spanish history, politics, and culture. An indispensable guide to one of the great world cinemas, The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films will be of interest to students, academics, and the general public alike.

Author : Linda Channah Ehrlich
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0810837668

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An Open Window by Linda Channah Ehrlich Pdf

The first book in English exclusively devoted to an analysis of the films of one of Spain's most important film directors, V'ctor Erice. Drawing on original essays, reprints, and new translations from an international group of writers, this anthology will help open a window into a deeper appreciation of Erice's three haunting feature-length films.

Author : Marvin D'Lugo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1997-11-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780313370175

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Guide to the Cinema of Spain by Marvin D'Lugo Pdf

This guide to Spanish film documents the film industry's interpretation of the isolating effects of the cultural traditionalism of the early twentieth century to the expanding international popularity of such films as Trueba's Belle Epoque, Aranda's Amantes, and Bigas Luna's Jamón, Jamón, and such actors as Victoria Abril, Carmen Maura, and Antonio Banderas. This is the first volume in a new Greenwood series that discusses, historically and critically, films, directors, and actors in film industries throughout the world. Each volume will include a detailed historical introduction and will provide an in-depth treatment of the most important films and individuals involved in the industry. End-of-entry bibliographies provide sources for further reading and appendixes provide additional useful information. The Guides will be valuable to scholars, students, and film buffs. Spanish cinema is in many ways a microcosm of the tensions and conflicts that have shaped the evolution of the nation over the course of this century. Spanish film as a cultural institution is rarely divorced from the political and social currents that have shaped the larger Spanish culture torn as it was between tendencies of localism and internationalism. It languished in industrial and artistic underdevelopment for many years under Franco; it is now, however, experiencing international recognition while remaining rooted in the specificity of its own popular cultural styles.

Author : Linda C. Ehrlich
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461700890

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The Cinema of Víctor Erice by Linda C. Ehrlich Pdf

To coincide with the recent DVD release of The Spirit of the Beehive, this paperback collection of essays focuses on the work of acclaimed Spanish director, Víctor Erice. Originally published in hardcover under the title An Open Window, this expanded edition draws on original essays, reprints, and new translations from an international group of writers. New to this edition are four essays from noted film scholars—including editor Linda C. Ehrlich—as well as three added essays from the filmmaker himself. Both the original and new material provide a deeper appreciation of Erice's three feature-length films—The Spirit of the Beehive [El espíritu de la colmena] (1973), El Sur (1982), and Dream of Light [aka The Quince Tree Sun, El sol del membrillo] (1992), as well as his shorter works, including his most recent accomplishment, La morte rouge (2006). This anthology examines the aesthetic, historical, and sociological forces at work in Erice's films and includes an extensive interview with the director. This broad array of writings provides insight into not only three unforgettable films, but also into twentieth-century Spanish society, as well as world cinema. The Cinema of Víctor Erice: An Open Window will serve as an important resource to measure the career of this director who—along with Buñuel, Saura, and Almodóvar—has helped show the world the creative range of Spanish cinema. With additional essays, translations, and illustrations, this paperback edition explores new avenues of expression pursued by one of the most poetic of modern filmmakers.

Author : Sally Faulkner
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006-02-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780748626519

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Cinema of Contradiction by Sally Faulkner Pdf

A key decade in world cinema, the 1960s was also a crucial era of change in Spain. A Cinema of Contradiction, the first book to focus in depth on this period in Spain, analyses six films that reflect and interpret these transformations. The coexistence of traditional and modern values and the timid acceptance of limited change by Franco's authoritarian regime are symptoms of the uneven modernity that characterises the period. Contradiction--the unavoidable effect of that unevenness--is the conceptual terrain explored by these six filmmakers. One of the most significant movements of Spanish film history, the 'New Spanish Cinema' art films explore contradictions in their subject matter, yet are themselves the contradictory products of the state's protection and promotion of films that were ideologically opposed to it. A Cinema of Contradiction argues for a new reading of the movement as a compromised yet nonetheless effective cinema of critique. It also demonstrates the possible contestatory value of popular films of the era, suggesting that they may similarly explore contradictions. This book therefore reveals the overlaps between art and popular film in the period, and argues that we should see these as complementary rather than opposing areas of cinematic activity in Spain.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Consular reports
ISBN : UIUC:30112077135330

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Foreign Commerce Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Malte Hagener,Michael Töteberg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783476036865

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Film – An International Bibliography by Malte Hagener,Michael Töteberg Pdf

Kommentierte Bibliografie. Sie gibt Wissenschaftlern, Studierenden und Journalisten zuverlässig Auskunft über rund 6000 internationale Veröffentlichungen zum Thema Film und Medien. Die vorgestellten Rubriken reichen von Nachschlagewerk über Filmgeschichte bis hin zu Fernsehen, Video, Multimedia.

Author : Lidia López Gómez
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-25
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000933772

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Popular Music in Spanish Cinema by Lidia López Gómez Pdf

Popular Music in Spanish Cinema analyses the aesthetics and stylistic development of soundtracks from national productions, considering how political instability and cultural diversity in Spain determined the ways of making art and managing culture. As a pioneering study in this field, the chronologically structured approach of this book provides readers with a complete overview of Spanish music and connects it to the complex historical events that conditioned Spanish culture throughout the 20th century to the present day, from the Second Republic, the Spanish Civil war, and the dictatorship through to democracy. The book enables an understanding of the relationships between the recording and film production industries, the construction of collective imagination, the formulation of new stereotypes, semiotic meanings within film music and the musical exchanges between national and international cinema. This volume is an essential read for students and academics in the field of musicology, ethnomusicology and history as well as those interested in the study of diverse musical styles such as copla, zarzuela, flamenco, jazz, foxtrot, pop and rock and how they have been used in Spanish films throughout history.

Author : Sally Faulkner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781623567316

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A History of Spanish Film by Sally Faulkner Pdf

A History of Spanish Film explores Spanish film from the beginnings of the industry to the present day by combining some of the most exciting work taking place in film studies with some of the most urgent questions that have preoccupied twentieth-century Spain. It addresses new questions in film studies, like 'prestige film' and 'middlebrow cinema', and places these in the context of a country defined by social mobility, including the 1920s industrial boom, the 1940s post-Civil War depression, and the mass movement into the middle classes from the 1960s onwards. Close textual analysis of some 42 films from 1910-2010 provides an especially useful avenue into the study of this cinema for the student. - Uniquely offers extensive close readings of 42 films, which are especially useful to students and teachers of Spanish cinema. - Analyses Spanish silent cinema and films of the Franco era as well as contemporary examples. - Interrogates film's relations with other media, including literature, pictorial art and television. - Explores both 'auteur' and 'popular' cinemas. - Establishes 'prestige' and the 'middlebrow' as crucial new terms in Spanish cinema studies. - Considers the transnationality of Spanish cinema throughout its century of existence. - Contemporary directors covered in this book include Almodóvar, Bollaín, Díaz Yanes and more.

Author : Ronald Schwartz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:434069892

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Spanish Film Directors (1950-1985) by Ronald Schwartz Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Libraries
ISBN : UCSC:32106017988848

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Library Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Núria Triana-Toribio
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781838718305

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Spanish Film Cultures by Núria Triana-Toribio Pdf

The past four decades have seen the Spanish film industry rise from isolation in the 1970s to international recognition within European and World Cinema today. Exploring the cultural and political imperatives that governed this success, this book shows how Spanish film culture was deliberately and strategically shaped into its current form.