Andy Willis, Nuria Triana-Toribio, Peter Buse

The cinema of Álex de la Iglesia

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Produktbeschreibung

The first book in English about Álex de la Iglesia, critically acclaimed former protégé of Pedro Almodóvar, and one of the highest grossing directors in Spain and Latin America. De la Iglesia's cinema is representative of a new generation of Spanish and European directors who combine avant-garde strategies with forms such as comedy and horror.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 288g
• ISBN-13: 9780719071379
• ISBN-10: 0719071372
• Artikelnr.: 36053524

Autorenporträt

Peter Buse is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Salford. Núria 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

Inhaltsangabe

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