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The Cinema of Álex de la Iglesia

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Álex de la Iglesia, initially championed by Pedro Almodóvar, 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 - Acción mutante, El día 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 Álex 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 with a detailed textual analysis of all of Álex de la Iglesia's seven feature films.

Language: English

Pages: 220

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Release: October 16, 2012

ISBN: 0719071372

ISBN 13: 9780719071379

The Cinema of Álex de la Iglesia

0/5 ( ratings)

Álex de la Iglesia, initially championed by Pedro Almodóvar, 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 - Acción mutante, El día 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 Álex 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 with a detailed textual analysis of all of Álex de la Iglesia's seven feature films.

Language: English

Pages: 220

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Release: October 16, 2012

ISBN: 0719071372

ISBN 13: 9780719071379

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