The cinema of Álex de la Iglesia / Peter Buse, Núria Triana Toribio and Andy Willis.

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Buse, Peter, 1970-

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TextSeries: Spanish and Latin American Film MakersPublication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (225 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781847791665
1847791662
9781781700952
1781700958

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cinema of Álex de la Iglesia.DDC classification:

791.430233092 22

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PN1998.3.I29 B87 2007

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Contents:

9780719071362; 9780719071362; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Acción mutante (1993): against the conspiracy of boredom; 2 El día de la bestia (1995):comedy, subcultures, television; 3 Perdita Durango (1997):the body, sex and Mexico; 4 Muertos de risa (1999):comedy, television, history; 5 La comunidad (2000): modernityand the cinematic past; 6 800 balas (2002): undoing the ignominy of boyhood; 7 Crimen ferpecto (2004): the mise-en-scène of mise-en-scène; Conclusion; Filmography of Álex de la Iglesia; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: 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 togethe.

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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 togethe.