The Cinema of Álex de la Iglesia

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by Andy Willis, Nuria Triana-Toribio and Peter Buse

Type

Studies

Subject

Director > Álex de la Iglesia

Keywords

Álex de la Iglesia, Spain

Publishing date

2007

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Collection

Spanish and Latin American filmmakers

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 224 pages
5 ½ x 8 ½ inches (14 x 21.5 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7190-7136-2

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Book Presentation:
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 (esperpento, sainete costumbrista) with a detailed textual analysis of all of Álex de la Iglesia's seven feature films.

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