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Despite All Adversities
Provides sophisticated theoretical approaches to Latin American cinema and sexual culture. Despite All Adversities examines a representative selection of notable queer films by Spanish Americas most important directors since the 1950s. Each chapter focuses on a single film and offers rich and thoughtful new interpretations by a prominent scholar. The book explores films from across the region, including Tomás Gutiérrez Aleas and Juan Carlos Tabíos Fresa y chocolate (Strawberry and Chocolate, 1993), Marcelo Piñeyros Plata quemada (Burnt Money, 2000), Barbet Schroeders La Virgen de los Sicarios (Our Lady of the Assassins, 2000), Lucía Puenzos XXY (XXY, 2007), Francisco J. Lombardis No se lo digas a nadie (Dont Tell Anyone, 1998), Arturo Ripsteins El lugar sin límites (Hell Without Limits, 1978), among others. A survey of recent lesbian-themed Mexican films is also included.
Burning Darkness
Encourages a deep reading of a selection of essential Spanish films.
Spanish Film Policies and Gender
This book provides a comprehensive cultural and historical account of the key film policies put into place by the Spanish state between 1980 and 2010 through a gendered lens, framing these policies within the wider context of European film legislation. Departing from the belief that there is no such thing as an objective and value-neutral approach to policy analysis because our society is organised around gender, this volume builds upon Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of field to propose that film policies do not emerge in a vacuum because they respond to different demands from those agents involved in the field of the Spanish cinema. By so doing, it critically assesses how these policies have come into being, by whom, in response to what interests, how they have shaped the Spanish film industry, and how far and in what ways they have tackled gender inequality in the Spanish film industry. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of Spanish cinema, gender studies, film industry studies, film policy, and feminist film studies.
Directores de cine en Cataluña
El lector podrá encontrar en la presente obra 375 entradas por orden alfabético de personas que han dirigido películas en Cataluña, ciudadanos que viven y trabajan de forma estable en el Principado, hayan nacido o no en él, independientemente de la lengua que utilizen. No están todos los que son, pero sí son todos los que están, de la A a la Z: desde Baltasar Abadal hasta Claudio Zulian. O sea, desde Fructuós Gelabert, uno de los fundadores de la industria cinematográfica catalana, hasta el debutante Oriol Porta. O lo que es lo mismo, desde Salida de los trabajadores de la fábrica “La España Industrial” (1897) hasta Hollywood contra Franco (2008)..Este diccionario demuestra que el cine catalán es cuantitativamente más importante de lo que pueda parecer a primera vista, pero éste está olvidado en la mayoría de historias del cine español. Por esta razón, si esta obra está escrita en castellano es con la intención de difundir al público de este idioma la cinematografía catalana.
Catalan Cinema
Catalan Cinema offers a theoretical reading of the most relevant cinematic productions to emerge from Catalonia in the last twenty years. The essays in this collection examine cinema in relation to the Escola de Barcelona (The Barcelona School), a group of cinema directors that drew inspiration from British pop-art, Free Cinema, and the Nouvelle Vague to create works that defied and challenged the Franco dictatorship. Highlighting the aesthetic, social, and political elements of Catalan cinematography, contributors to this volume explore what young directors have in common with works created by more notable directors such as Joaquim Jordà, Jacinto Esteva, Jordi Grau, and Pere Portabella. Catalan Cinema focuses on the importance of modern production and its connection with the avant-garde and underground cinema from the Barcelona School. Establishing a cinematic genealogy, the volume ultimately questions if Catalan cinema’s own push for self-expression may be interpreted as a connection to Catalonia’s current drive for independence.
World Film Locations: Barcelona
Barcelona is one of the world’s most beautiful cities. A permanent showcase of the work of acclaimed architect Antoni Gaudí, it also has a long and rich cinematic legacy. Great directors from all over the world – among them Woody Allen, Pedro Almodóvar and Michelangelo Antonioni – have set their films there. World Film Locations: Barcelona is the first book of its kind to explore the rich cinematic history of this seductive Catalonian city. The illuminating essays collected here cover essential themes of the city’s cinematic history, including the origins of cinema in Barcelona; the role of Ciutat Vella (old quarter) as a film set; the influential Barcelona School of the 1960s; the film presence of Gaudí and his work; changing attitudes and urban renewal before and after the 1992 Olympics; and the emergence of a new generation of female filmmakers that have made Barcelona the centre of their cinematic explorations. This book will be a welcome addition to the libraries of anyone enchanted by the beauty of Barcelona, whether in person on the big screen.
New Urban Elements
"Benches, railings, parterres, street lamps, posts, footpaths and bridges, fountains and spatial organizers ... all of the elements that go into the design of urban space"--Back cover.
Antonio Chavarrías
Director, guionista i productor, Antonio Chavarrías ha tingut sempre la quotidianitat en el punt de mira, encara que la seva filmografia vagi de la mà de morts poc accidentals i crims més propis del cinema negre. El títol de la seva opera prima, Una ombra al jardí, resumia aquest esperit dual, contradictori només a primera vista, que ha marcat la seva filmografia. Els seus personatges, de pel·lícules que van de Manila a Susanna, de Volverás a Las vidas de Celia o Dictado, han seguit jugant amb foc sota l'atenta mirada d'un cineasta a la recerca constant de la veritat en la llum, el so i el rostre de l'actor. Director inquiet, Chavarrías estrena pel·lícula pensant ja en la següent i ho compagina amb una intensa activitat com a productor que deixa oberta la porta d'aquest llibre a unes quantes pàgines més.
