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The Inside Film Series kicks off with an exploration of Spanish Cinema, from filmmakers like Luis Bunuel and Pedro Almodovar to actors and stars like Antonio Banderas.

• Provides a broad introduction to Spanish Cinema and traces the development of various themes and film movements.
• Examines the Civil War and Dictatorship in the Spanish Cinema, early Spanish and Basque Cinema and sex and the new star system.
• Includes chapters on Carlos Saura and Julio Medem and offers an examination of directors who are emblematic of different periods in Spanish Cinema and Spanish history.

Spain has produced many exciting and distinctive filmmakers such as Luis Bunuel and Pedro Almodovar. It's cinema has a rich and interesting history and can itself be used to look at many aspects of Spanish history and culture. For modern cinema goers it has often been the sexually charged and colorful nature of many contemporary Spanish films which has made them popular world wide and led directors or stars, like Antonio Banderas, to be welcomed by Hollywood. In this volume, the first in the Inside Film Series, Robert Stone provides a broad introduction to Spanish Cinema including its stars and directors and traces the development of themes and movements in the Spanish Cinema. Spanish Cinema is well illustrated with representative stills and includes a thorough bibliography, index and list of resources.

Robert Stone writes for Time Out magazine and is at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #325501 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 232 pages

Review
Rob Stone's 'Spanish Cinema' is a treasure trove of aficionados and novices alike. It leaves you impatient to seek out hundreds of rare gems and revisit many more familiar classics from Almodovar to Saura, Bunuel to Medem. Stone has plenty to say about Spanish history and society too. Artists and critics, pleasure and politics: it's all there in the mix. Tom Charity, Time Out

From the Back Cover

The Inside Film Series kicks off with an exploration of Spanish Cinema, from filmmakers like Luis Bunuel and Pedro Almodovar to actors and stars like Antonio Banderas.

* Provides a broad introduction to Spanish Cinema and traces the development of various themes and film movements.
* Examines the Civil War and Dictatorship in the Spanish Cinema, early Spanish and Basque Cinema and sex and the new star system.
* Includes chapters on Carlos Saura and Julio Medem and offers an examination of directors who are emblematic of different periods in Spanish Cinema and Spanish history.
Spain has produced many exciting and distinctive filmmakers such as Luis Bunuel and Pedro Almodovar. It's cinema has a rich and interesting history and can itself be used to look at many aspects of Spanish history and culture. For modern cinema goers it has often been the sexually charged and colorful nature of many contemporary Spanish films which has made them popular world wide and led directors or stars, like Antonio Banderas, to be welcomed by Hollywood. In this volume, the first in the Inside Film Series, Robert Stone provides a broad introduction to Spanish Cinema including its stars and directors and traces the development of themes and movements in the Spanish Cinema. Spanish Cinema is well illustrated with representative stills and includes a thorough bibliography, index and list of resources.

Robert Stone writes for Time Out magazine and is at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

About the Author

Robert Stone writes for Time Out magazine and is at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

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Customer Reviews

For fans and students of Spanish, European and World Cinema
This a concise, informative and very entertaining book on Spanish cinema. It's an eclectic book (there's no emphasis on Bunuel or Almodovar to the exclusion of all else) but this means that the chapters cover subjects like early Spanish cinema, Spanish cinema during the dictatorship and during the political transition. The book has several interviews with important people in Spanish cinema. There is also a fascinating chapter on Basque cinema, a beautifully written chapter on the theme of childhood in Spanish cinema, a great chapter on sexy Spanish film stars and chapters on two auteurs - the more serious one on Carlos Saura and a lively, fun one on a director called Julio Medem that's probably the best bit of the book. I'd never heard of Medem before but now I've seen two of his films on video (The Red Squirrel and Lovers of the Arctic Circle)and they've both become my favourites. Stone writes with a confident and expert tone that's stylish and almost always accessible and you come away having learned as much about the history of Spain as you do about its cinema. I can recommend this book very highly to fans and students of Spanish and European cinema.