The Cinema of Pedro AlmodóVar

Ana María Sanchez-Arce

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Manchester University Press
04 January 2021

Films, movies & cinema; Individual film directors, film-makers

Series: Spanish and Latin-American Filmmakers

This book offers a comprehensive film-by-film analysis of Spain's most famous living director, Pedro Almodovar. It shows how Almodovar's films draw on various national cinemas and genres, including Spanish cinema of the dictatorship, European art cinema, Hollywood melodrama and film noir. It also argues that Almodovar's work is a form of social critique, his films consistently engaging with and challenging stereotypes about traditional and contemporary Spain in order to address Spain's traumatic historical past and how it continues to inform the present. Drawing on scholarship in both English and Spanish, the book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of film studies and Hispanic studies, scholars of contemporary cinema and general readers with a passion for the films of Pedro Almodovar. -- .

By: Ana María Sanchez-Arce
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 553g
ISBN: 9780719074424
ISBN 10: 0719074428
Series: Spanish and Latin-American Filmmakers
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 04 January 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ana María Sánchez-Arce is Reader in English at Sheffield Hallam University -- .

Reviews for The Cinema of Pedro AlmodóVar

'Sanchez-Arce adds significantly to understanding of Almodovar with these insightful close readings of his features-readings that employ a methodology blending feminism and formalism while situating the films in appropriate sociopolitical and historical contexts.' CHOICE (Reprinted with permission from Choice Reviews. All rights reserved. Copyright by the American Library Association.) -- .