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The history of Spanish cinema.
This is the first detailed history of Spanish cinema written in English for English readers. It presents a balanced exploration of trends and genres from the popular to art-house cinema, including landmark documentaries and children's films. There are sections in each chapter where popular, oppositional, and experimental directors are introduced as auteurs. The eleven chapters are arranged chronologically from the silent reels of the photographers to the twenty-first century, taking into account technological advances, as well as production, distribution and socio-political constraints and developments. Each chapter ends with suggestions for additional reading and possible areas offuture research. The bibliography concentrates on assessments and criticism published in English, and there is a filmography of all directors and titles mentioned, a comprehensive index not restricted to cinema, and a supportingselection of stills.
BERNARD BENTLEY is Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the University of St Andrews.
This is the first detailed history of Spanish cinema written in English for English readers. It presents a balanced exploration of trends and genres from the popular to art-house cinema, including landmark documentaries and children's films. There are sections in each chapter where popular, oppositional, and experimental directors are introduced as auteurs. The eleven chapters are arranged chronologically from the silent reels of the photographers to the twenty-first century, taking into account technological advances, as well as production, distribution and socio-political constraints and developments. Each chapter ends with suggestions for additional reading and possible areas offuture research. The bibliography concentrates on assessments and criticism published in English, and there is a filmography of all directors and titles mentioned, a comprehensive index not restricted to cinema, and a supportingselection of stills.
BERNARD BENTLEY is Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the University of St Andrews.
Price: $190.00
Pages: 532
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Tamesis Books
Publication Date:
20 November 2008
Trim Size: 9.21 X 6.14 in
ISBN: 9781855661769
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Film history, theory or criticism
This volume is an indispensable resource for students of Spanish cinema, as well as for film scholars generally, and will appeal to anyone with an interest in cultural studies or cultural policy in Spain.
The Silent Reels of the Photographers, 1896-1918
The Silent Films of the Directors, 1918-1930
The Cinema of the Republic, 1931-1939
Years of Autarchy, Silence and Hunger, 1940-1951
The Establishment, the Cold War and the Dissidents, 1951- 1961
Opening out to Europe, the EOC and a New Cinema, 1961- 1969
The Last Years of the Regime and a Middle Path, 1969-1975
End to Censorship and Transition to Democracy, 1976-1982
A Democratic Spain and Socialist Cinema, 1982-1989
New Departures, 1989-1996
Coda: Into the Twenty-First Century
Filmography
Bibliography
The Silent Films of the Directors, 1918-1930
The Cinema of the Republic, 1931-1939
Years of Autarchy, Silence and Hunger, 1940-1951
The Establishment, the Cold War and the Dissidents, 1951- 1961
Opening out to Europe, the EOC and a New Cinema, 1961- 1969
The Last Years of the Regime and a Middle Path, 1969-1975
End to Censorship and Transition to Democracy, 1976-1982
A Democratic Spain and Socialist Cinema, 1982-1989
New Departures, 1989-1996
Coda: Into the Twenty-First Century
Filmography
Bibliography