Spanish Cinema

<p>From the surrealist films of Luis Buñuel to the colourful melodramas of Pedro Almodóvar Spain has produced a wealth of exciting and distinctive film-makers who have consistently provided a condoning or dissenting eye on Spanish history and culture. </p><p>For modern cinema-goers it has often been the sexually-charged and colourful nature of many contemporary Spanish films which has made them popular world-wide and led directors and stars such as Almodóvar Banderas and Penélope Cruz to be welcomed by Hollywood. </p><p>Using original interview material with Spanish Cinema luminaries such as Carlos Saura Julio Medem Imanol Uribe and Elías Querejeta Rob Stone charts a history of Spanish Cinema throughout the turbulent Francoist years and beyond. The book aims to provide a broad introduction to Spanish Cinema the nine chapters divided into four types:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>chapters on Spanish Cinema during the Dictatorship and following the transition to democracy survey current debate and opinion while tracing the development of themes and film movements throughout those periods. </li> <li>chapters on early Spanish cinema and Basque cinema present vital and fascinating aspects of Spanish cinema that have previously been ignored </li> <li>chapters on childhood in Spanish cinema and sex and the new star system offer new pathways into the study of Spanish cinema </li> <li>chapters on Carlos Saura Elías Querejeta and Julio Medem offer specific case studies of film-makers who are emblematic of different periods in Spanish cinema and indeed Spanish history </li> </ul><p>As with other titles in the Inside Film series the book is comprehensively illustrated with representative stills and has a thorough bibliography index and list of resources.</p>