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1 online resource (x, 214 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Tauris world cinema series
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Tauris world cinema series.
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| Summary |
"In recent decades, the Spanish 'fantastic' has been at the forefront of genre filmmaking. Films such as The Day of the Beast, the Rec trilogy, The Orphanage and Timecrimes have received widespread attention and popularity, arguably rescuing Spanish cinema from its semi-invisibility during the creativity-crushing Franco years. By turns daring, evocative, outrageous, and intense, this new cinema has given voice to a generation, both beholden to and yet breaking away from their historical and cultural roots. Beginning in the 1990s, films from directors such as Alex de la Iglesia, Alejandro Amenabar, and Jaume Balaguero reinvigorated Spanish cinema in the horror, science fiction and fantasy veins as their work proliferated and took centre stage at international festivals such as Sitges, Fantasia International Film Festival and Fantastic Fest. Through an examination of key films and filmmakers, Shelagh Rowan-Legg here investigates the rise of this unique new wave of genre films from Spain, and how they have recycled, reshaped and renewed the stunning visual tropes, wild narratives and imaginative other worlds inherent to an increasingly influential cinematic field. Its emergence is part of a new trend of postnational cinema, led by the fantastic, which approaches the national boundaries of cinema with an exciting sense of fluidity."-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198), filmography (pages 199-206), and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Álex de la Iglesia: The Father of a Generation; Mutant Action; The Day of the Beast; 2 Heroes and Villains; The Birthday; The Backwoods; 3 Alejandro Amenábar: The Drop-Out Auteur; Open Your Eyes ; The Others; 4 The Haunting of Houses; The Abandoned; The Orphanage; 5 Jaume Balagueró: The Horror Aficionado; The Nameless; Darkness; 6 The Spanish Fantastic Woman; Sexykiller; Hierro; 7 Guillermo del Toro: The Outside Man; The Devil's Backbone. |
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Pan's Labyrinth8 Franchising the Spanish Fantastic; [REC] and [REC]2; [REC]3: Genesis and [REC]4: Apocalypse; 9 Nacho Vigalondo: The Illegitimate Inheritor; Timecrimes; Extraterrestrial; Notes; Introduction; Chapter 1: Álex de la Iglesia; Chapter 2: Heroes and Villains; Chapter 3: Alejandro Amenábar; Chapter 4: The Haunting of Houses; Chapter 5: Jaume Balagueró; Chapter 6: The Spanish Fantastic Woman; Chapter 7: Guillermo del Toro; Chapter 8: Franchising the Spanish Fantastic; Chapter 9: Nacho Vigalondo; Conclusion; Bibliography; Filmography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Spain.
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Motion pictures. |
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Spain. |
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Motion pictures -- Spain -- History.
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History. |
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Horror films -- Spain -- History and criticism.
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Horror films. |
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Fantasy films -- Spain -- History and criticism.
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Fantasy films. |
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Science fiction films -- Spain -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction films. |
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Contemporary, The, in motion pictures.
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Contemporary, The, in motion pictures. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rowan-Legg, Shelagh M. (Shelagh Madeline), 1974- Spanish fantastic. London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2016 1784536776 (OCoLC)958350666 |
| ISBN |
9781786720788 (electronic book) |
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1786720787 (electronic book) |
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1786730782 |
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9781786730787 |
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1784536776 |
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9781784536770 |
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9781786730787 (ePDF) |
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