{"product_id":"the-cinema-of-pedro-almodovar-paperback","title":"The Cinema of Pedro Almodóvar - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAna María Sanchez-Arce\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive, historically informed study of the art and politics of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, showing how Almodóvar's films draw on various national cinemas and film genres, including Spanish cinema of the dictatorship, European art cinema, Hollywood melodrama and film noir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a comprehensive, film-by-film analysis of the cinema of Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, from early transgressive comedies of the 1980s like Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón and Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios, to award-winning dramas like Todo sobre mi madre, Hable con ella, and Dolor y gloria. It shows how Almodóvar's films draw on various national cinemas and film genres, including Spanish cinema of the dictatorship, European art cinema, Hollywood melodrama and film noir. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book argues that the political nature of Almodóvar's work has been obscured by his alignment with the allegedly apolitical Spanish cultural movement known as la movida, but is in fact a form of social critique disguised as frivolity. Almodóvar's films consistently engage with and challenge stereotypes about traditional and contemporary Spain, addressing the country's traumatic past and how it continues to inform the present. Focusing in particular on memory work, the book explains how Almodóvar uses poetic techniques to explore personal and collective trauma. He is not, as is commonly thought, a postmodern filmmaker, but a metamodern one who uses postmodernist techniques with an ethical purpose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on scholarship in both English and Spanish, The cinema of Pedro Almodóvar will be of interest to students and scholars of film studies and Hispanic studies, as well as general cinema enthusiasts with a passion for the films of Spain's greatest living director.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAna María Sánchez-Arce is Reader in English at Sheffield Hallam University\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 350\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52448681558323,"sku":"9781526167125","price":58.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NS9oRFBWK2NIN0lETVNsWmY5aElldz09.webp?v=1759042718","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-cinema-of-pedro-almodovar-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}