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Pedro Almodóvar
Marvin D’Lugo
Cloth978-0-252-03117-5
$50.00
Paper978-0-252-07361-8
$19.95
| Pub Date: | 2006 |
| Pages: | 192 pages |
| Dimensions: | 5.5 x 8.25 in. |
Understanding Almodóvar's increasing complexity through an investigation of his central themes and the Spanish film tradition
In Pedro Almodóvar, Marvin D'Lugo offers a concise, informed, and insightful commentary on the man who has become a preeminent force in modern cinema and by far the best known Spanish filmmaker among English-speaking audiences. D'Lugo follows Almodóvar's career chronologically as he moves from amateur to international celebrity, analyzing the films' increasing complexity in terms of the director's central themes within the context of Spanish film tradition.
D'Lugo considers wide ranging critical sources and develops recognized Almodóvar themes in exciting new ways, including his use of melodrama and Hollywood genre film, his self invention as a filmmaker, and his on-screen sexual politics. D'Lugo also discusses what he calls "geocultural positioning": Almodóvar's paradoxical ability to use his marginal positions (in terms of his class, geographical origin, and identity) to develop an expressive language that is emotionally recognizable by audiences worldwide. Including two interviews with the director and original interpretations of his most recent films, Pedro Almodóvar will reward new film students and specialists alike.
"Providing a thoroughly researched synthesis of the many years of study of Almodovar's work by other scholars in both Spanish and English, D'Lugo nevertheless makes the narrative his own through contrasting Almodovar's early films to the films that inspired the director and the ones he seemed to revile and react to, and by emphasizing the auteur's own role in the creation of his personality as a celebrity-author ... With such a thorough and well-written book as D'Lugo's, a full appreciation of ... the genius of its creator has become a lot easier and more enjoyable."--European-films.net
"A valuable introduction to, and summation of, the career of one of the world's most provocative and interesting film directors."--The Gay & Lesbian Review
Marvin D'Lugo, professor of Spanish and adjunct professor of screen studies at Clark University, is the author of The Films of Carlos Saura: The Practice of Seeing, and Guide to Cinema in Spain.
Series:
Contemporary Film Directors
Subjects:
Film
