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The Cinema of Álex de la Iglesia

By Andrew Willis , Peter Buse , Núria Triana-Toribio

Book information

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0719071364, 9780719071362
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4349895 bytes)
Series
Spanish and Latin American Filmmakers
Pages
208\225
Time added
2014-12-07 11:37:14

Description

Álex de la Iglesia, initially championed by Pedro Almodóvar, and at one time the enfant terrible of Spanish film, is still making film critics nervous. The director of some of the most important films of the Post-Franco era -- Acción mutante, El día de la bestia, Muertos de risa -- receives here the first full length study of his work. Breaking away from the pious tradition of acclaiming art-house auteurs, The cinema of Álex de la Iglesia tackles a new sort of beast: the popular auteur, who brings the provocation of the avant-garde to popular genres such as horror and comedy.

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