The Cinema of Víctor Erice: an Open Window

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This anthology examines the aesthetic, historical, and sociological forces at work in Victor Erice's films and includes an extensive interview with the director. This broad array of writings provides insight into not only three unforgettable films but also into 20th-century Spanish society, as well as world cinema. The Cinema of Víctor Erice will serve as an important resource to measure the career of this director who-along with Buñuel, Saura, and Almodóvar-has helped show the world the creative range of Spanish cinema.;Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Editor's Note; Acknowledgments; The Translator's Art; I. Introduction; Objects Suspended in Light; II. Conversations; An Interview with Víctor Erice; III. Reflections on Early Cinema Victor Brice; Why do you Make Films?; Can you See Now?; To the Cinema, In Memoriam; IV. Commentary on Early Writings; Excerpts from Victor Brice; V. The Feature Films: The Spirit of the Beehive; Screen: A Perilous Country; The Risks of Initiation into the Spirit; ""I Am Ana"": The Play of the Imagination in the Spirit of the Beehive. Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Table of Contents Editor's Note Acknowledgments The Translator's Art I. Introduction Objects Suspended in Light II. Conversations An Interview with Víctor Erice III. Reflections on Early Cinema Victor Brice Why do you Make Films? Can you See Now? To the Cinema, In Memoriam IV. Commentary on Early Writings Excerpts from Victor Brice V. The Feature Films: The Spirit of the Beehive Screen: A Perilous Country The Risks of Initiation into the Spirit ""I Am Ana"": The Play of the Imagination in the Spirit of the Beehive. The War behind the Window: Notes on the Spirit of the BeehiveAbout The Spirit of the Beehive Familial Discourse in the Spirit of the Beehive: The Parents' Estrangement VI. The Feature Films: El sur Childhood against the Light Thirty-Three Scholarly Questions about El sur A Narrative of Star-Cross'd Lovers Living Stones, Dead Souls: The Other Side of the Map. El sur Novel and Film VII. The Feature Films: Dream of Light (The Quince Tree Sun) Review: Dream of Light Whispers and Rapture: On Politics and Art in the Films of Erice Watching as a Painting Comes Slowly into Being. Projected ShadowInterior Gardens: Dream of Light and the Bodegón Tradition From Documenting the National and Its Subversion in a Democratic Spain Excerpt from Interview with Antonio López García VIII. General Essays / Other Film Projects From Velázquez's Mirror to Dream of Light: A Conversation about Film The Dragon in My Life Reality in Juan Marsé Víctor Erice and ""The only Time"" Silences: Víctor Erice's Use of Sound Víctor Erice's Reasonable Doubts Cinema and Poetry Writing Cinema, Thinking Cinema ... IX. Since 2000. Víctor Erice's La Promesa de Shanghai and Alumbramiento: The Promise of Words, the Promise of TimeErice-Kiarostami: The Pathways of Creation Correspondence: News of a Process La Morte Rouge: Soliloquy Epilogue: Traveling Light Appendix. Reviews (Synopses of Films) Frankenstein in Castile In the World: El sur (The South) Dream of Light (The Quince Tree Sun) Filmography Selected Bibliography Credits Contributors Index.