Contemporary Spanish Cinema: coming out of dictatorship 1973-now
[Spanish Cinema: dictatorship and survival 1935-1973]
El espíritú de la colmena (Victor Erice, 1973)
The spirit of the beehive
The spirit of the beehive: Spanish lessons (Paul Julian Smith, 2006)
In the shadow of Franco (Derek Malcolm, Guardian 1999)
BFI Interview (Geoff Andrew, 2003)
El crimen de Cuenca (Pilar Miró, 1979)
The Cuenca crime
Extract: Torture and breakfast
Pepi, Luci, Bom, y otras chicas del montón (Pedro Almodóvar, 1980)
Pepi, Luci Bom and other girls in our crowd
Films Reflect a Brash New Spain (David E Pitt, 1988)
Las bicicletas son para el verano (Jaime Chávarri, 1984)
Bicycles are for the summer
Vacas (Julio Medem, 1991)
Cows
Amantes del Círculo Polar (Lovers of the Arctic Circle): full film
Jamón jamón (Bigas Luna, 1992)
Ham ham
Belle Époque (Fernando Trueba, 1993)
Belle Epoque
Scene: Ecclesiastes
Carne Trémula (Pedro Almodóvar, 1997)
Trembling flesh (aka Live flesh)
Life is a Dreamboat (New York Movies)
Tesis (Alejandro Amenábar, 1996)
Thesis
“Snuffing” Hollywood: Transmedia Horror in Tesis (Vicente Rodriguez-Ortega, 2005)
Bodas de Sangre (Carlos Saura, 1981)
Blood Wedding
Extract: Pasodoble, and others
Carlos Saura's Flamenco Trilogy (James S Rich, Criterion Confessions)
Taxi (Carlos Saura, 1996)
Taxi
Goya en Burdeos (Carlos Saura, 1999)
Goya in Bordeaux
Reviewed by Paul Julian Smith (Sight and Sound)
El sol del membrillo (Víctor Erice, 1992)
The quince tree sun
Full film in 13 sections - starts here
Come Towards the Light: The Films of Victor Erice (Adrian Danks)
Still life with love and quince tree (Quentin Curtis, Independent, 1993)
Solas (Benito Zambrano, 1999)
Women alone
Extract: Scene in bar (sub-titles in French)
BBC4 Review (Clare Norton-Smith, 2003)
Habana Blues (2005): trailer
Hola, ¿estás sola? (Iciar Bolláin, 1995)
Hi, are you on your own?
Te doy mis ojos (Take my eyes), 2003
Hitting Back at Domestic Abuse: Take my eyes (Matthew Arnoldi, Eye for Film)
El laberinto del fauno (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
Pan's labyrinth
Extract: Ofelia meets the Pale Man
Pan's Labyrinth: Official Movie Site
'Pain should not be sought - but it should never be avoided' (Mark Kermode, Observer 2006)
Guillermo del Toro Interview (Brian Tallerico, UGO.com)
Las trece rosas (Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, 2007)
The thirteen roses
Variety review (Jonathan Holland, 2007)
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Barry Jordan & Rikki Timosaunas Manchester University Press, 1998 ISBN 0719044138 |