Contemporary Spanish Cinema: coming out of dictatorship 1973-now
[Spanish Cinema: dictatorship and survival 1935-1973]
Presentation
El espíritú de la colmena (Victor Erice, 1973)
The spirit of the beehive
Extract: Bedtime
Wikipedia article
The spirit of the beehive: Spanish lessons (Paul Julian Smith, 2006)
Strictly Film School article
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
Wikipedia article
Pepi, Luci, Bom, y otras chicas del montón (Pedro Almodóvar, 1980)
Pepi, Luci Bom and other girls in our crowd
Titles and opening scene
Wikipedia article
Almodovarlandia commentary
Washington Post review
Films Reflect a Brash New Spain (David E Pitt, 1988)
Strictly Film School article
Las bicicletas son para el verano (Jaime Chávarri, 1984)
Bicycles are for the summer
Extract: Playing at war
Wikipedia article
Vacas (Julio Medem, 1991)
Cows
Extract: The cow
Wikipedia article
Strictly Film School article
Review of Sex and Lucía
Review of Caótica Ana
Amantes del Círculo Polar (Lovers of the Arctic Circle): full film
Jamón jamón (Bigas Luna, 1992)
Ham ham
Extract: start
Extract: end
Wikipedia article
Belle Époque (Fernando Trueba, 1993)
Belle Epoque
Extracts - 14 mins
Trailer
Scene: Ecclesiastes
Wikipedia article
Washington Post review (1994)
Carne Trémula (Pedro Almodóvar, 1997)
Trembling flesh (aka Live flesh)
Extract: start
Extract: end
Trailer
Wikipedia article
Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Life is a Dreamboat (New York Movies)
Tesis (Alejandro Amenábar, 1996)
Thesis
Trailer
Full film
“Snuffing” Hollywood: Transmedia Horror in Tesis (Vicente Rodriguez-Ortega, 2005)
Bodas de Sangre (Carlos Saura, 1981)
Blood Wedding
Extract: Pasodoble, and others
Strictly Film School article
Carlos Saura's Flamenco Trilogy (James S Rich, Criterion Confessions)
Taxi (Carlos Saura, 1996)
Taxi
Fragments
Full film
Goya en Burdeos (Carlos Saura, 1999)
Goya in Bordeaux
Extract: Scenes of War
Trailer
Reviewed by Paul Julian Smith (Sight and Sound)
El sol del membrillo (Víctor Erice, 1992)
The quince tree sun
Extract: the painting
Extract: the song
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)
Extract: parents
BBC4 Review (Clare Norton-Smith, 2003)
Habana Blues (2005): trailer
Hola, ¿estás sola? (Iciar Bolláin, 1995)
Hi, are you on your own?
Start of film
Te doy mis ojos (Take my eyes), 2003
Extract
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
Strictly Film School article
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
Trailer
The firing squad
Wikipedia article
Variety review (Jonathan Holland, 2007)
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| Spanish National Cinema |
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Nuria Triana-Toribio
Routledge, 2003
ISBN 0415220599, 9780415220590
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| Spanish Popular Cinema |
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Antonio Lázaro-Reboll, Andrew Willis
Manchester University Press, 2004
ISBN 0719062837, 9780719062834
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