A Companion to Pedro Almodóvar

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Edited by Marvin D'Lugo and Kathleen M. Vernon

Type: Studies
Subject: Director > Pedro Almodóvar
Keywords: Pedro Almodóvar
Publishing date: 2013
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Collection: Wiley Blackwell companions to film directors
Language: English

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Hardcover • 584 pages
7 x 10 inches (18 x 25.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4051-9582-9

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A Companion to Pedro Almodóvar

“Marvin D’Lugo and Kathleen M. Vernon give us the ideal companion to Pedro Almodóvar’s films. Established and emerging writers offer a rainbow of insights for fans as well as academics.”
Jerry W. Carlson, Professor of Film Studies, The City College & Graduate Center CUNY

“Rarely has a contemporary film artist been treated to the kind of broad, rich discussion of their work that can be found in A Companion to Pedro Almodóvar.”
Richard Peña, Professor of Film Studies, Columbia University

Once the enfant terrible of Spain’s youth culture explosion, the Movida, Pedro Almodóvar’s distinctive film style and career longevity have made him one of the most successful and internationally known filmmakers of his generation. Offering a state-of-the-art appraisal of Almodóvar’s cinema, this original collection is a searching analysis of his technique and cultural significance that includes work by leading authorities on Almodóvar as well as talented young scholars. Crucially included here are contributions by film historians from Almodóvar’s native Spain, where he has been undervalued by the academic and critical establishment.

With a balance between textual and contextual approaches, the book expands the scope of previous work on the director to explore his fruitful collaborations with fellow professionals in the areas of art design, fashion, and music as well as the growing reach of a global Almodóvar brand beyond Europe and the United States to Latin America and Asia. It also proposes a reevaluation of the political meanings and engagement of his cinema from the perspective of the profound cultural and historical upheavals that have transformed Spain since the 1970s.

About the authors:
Marvin D’Lugo is Professor of Spanish and Adjunct Professor of Screen Studies at Clark University, Massachusetts where he teaches courses on Spanish and Latin American cinema. He has published a number of books including Pedro Almodóvar (2006) in the University of Illinois Press’ Contemporary Film Directors series.Kathleen M. Vernon is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She is author and editor of numerous studies on Spanish cinema and culture including Post-Franco, Postmodern: The Films of Pedro Almodóvar (1995).

Press Reviews:
"Well researched and clearly organized, the volume boasts a helpful scholarly apparatus. Almodovar scholars will want to keep this companion handy, and all advanced students of film will appreciate it. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty." (Choice, 1 December 2013)

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