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The first book in English about Álex de la Iglesia, critically acclaimed former protégé of Pedro Almodóvar, and one of the highest grossing directors in Spain and Latin America. De la Iglesia’s cinema is representative of a new generation of Spanish and European directors who combine avant-garde strategies with forms such as comedy and horror.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Acción mutante: against the conspiracy of boredom
2. El día de la bestia: comedy, sub-cultures, televisión
3. Perdita Durango: the body, sex, and Mexico
4. Muertos de risa: comedy, television, history
5. La comunidad: modernity and the cinematic past
6. 800 balas: undoing the ignominy of boyhood
7. Crimen ferpecto: the mise-en-scène of mise-en-scène
Conclusion
Filmography

The Cinema of Álex de la Iglesia

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    A Hardback by Andy Willis, Nuria Triana-Toribio, Peter Buse

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/03/2007
      ISBN13: 9780719071362, 978-0719071362
      ISBN10: 719071364

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first book in English about Álex de la Iglesia, critically acclaimed former protégé of Pedro Almodóvar, and one of the highest grossing directors in Spain and Latin America. De la Iglesia’s cinema is representative of a new generation of Spanish and European directors who combine avant-garde strategies with forms such as comedy and horror.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. Acción mutante: against the conspiracy of boredom
      2. El día de la bestia: comedy, sub-cultures, televisión
      3. Perdita Durango: the body, sex, and Mexico
      4. Muertos de risa: comedy, television, history
      5. La comunidad: modernity and the cinematic past
      6. 800 balas: undoing the ignominy of boyhood
      7. Crimen ferpecto: the mise-en-scène of mise-en-scène
      Conclusion
      Filmography

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