Pedro Almodar: Installation/Instalaci (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781636810195)

A visually immersive exploration of the provocative and humanistic themes at the heart of Almodar's cinema

Pedro Almodar is one of the most daring and influential writer-directors of our time. He directed his first feature in 1980, during La Movida Madrile (the Madrid Scene), a countercultural and democratic movement in Spain, and has been pushing boundaries for over four decades. Often outlandish and provocative, and rife with passion, Almodar's 22 films to date explore the full spectrum of the human condition. In the process, they have transformed Spanish cinema and contributed invaluably to the global film scene.
Pedro Almodar: Installation/Instalaci accompanies an immersive exhibition created by Almodar for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Spanning 1984's What Have I Done to Deserve This? to 2019's Pain and Glory, Almodar's 12-channel film installation distills his filmography around iconic scenes and key themes including Family, Bodies, Guilt and Pain, Mothers, Musicals, Noir and Religious Education. This lush volume devotes a visual chapter to each, showcasing Almodar's muses--including Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Pina Bausch, Pen駘ope Cruz, Rossy de Palma, Marisa Paredes and Julieta Serrano--and the inspiration he draws from filmmakers such as Ingmar Bergman and Luis Buel.
The bilingual (Spanish and English) book also features a new conversation between Almodar and film journalist Rachel Handler, a foreword by Tilda Swinton, texts by curators Jenny He and J. Ra伃 Guzm疣, an afterword by Agust匤 Almodar, and a richly illustrated filmography. As bold and beautiful as Almodar's films themselves, Pedro Almodar: Installation/Instalaci captures the dynamic female characters, tantalizing stories, colorful humor and depth of emotion that exemplify this Academy Award-winning director's career.