{"product_id":"spanish-cinema-rob-stone-9781138175891","title":"Spanish Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the surrealist films of Luis Buel to the colourful melodramas of Pedro Almodar, Spain has produced a wealth of exciting and distinctive film-makers who have consistently provided a condoning or dissenting eye on Spanish history and culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor modern cinema-goers, it has often been the sexually-charged and colourful nature of many contemporary Spanish films, which has made them popular world-wide and led directors and stars such as Almodar, Banderas and Pen駘ope Cruz to be welcomed by Hollywood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing original interview material with Spanish Cinema luminaries such as Carlos Saura, Julio Medem, Imanol Uribe and El僘s Querejeta, Rob Stone charts a history of Spanish Cinema throughout the turbulent Francoist years and beyond. The book aims to provide a broad introduction to Spanish Cinema, the nine chapters divided into four types: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003echapters on Spanish Cinema during the Dictatorship and following the transition to democracy survey current debate and opinion while tracing the development of themes and film movements throughout those periods. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003echapters on early Spanish cinema and Basque cinema present vital and fascinating aspects of Spanish cinema that have previously been ignored \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003echapters on childhood in Spanish cinema, and sex and the new star system offer new pathways into the study of Spanish cinema \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003echapters on Carlos Saura, El僘s Querejeta and Julio Medem offer specific case studies of film-makers who are emblematic of different periods in Spanish cinema and, indeed, Spanish history \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs with other titles in the Inside Film series, the book is comprehensively illustrated with representative stills and has a thorough bibliography, index and list of resources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rob Stone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138175897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138175891\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.37h x 6.30w x 0.79d","brand":"Rob Stone","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076676612351,"sku":"9781138175891","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fd87f27e-86c3-4377-9a48-56941eae37cb.jpg?v=1685466228","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spanish-cinema-rob-stone-9781138175891","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}