Jo Labanyi - A Companion to Spanish Cinema

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Wiley-Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas
The Wiley-Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas showcase the rich film heritages of various countries across the globe. Each volume sets the agenda for what is now known as world cinema whilst challenging Hollywoods lock on the popular and scholarly imagination. Whether exploring Spanish, German or Chinese film, or the broader traditions of Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, and Latin America the 2025 newly commissioned essays comprising each volume include coverage of the dominant themes of canonical, controversial, and contemporary films; stars, directors, and writers; key influences; reception; and historiography and scholarship. Written in a sophisticated and authoritative style by leading experts they will appeal to an international audience of scholars, students, and general readers.

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A Companion to German Cinema , edited by Terri Ginsberg & Andrea Mensch

A Companion to Chinese Cinema , edited by Yingjin Zhang

A Companion to East European Cinemas , edited by Anik Imre

A Companion to Spanish Cinema , edited by Jo Labanyi & Tatjana Pavlovi

This edition first published 2013
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

A companion to Spanish cinema / edited by Jo Labanyi and Tatjana Pavlovi . 1
p. cm. (Wiley-Blackwell companions to national cinemas)
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4051-9438-9 (hardback)
1. Motion picturesSpain. I. Labanyi, Jo. II. Pavlovi , Tatjana.
PN1993.5.S7C6595 2012
791.430946dc23

2012023050

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Cover design by Nicki Averill.
Cover image from El Sur (Vctor Erce, 1983; prod. Elas Querejeta PC). Courtesy of Video Mercury and Filmoteca Espaola.

Acknowledgments

Our special thanks to Margarita Lobo, Alicia Potes, and Miguel Soria at Filmoteca Espaola in Madrid for their help with locating and providing graphic material, and with identifying copyright holders. We also thank Elena Baranda of Video Mercury for granting permission to reproduce a significant number of images, including the still from Vctor Erices El sur used on the cover. We are also hugely grateful to Curry ODay, tech support specialist at Tulane University, for his invaluable technical help with the illustrations. We owe a particular debt to Jayne Fargnoli of Wiley-Blackwell for her faith in our ability to produce an innovative volume, and to Galen Young and Allison Kostka for their efficiency throughout the production process.

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