Cinema At the Edges

New Encounters with Julio Medem, Bigas Luna and José Luis Guerín
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-78238-304-8
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 451 g

The works of popular Spanish film directors Julio Medem, Juan José Bigas Luna, and José Luis Guerín are newly appraised in relation to their engagement with alternative national and cinematic subjectivities. Their films examine the limitations of the cinematic gaze, as the author shows, highlighting the ways in which these directors make recourse to hybridity, contact, and interface to overcome the binary power dynamic previously thought to be a feature of cinema. This book explores their status as solely “Spanish” filmmakers while focusing on their diverse and immensely creative output, offering new readings that engage with current debates in visual culture surrounding psychoanalytic theory, phenomenology, and theories of documentary practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loxham, Abigail

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Einzelne Filmschauspieler, Filmregisseure, Drehbuchautoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Figures

Introduction

Chapter 1. (Re) Defining Spanish Cinema?

Chapter 2. Julio Medem: At The Margins of the Self

Chapter 3. Bigas Luna: Physical Frontiers

Chapter 4. José Luis Guerín: Between Reality and Fiction

Conclusion

Filmography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Loxham, Abigail
Abigail Loxham earned her BA and PhD from the University of Cambridge and has previously worked at the University of Hull. She is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies at University of Queensland. She has published articles on Spanish cinema, documentary, and memory.