Daniel Calparsoro

by Davies, Ann

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Full title :Daniel Calparsoro / Ann Davies.

Summary

"Daniel Calparsoro, a director who has provided a crucial contribution to the contemporary scene in Spanish and Basque cinema, has provoked strong reactions from the critics. Reductively dismissed as a purveyor of crude violence by those critics lamenting a 'lost golden age' of Spanish filmmaking, Calparsoro's films reveal in fact a more complex interaction with trends and traditions in both Spanish and Hollywood cinema." "This book is the first full-length study of the director's work, from his early social-realist films set in the Basque Country to his later forays into the genres of the war and horror film. It offers an in-depth film-by-film analysis, while simultaneously exploring the function of the director in the contemporary Spanish context, the tension between directors and critics, and the question of national cinema in an area - the Basque Country - of heightened national and regional sensitivities."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave, Manchester University Press
Place of Publication:Manchester, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

Description:200 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780719073649, 0719073642
oclc:ocn260210185
LC Classification:PN1998.3.C3496
Dewey Decimal:791.430233092

pt. I. The context. Introduction -- Najwa Nimri: the interaction of director and star -- pt. II. The films. Salto al vacío: opening up the void -- Pasajes: pathways through nowhere -- A ciegas: the blind side of Basque terrorism -- Asfalto: violence à trois -- Guerreros: Spanish alienation in a foreign landscape -- Ausentes: shining a light on horror -- Conclusion.

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