Studying Talk to Her

Studying Talk to Her

by Hughes, Emily

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Talk to Her (2002) is a hugely rich and interesting though ambiguous film that met with both popular success and critical acclaim. The film won an Oscar for best original screenplay and has been hailed by some critics as Pedro Almodóvar's masterpiece. Yet like most of Almodóvar's films, little is clear cut. The characters are complex and our affinity and empathy for them shifts throughout the film. In Studying Talk to Her, Emily Hughes provides an in-depth analysis of both the formal elements o…

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  • Full title :Studying Talk to Her / Hughes, Emily.

Summary

Talk to Her (2002) is a hugely rich and interesting though ambiguous film that met with both popular success and critical acclaim. The film won an Oscar for best original screenplay and has been hailed by some critics as Pedro Almodóvar's masterpiece. Yet like most of Almodóvar's films, little is clear cut. The characters are complex and our affinity and empathy for them shifts throughout the film. In Studying Talk to Her, Emily Hughes provides an in-depth analysis of both the formal elements of the film (its narrative, genre, and auteur study) and the themes and issues it raises, discussing the social context of modern Spain and its old, traditional iconography; shifting attitudes towards gender; and, crucially, the film's uneasy, morally ambiguous depiction of rape and the spectator's reaction to it. Emily Hughes is lead teacher of film studies at Morpeth School in Bethnal Green, London.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Liverpool University Press
  • Place of Publication:4 Cambridge Street, Liverpool L69 7ZU
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2015

The Physical Object

  • Description:Online resource (148 pages).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781800346840, 1800346840
  • oclc:on1322067207

Subjects

Films, cinema

Writers

Hughes, Emily

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