| Julio Medem Contributor(s): Stone, Robert (Author), Triana-Toribio, Nuria (Editor), Willis, Andy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0719072018 ISBN-13: 9780719072017 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Individual Director - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 791.420 |
| Series: Spanish and Latin American Filmmakers |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.65 lbs) 250 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Spanish - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This thorough account of the life and films of the Spanish-Basque filmmaker Julio Medem is the first book in English on the internationally renowned writer-director of Vacas, La ardilla roja (Red Squirrel), Tierra, Los amantes del Círculo Polar (Lovers of the Arctic Circle), Lucía y el sexo (Sex and Lucía), La pelota vasca: la piel contra la piedra (Basque Ball) and Caótica Ana (Chaotic Ana), Initial chapters explore Medem's childhood, adolescence and education and examine his earliest short films and critical writings against a background of a dramatically changing Spain. Later chapters provide accounts of the genesis, production and release of Medem's challenging and sensual films, which feed into complex but lucid analyses of their meanings, both political and personal, in which Stone draws on traditions and innovations in Basque art, Spanish cinema and European philosophy to create a complete and provocative portrait of Medem and his work. |