Module Identifier | SPM0530 | ||
Module Title | TWENTIETH-CENTURY SPANISH CINEMA | ||
Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
Co-ordinator | Professor Gwynne Edwards | ||
Semester | Semester 2 | ||
Other staff | Dr Rob Stone |
Aims of the module
This module examines representative works by four outstanding film-directors. The forty-year period covered allows for an
examination of the evolution of Spanish cinema during the Franco dictatorship and the subsequent transition to democracy.
Luis Bunuel, Los olvidados; Carlos Saura, La prima Angelica; Victor Erice, El sur; Pedro Almodovar, Tacones lejanos,
Tutors: Professor Gwynne Edwards and Mr Rob Stone.
Reading Lists
Books
Edwards G. (1982)
The Discreet Charm of Luis Bunuel. London: Marion Boyars, London
Edwards G. (1995)
Indecent Exposures: Bunuel, Saura, Erice @ Almodovar. London: Marion Boyars,
Higginbotham V. (1988)
Spanish Film under Franco, Austin:. University of Texas
Hopewell J. (1986)
Out of the Past: Spanish Cinema after Franco. London, British Film Institute,
Hidalgo M. (1981)
Carlos Saura.
Kinder M. (1993)
Blood Cinema. Los Angeles: University of California