The making and unmaking of Francoist kitsch cinema : from Raza to Pan's Labyrinth /
This book examines five highly influential Francoist films produced from 1938 until 1964 and three later films by critically acclaimed directors Luis BuÃ³Âłuel, Guillermo del Toro, and Alex de la Iglesia that attempt to undermine Francoist aesthetics by re-imagining its visual and narrative cliche...
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
[2018]
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1tqxv28 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The petrified tears of General Franco : Kitsch and Facism in Jose Luis Saenz de Heredia's Raza
- Romancero Marroqui and the Francoist Kitsch politics of time
- Los ultimos de Filipinas : The Spatio-temporal coordinates of Francoism
- Surcos : Neorealism, film noir, and the puppet master
- Franco, ese hombre : From Kitsch-artist to Kitsch-man
- Viridiana : The world, the flesh, and the devil
- Balada triste de trompeta: Of ghosts and clowns
- Under the sign of Saturn : The labyrinth of moral choices in Francoist Spain.