A Companion to Spanish Cinema

A Companion to Spanish Cinema is a bold collection of newly commissioned essays written by top international scholars that thoroughly interrogates Spanish cinema from a variety of thematic, theoretical and historic perspectives. Presents an insightful and provocative collection of newly commissioned essays and original research by top international scholars from a variety of theoretical, disciplinary and geographical perspectives  Offers a systematic historical, thematic, and theoretical approach to Spanish cinema, unique in the field Combines a thorough and insightful study of a wide spectrum of topics and issues with in-depth textual analysis of specific films Explores Spanish cinema’s cultural, artistic, industrial, theoretical and commercial contexts pre- and post-1975 and the notion of a “national” cinema Canonical directors and stars are examined alongside understudied directors, screenwriters, editors, and secondary actors Presents original research on image and sound; genre; non-fiction film; institutions, audiences and industry; and relations to other media, as well as a theoretically-driven section designed to stimulate innovative research

Acknowledgments viii List of Figures ix List of Contributors xviii 1 Introduction 1 Jo Labanyi and Tatjana Pavlović Part I Reframing the National 13 2 Transnational Frameworks 15 Gerard Dapena, Marvin D’Lugo, and Alberto Elena 3 Echoes and Traces: Catalan Cinema, or Cinema in Catalonia 50 Brad Epps 4 Negotiating the Local and the Global: Andalusia, the Basque Country, and Galicia 81 José Colmeiro and Joseba Gabilondo Part II The Construction of the Auteur 111 5 Auteurism and the Construction of the Canon 113 Marvin D’Lugo and Paul Julian Smith 6 Strategic Auteurism 152 Antonio Lázaro-Reboll, Steven Marsh, Susan Martin-Márquez, and Santos Zunzunegui Part III Genre 191 7 Comedy and Musicals 193 Steven Marsh, Chris Perriam, Eva Woods Peiró, and Santos Zunzunegui 8 Melodrama and Historical Film 224 Jo Labanyi, Annabel Martín, and Vicente Rodríguez Ortega 9 Film Noir, the Thriller, and Horror 259 Jo Labanyi, Antonio Lázaro-Reboll, and Vicente Rodríguez Ortega Part IV Stars as Cultural Icons 291 10 The Construction of the Star System 293 Kathleen M. Vernon and Eva Woods Peiró 11 Stars, Modernity, and Celebrity Culture 319 Tatjana Pavlović, Chris Perriam, and Nuria Triana Toribio Part V Image and Sound 343 12 Photography, Production Design, and Editing 345 Vicente Sánchez-Biosca 13 Soundtrack 370 Román Gubern and Kathleen M. Vernon Part VI The Film Apparatus: Production, Infrastructure, and Audiences 389 14 Censorship, Film Studios, and Production Companies 391 Josetxo Cerdán, Román Gubern, Jo Labanyi, Steven Marsh, Tatjana Pavlović, and Nuria Triana Toribio 15 Film Clubs, Festivals, Archives, and Magazines 434 Ferran Alberich, Román Gubern, and Vicente Sánchez-Biosca 16 Audiences 464 Manuel Palacio and Kathleen M. Vernon Part VII Relations with Other Media 487 17 Cinema, Popular Entertainment, Literature, and Television 489 Sally Faulkner, Vicente Sánchez-Biosca, and Paul Julian Smith Part VIII Beyond the Fiction Film 519 18 Newsreels, Documentary, Experimental Film, Shorts, and Animation 521 Josetxo Cerdán and Vicente Sánchez-Biosca Part IX Reading Films through Theory 543 19 Isabel Coixet’s Engagement with Feminist Film Theory: From G (the Gaze) to H (the Haptic) 545 Susan Martin-Márquez 20 Becoming a Queer (M)Other in/and/through Film: Transsexuality, Trans-subjectivity, and Maternal Relationality in Almodóvar’s Todo sobre mi madre 563 Julián Daniel Gutiérrez-Albilla 21 The Space of the Vampire: Materiality and Disappearance in the Films of Iván Zulueta 581 Brad Epps Index 597