Spanish Screen Fiction Between Cinema and Television
, by Smith, Paul Julian
- ISBN: 9781846312021 | 1846312027
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 11/15/2009
This pioneering volume argues that cinema and television in Spain only make sense when considered together as twin vehicles for the screen fiction that has come to dominate the twenty-first century. Offering comparative readings of films such as Pedro Almodovar's classicWomen on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdownwith his production company's first foray into television productiona 2006 series calledWomenalongside prize-winning workplace dramas watched by thousands on Spanish television, Alejandro Amenabar'sThe Sea Inside, and the attempts to establish the dominant Latin American genre of thetelenovelain the very different context of Spanish television.
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