TY - GEN AU - Archibald,David TI - The war that won't die: the Spanish Civil War in cinema T2 - Manchester Film Studies SN - 9780719078088 AV - 315 DP 269.8 A673w 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Manchester, UK PB - Manchester University Press KW - War and motion pictures KW - Cine y guerra KW - Spain KW - History KW - Civil War, 1936-1939 KW - Motion pictures and the war KW - España KW - Historia KW - Guerra Civil, 1936-1939 N1 - Includes filmography (pages [188]-192); Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-205) and index ; List of illustrations p. vi Acknowledgments p. ix Introduction: film, history and the Spanish Civil War p. 1 1 Hollywood and the Spanish Civil War: For Whom the Bell Tolls p. 30 2 The Spanish Civil War in East German cinema: Fünf Patronenhülsen/Five Cartridges p. 48 3 Surrealism and the past: Fernando Arrabal and the Spanish Civil War p. 64 4 Film under Franco: La caza/The Hunt and El jardin de las delicias/The Garden of Delights p. 82 5 Recycling Basque history: patterns of the past in Vacas/Cows p. 99 6 No laughing matter? Comedy and the Spanish Civil War in cinema p. 115 7 Ghosts of the past: El espinazo del Diablo/The Devil's Backbone p. 134 8 A story from the Spanish Revolution: Land and Freedom/Tierra y Libertad p. 151 9 The search for truth in Soldados de Salamina/Soldiers of Salamina p. 168 Conclusion p. 184 Filmography p. 188 Bibliography p. 193 Index p. 207 N2 - The war that won't die charts the changing nature of cinematic depictions of the Spanish Civil War. In 1936, a significant number of artists, filmmakers and writers - from George Orwell and Pablo Picasso to Joris Ivens and Joan Miró - rallied to support the country's democratically-elected Republican government. The arts have played an important role in shaping popular understandings of the Spanish Civil War and this book examines the specific role cinema has played in this process. The book's focus is on fictional feature films produced within Spain and beyond its borders between the 1940s and the early years of the twenty-first century - including Hollywood blockbusters, East European films, the work of the avant garde in Paris and films produced under Franco's censorial dictatorship. The book will appeal to scholars and students of Film, Media and Hispanic Studies, but also to historians and, indeed, anyone interested in why the Spanish Civil War remains such a contested political topic ER -