Spanish film cultures : the making and unmaking of Spanish cinema /
Núria Triana-Toribio.
- London : Palgrave on behalf of the British Film Institute, 2016.
- viii, 157 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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- Cultural histories of cinema .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Why academies? Film cultures Academicism : an authority over film cultures What does academicism want? When the Academia? The house is built of the stones that were available. The values and their origins Academic foundations The regime's long watch over cinema Policies and organisations for a European Spain By invitation only No free lunch. And the winner is ... The Academia's less public awards Engoyados Voyage to somewhere The big film prizes tell a story Where the tastes of audiences and academicians meet Galas Shaping the televisual spectacle from 2005 to 2011. Being different : Almodóvar and the Academia. The making of an outsider What kind of outsider is Almodóvar? Rogue males, 'bad' films and 'bad' loyalties : Santiago Segura and Álex de la Iglesia. The turn to genre When the winner does not take it all Case one : not fit for export and not fit for Goyas: Segura's Lethal crisis (2011) Case two : Academia vs. de la Iglesia and the internet. There is no such thing as a weak enemy. A severe case of cinephile anxiety The cinephile habitus Avant-garde vs. the national cinema Moments of disruption and anti-institutionalism : the case of La soledad (2007). Transatlantic Academia. What Hollywood wants ... and what it gets Tainted love : good things come from bad prizes A prize, compromise and contradictions Ideal Latin America Challenges for the Academia : the crossover Latin American film at the Goyas Hispanic transnational collaborative networks Epilogue
The past four decades have seen the Spanish film industry rise from isolation in the 1970s to international recognition within European and World Cinema today. Exploring the cultural and political imperatives that governed this success, this book shows how Spanish film culture was deliberately and strategically shaped into its current form.