The war that won't die : the Spanish Civil War in cinema / David Archibald.

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Archibald, David, 1964-

Material type: Article

ArticleLanguage: English Series: Manchester Film StudiesPublisher: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2012Description: x, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

9780719078088
0719078083

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Additional physical formats: No titleLOC classification:

315 DP 269.8 A673w 2012

Contents:

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

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Recursos Regionales	Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso)	315 DP 269.8 A673w 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000170077

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

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.

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