Pedro Almod?var (Contemporary Film Directors) - D'Lugo, Marvin

University of Illinois Press

Pedro AlmodvarAuthor(s): Marvin D'Lugo\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252073618, 978-0252073618\nSynopsis\nPerhaps the best-known Spanish filmmaker to international audiences, Pedro Almodvar gained the widespread attention of English-speaking critics and fans with the Oscar-nominated Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and the celebrated dark comedy Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!. Marvin D'Lugo offers a concise, informed, and insightful commentary on a preeminent force in modern cinema. D'Lugo follows Almodvar's career chronologically, tracing the director's works and their increasing complexity in terms of theme and the Spanish film tradition. Drawing on a wide range of critical sources, D'Lugo explores Almodvar's use of melodrama and Hollywood genre film, his self-invention as a filmmaker, and his on-screen sexual politics. D'Lugo also discusses what he calls \""geocultural positioning,\"".