Description
Since the release of his first feature in 1996, Alejandro Amenabar has become the 'golden boy' of Spanish filmmaking, a bankable star director whose brand virtually guarantees quality, big audiences and domestic box office success. He has directed three of the highest-grossing movies in Spanish film history and has enjoyed enormous international and critical acclaim, including an Oscar for Best Foreign Film for Mar Adentro/The Sea Inside, 2004.
This book is the first full-length study in English of Amenabar's shorts and feature films. It provides detailed analysis of his engagement with popular film genres as the basis for an auteur cinema and incorporates a reappraisal of his auteurism as fundamentally decentred and shared. An essential resource for students, scholars and fans of Amenabar, the book will also appeal to a wider readership, including professionals in the film, media and culture industries as well as those who have a general interest in the best of Spanish, European and world cinema.
About the Author
Barry Jordan is Professor of European Cinema and Culture at De Montfort University, Leicester
Book Information
ISBN 9781526139412
Author Barry Jordan
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press
Series Spanish and Latin-American Filmmakers
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 17mm
