... Touch of Mink ( 1962 ) , Cathy Timberlake ( Doris Day ) hits upon the strategy of confessing the unspeakable : ' I have an uncle who's a socialist .
The book examines the impact of religion, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender on this complex genre, within the context of American history.
In his foreword to this new edition, Evans reflects upon Women on the Verge in the light of Almodóvar's subsequent films, and the impact of Carmen Maura's performance as Pepa on the representation of women in Spanish cinema.
Top Hat is the first volume to spotlight this classic Hollywood film, probing the musical genre, notions of romance and subjectivity, as well as the contested relations between the sexes.
Incorporating original archival research, Peter William Evans examines the production, promotion and reception of Written on the Wind, exploring its themes – of time, memory, space, family, class and sex – as well as its brilliance of ...
Carol Reed is one of the truly outstanding directors of British cinema, and one whose work is long overdue for reconsideration.
Conflicts of Discourse: Spanish Literature in the Golden Age
This major study ranges over British director Reed's entire career, combining observation of general trends and patterns with detailed analysis of twenty films, both acknowledged masterpieces and lesser-known works.
From Golden Age to Silver Screen: The Comedia on Film
Peter William Evans's immensely readable volume uses this paradigmatic fi lm to explore the musical genre, notions of romance and subjectivity, and the contested relations between the sexes, all set against the social-political backdrop ...
Peter William Evans. THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP, UK 1385 Broadway, New York, NY 10018, USA BLOOMSBURY is a trademark of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc First published in 1996 by ...
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Challenges to Authority: Fiction and Film in Contemporary Spain
Y de ahi igualmente que, mediante el estudio tanto de su tendencia hacia la transgresion como de su precario estatus de exiliado, Evans conceda la misma importancia a la totalidad de su obra, desde los denostados melodramas mexicanos de la ...
Ainda um dos filmes de maior sucesso de público, crítica e bilheteria já realizados na Espanha, 'Mulheres à beira de um ataque de nervos', de 1988, de Pedro Almodóvar, é...
Acknowledgments -- 1. Synopsis -- 2. Comedy and Melodrama -- 3. Men and Women -- 4. Carmen Maura -- 5. Closure -- Notes -- Credits -- References.
(OUP, 1995) (translated into Spanish as Las películas de Luis Buñuel: la subjetividad y el deseo, Paidós, 1998). He has recently completed a book on Bigas Luna's Jamón jamón (Paidós) and is writing another on Carol Reed (Manchester ...
Acknowledgments -- 1. Synopsis -- 2. Comedy and Melodrama -- 3. Men and Women -- 4. Carmen Maura -- 5. Closure -- Notes -- Credits -- References.
This is a major new study of the films of Luis Bunuel, Surrealist scourge of the bourgeoisie and enduring influence on European cinema. Uniquely, the book offers an extended analysis...
This text ranges widely over key films and moments from stages of Luis Bunuel's career. It locates and re-appraises Bunuel's films with particular emphasis on the national cinemas and varied cultures with which he was identified.