Costume design is a crucial, but frequently overlooked, aspect of film that fosters an appreciation of the diverse ways in which film and fashion enrich each other. These influential industries offer representations of ideas, values, and beliefs that shape and construct cultural identities. In Fashioning Spanish Cinema, Jorge Pérez analyses the use of clothing and fashion as costumes within Spanish cinema, paying particular attention to the significance of those costumes in relation to the visual styles and the narratives of the films. The author examines the links between costume analysis and other fields and theoretical frameworks such as fashion studies, the history of dress, celebrity studies, and gender and feminist studies. Fashioning Spanish Cinema looks at instances in which costumes are essential to shaping the public image of stars, such as Conchita Montenegro, Sara Montiel, Victoria Abril, and Penélope Cruz. Focusing on examples in which costumes have discursive autonomy, it explores how costumes engage with broader issues of identity and, relatedly, how costumes impact everyday practices and fashion trends beyond cinema. Drawing on case studies from multiple periods, films by contemporary directors and genres, and red-carpet events such as the Oscars and Goya Awards, Fashioning Spanish Cinema contributes a pivotal Spanish perspective to expanding interdisciplinary work on the intersections between film and fashion.
The chapters in this collection reveal how women empowered themselves through fashion choices, detail Balenciaga's international stardom, present female photographers challenging gender roles under Franco's rule, and uncover the ...
Introduction: film, television, transmedia -- Film.
The film faced hostile reviews and slow box office in Spain but generated more interest in its American release. LITERARY ADAPTATIONS. From its beginnings, Spanish cinema has sought inspiration in literary sources.
Focuses on one of contemporary Spanish cinema's fundamental recurring themes: the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath.
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Their mayor (Isbert), together with a local impresario (Moran), organizes a special “folkloric” reception, an Andalusian fiesta setting—women with shawls, mantillas, and castanets, bullfighters—all designed to seduce Mr. Marshall.
The Two cines con niño is the first genre study of Spanish-language child-starred cinemas.
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The Great Spanish Films, 1950-1990
Fills a crying need in this inexplicably long-ignored area. Bountifully illustrated, the work is bound to become a standard reference work for anyone interested in cinema from Spain. An invaluable...