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World Film Locations: Barcelona
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This book is ideal for cinema lovers, students of film and architecture, and anyone fascinated by Barcelona’s cultural landscape and visual storytelling.
Barcelona is one of the world's most beautiful cities. Great directors from all over the world - among them Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar, and Michelangelo Antonioni - have set their films there. This book explores the rich cinematic history of this seductive Catalonian city.
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Barcelona is one of the world’s most beautiful cities. A permanent showcase of the work of acclaimed architect Antoni Gaudí, it also has a long and rich cinematic legacy. Great directors from all over the world—among them Woody Allen, Pedro Almodóvar, and Michelangelo Antonioni—have set their films there. World Film Locations: Barcelona is the first book of its kind to explore the rich cinematic history of this seductive Catalonian city.
The illuminating essays collected here cover essential themes of the city’s cinematic history, including the origins of cinema in Barcelona; the role of Ciutat Vella (old quarter) as a film set; the influential Barcelona School of the 1960s; the film presence of Gaudí and his work; changing attitudes and urban renewal before and after the 1992 Olympics; and the emergence of a new generation of female filmmakers that have made Barcelona the centre of their cinematic explorations. This book will be a welcome addition to the libraries of anyone enchanted by the beauty of Barcelona, whether in person or on the big screen.
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9781783200252
Publisher: Intellect
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 October 2013
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Intellect Books
Contributors:
- Edited by Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano
- Edited by Helio San Miguel
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 9.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 245g
Pages: 128
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About the Author
Helio San Miguel teaches film at the New School in New York and is the writer and director of the short film Blindness. He is the author of World Film Locations: Mumbai, also published by Intellect. Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano is a senior lecturer in the Department of Communication Sciences I at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Spain. He is the author of Directory of World Cinema Spain, also published by Intellect.
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