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Author: Pedro Almodóvar Publisher: ISBN: 9783836547925 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 0
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An updated edition of The Pedro Almodóvar Archives, offering inside access to the cult Spanish director who beguiles audiences worldwide with his thrilling dissertations on desire, passion, and identity. With behind-the-scenes pictures and personal reminiscences, Almodóvar himself guides the reader through his singular journey from its early...
Author: Pedro Almodóvar Publisher: ISBN: 9783836547925 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
An updated edition of The Pedro Almodóvar Archives, offering inside access to the cult Spanish director who beguiles audiences worldwide with his thrilling dissertations on desire, passion, and identity. With behind-the-scenes pictures and personal reminiscences, Almodóvar himself guides the reader through his singular journey from its early...
Author: Paul Duncan Publisher: ISBN: 9783836502832 Category : Motion picture producers and directors Languages : en Pages : 0
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Almodovar has given Taschen complete access to his archives, including never-before-published images, such as personal photos he took during filming. In addition to writing captions for the photos, he invited prominent Spanish authors to write introductions to each of his films, and selected many of his own texts to accompany this visual odyssey through his complete works.
Author: Pedro Almodóvar Publisher: ISBN: 9783836535441 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 0
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An in-depth exploration of Almodóvar’s complete œuvreUn film de Almodóvar: whether appearing in his stylish opening credits or on the suggestive poster that invariably accompanies each of his films, this announcement triggers a range of expectations. Sexy and subversive, colorful and controversial, passionate and provocative, Pedro Almodóvar’s world is unlike any other director's. Thanks to his remarkably cohesive and consistent œuvre, the Manchegan maverick has become a reliable brand, his name a byword for the visual opulence, experimentation and eroticism of post-Franco Spanish cinema. Almodóvar found fame with self-penned, gender-bending plots depicting the often comic misfortunes of junkies, nuns, housewives, whores, transvestites and transsexuals. Praised by critics, championed by fellow film-makers, adored by actors and adorned with international awards, he is the most successful Spanish film-maker since Luis Buñuel, with films such as Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, All About My Mother, Talk to Her, and Volver. A self-taught auteur, Almodóvar draws on influences as diverse as Douglas Sirk, Frank Tashlin, Andy Warhol and John Waters. His feature films borrow liberally from, and frequently invert, traditional genres of classic American cinema—including film noir, melodrama and screwball comedy. Yet they remain unmistakably Iberian, rooted predominantly in the director's beloved Madrid, exploring Spanish myths and modernity to the rhythms of bolero-laden soundtracks. Most recently, the enfant terrible of the 1980s arthouse scene has matured into the Academy Award-winning director of All About My Mother, a film universally acknowledged for its emotional resonance, sophistication and craftsmanship. Almodóvar’s distinctive, once marginalized world has finally entered the mainstream. For this unprecedented monograph, Pedro Almodóvar has given TASCHEN complete access to his archives, including never-before-published images, such as personal photos he took during filming. In addition to writing captions for the photos, Almodóvar invited prominent Spanish authors to write introductions to each of his films, and selected many of his own texts to accompany this visual odyssey through his complete works. Over 600 images, including many previously unpublished. Includes images from his new film, The Skin I Live In (2011), which will be released worldwide at the same time as the book. Book includes a film strip from Volver (2006), taken from Almodóvar’s archive. The leather-bound Art Edition is limited to 500 signed and numbered copies, each with the original digital C-print Penélope, as Marilyn (2008), photographed and signed by Pedro Almodóvar. The book comes in a silkscreened box. Art Edition - No. 1-500 Penélope, as Marilyn, 2008, photographed by Pedro Almodóvar 37.2 x 26.9 cm (14.6 x 10.6 in.) (Frame not included)
Author: Jeffry P. Lindsay Publisher: Random House LLC ISBN: 0385532350 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 350
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Serial killer Dexter Morgan reevaluates his life views upon the birth of his daughter and investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl who has been running with a group of goths rumored to be engaging in cannibalism.
Author: Thierry Jonquet Publisher: Profile Books ISBN: 1847655963 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 128
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Richard Lafargue is an eminent plastic surgeon haunted by dirty secrets. He has an operating theatre in the basement of his chateau and keeps his partner Eve imprisoned in her bedroom, a room he has equipped with an intercom and 300-watt speakers through which he bellows orders. Eve is only allowed out to be paraded at cocktail parties and on the last Sunday of each month, when the couple visit a young woman in a mental asylum. Following these outings, Lafargue humiliates Eve by forcing her to perform lewd sexual acts with strangers while he watches through a one-way mirror. In alternating chapters, Jonquet introduces seemingly unrelated characters - a criminal on the run after murdering a policeman, and an abducted young man who finds himself chained naked in a dark chamber, forced to endure all manner of physical torture at the hands of a mysterious stranger, whom he calls Mygale, after a type of tropical spider. All of these characters are caught in a deceitful web, waiting to meet their fate.
Author: Nuria Vidal Publisher: ISBN: Category : Cinema Languages : es Pages : 336
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A través de varias entrevistas personales realizadas por la autora, se recoge información sobre la vida y obra del director de cine. Se da una visión crítica sobre las películas, se realiza una "guía almodovariana" con la finalidad de servir de diccionario temático para seguir la evolución de los objetos, lugares o personajes y una filmografía completa de sus trabajos profesionales acompañados de una sinopsis.
Author: Lawrence Grobel Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 184739583X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 364
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Not only is Al Pacino known as 'one of the greatest actors in all of film history', he is also considered 'one of Hollywood's most notorious bachelors' (imdb.com) as well as being one of the most enigmatic and private celebrities in the world. For the first time, AL PACINO offers a deeply personal and revealing window into everything from his growing up in the South Bronx, where he shared three rooms with nine people, to his fabled studies with Charles Laughton and Lee Strasberg, his father's absence, his mother's early death, and how he bounced through a series of odd jobs until his first paid role at the age of 26. He reveals his childhood dream of becoming a professional baseball player, describes his first drink at 13, and admits his once ate Valium like popcorn at the Academy Awards. Though he has been involved with women like Diane Keaton and Beverly D'Angelo, the mother of his three children, he has never married and here reveals why, and how his feelings have changed. Through it all, he has delivered some of the most seminal performances in film and theatre history and worked with most of its biggest stars. He was nominated for seven Academy Awards before winning Best Actor Oscar for Scent of a Woman. AL PACINO is an intensely personal look at a creative genius at the peak of his powers who, after all these years, still longs to learn more about his art. And for now, it's a close to a memoir as we are likely to get.
Author: Jean-Benoît Nadeau Publisher: Macmillan + ORM ISBN: 1250023165 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 485
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The authors of The Story of French are back with a new linguistic history of the Spanish language and its progress around the globe. Just how did a dialect spoken by a handful of shepherds in Northern Spain become the world's second most spoken language, the official language of twenty-one countries on two continents, and the unofficial second language of the United States? Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow, the husband-and-wife team who chronicled the history of the French language in The Story of French, now look at the roots and spread of modern Spanish. Full of surprises and honed in Nadeau and Barlow's trademark style, combining personal anecdote, reflections, and deep research, The Story of Spanish is the first full biography of a language that shaped the world we know, and the only global language with two names—Spanish and Castilian. The story starts when the ancient Phoenicians set their sights on "The Land of the Rabbits," Spain's original name, which the Romans pronounced as Hispania. The Spanish language would pick up bits of Germanic culture, a lot of Arabic, and even some French on its way to taking modern form just as it was about to colonize a New World. Through characters like Queen Isabella, Christopher Columbus, Cervantes, and Goya, The Story of Spanish shows how Spain's Golden Age, the Mexican Miracle, and the Latin American Boom helped shape the destiny of the language. Other, more somber episodes, also contributed, like the Spanish Inquisition, the expulsion of Spain's Jews, the destruction of native cultures, the political instability in Latin America, and the dictatorship of Franco. The Story of Spanish shows there is much more to Spanish than tacos, flamenco, and bullfighting. It explains how the United States developed its Hispanic personality from the time of the Spanish conquistadors to Latin American immigration and telenovelas. It also makes clear how fundamentally Spanish many American cultural artifacts and customs actually are, including the dollar sign, barbecues, ranching, and cowboy culture. The authors give us a passionate and intriguing chronicle of a vibrant language that thrived through conquests and setbacks to become the tongue of Pedro Almodóvar and Gabriel García Márquez, of tango and ballroom dancing, of millions of Americans and hundreds of millions of people throughout the world.
Author: Ian McEwan Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0525564586 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 16
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A jewel of a short story from the bestselling, award-winning author of Atonement—“My Purple Scented Novel” follows the perfect crime of literary betrayal, scrupulously wrought yet unscrupulously executed. Published to celebrate Ian McEwan’s 70th birthday. “You will have heard of my friend the once celebrated novelist Jocelyn Tarbet, but I suspect his memory is beginning to fade. . . . You’d never heard of me, the once obscure novelist Parker Sparrow, until my name was publicly connected with his. To a knowing few, our names remain rigidly attached, like the two ends of a seesaw. His rise coincided with, though did not cause, my decline. . . . I don’t deny there was wrongdoing. I stole a life, and I don’t intend to give it back. You may treat these few pages as a confession.”
Author: Paul Duncan Publisher: ISBN: 9783836547994 Category : Languages : es Pages : 456
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Uno de los cineastas en activo más influyentes y prolíficos de los últimos 40 años, el director de culto español Pedro Almodóvar ha seducido al público internacional con sus emocionantes disertaciones sobre el deseo, la pasión, la familia y la identidad. Basta un simple repaso a su larga lista de producciones para encontrar excitantes historias cargadas de melodrama psicológico, humor negro, riñas familiares y violenta lujuria. Esta edición de Los Archivos de Pedro Almodóvar ofrece un acceso único a imágenes entre bastidores y recuerdos personales con las que el director nos descubre su trayectoria, desde los inicios hasta Los amantes pasajeros (2013) y Julieta (2016). Basado en el volumen XL de TASCHEN, realizado en colaboración con Almodóvar, el libro es una ampliación del original y ofrece una visión fascinante de las claves del proceso creativo de obras magistrales como Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios, la ganadora de un Óscar Todo sobre mi madre y Hable con ella. Cada película se presenta con su cartel original, una lista del reparto y equipo técnico, así como un ensayo realizado por un relevante autor español. El propio Almodóvar complementa el vívido material fotográfico acompañando cada imagen con sus reflexiones y comentarios. Este volumen profundiza en una época brillante del cine, llena de creatividad. Una guía indispensable para descubrir el imponente canon cinematográfico de Almodóvar creada por él mismo.
Author: Pedro Almodóvar
Author: Pedro Almodóvar
Author: Paul Duncan
Author: Pedro Almodóvar
Author: Jeffry P. Lindsay
Author: Thierry Jonquet
Author: Nuria Vidal
Author: Lawrence Grobel
Author: Jean-Benoît Nadeau
Author: Ian McEwan
Author: Paul Duncan