This study examines the discourses of nationalism as they intersected or clashed with Spanish film production from its inception to the present. While the book

Spanish Cinema against Itself maps the evolution of Spanish surrealist and politically committed cinematic traditions from their origins in the 1930s—with the

100 Years of Spanish Cinema provides an in-depth look at themost important movements, films, and directors of twentieth-centurySpain from the silent era to the

Using accounts of films, film magazines and documents not readily available to an English-speaking audience, as well as case studies focusing on key issues, thi

"This is the most complete, in-depth, sophisticated study of Spanish cinema available in any language."—Marvin D'Lugo, author of The Films of Carlos Saura