Carmen on Film: A Cultural History

by Ann Davies, Phil Powrie, Bruce Babington, et al.

The story of Carmen, the Spanish Gypsy femme fatale, is one of the most adapted stories in the history of cinema. The films are often a combination of M rim e's 1845 novella and the opera Bizet fashioned from the novella thirty years later. Carmen on Film: A Cultural History focuses on 16 of the most important Carmen films, ranging across three main cinemas (Hollywood, France, and Spain), stretching from the earliest films to the most recent (by director):...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253219078
• ISBN13: 9780253219077
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"