The Films of Carlos Saura: The Practice of Seeing

by Marvin D'Lugo

Book Overview

Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura, who began his career under the censorship of Franco's regime, has forged an international reputation for his unique cinematic treatment of emotional and spiritual responses to repressive political conditions. In films such as Carmen and El Dorado, where reality and fantasy are deliberately fused together, Saura reveals the illusions of Franco's mythologized Spain--a chaste, Catholic, and heroic Spain of the Golden...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691008558
• ISBN13: 9780691008554
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

It is a nice book

I liked it, thought I didn't know it was talking about Saura's films before 1990 since that is the publication date of the book.