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Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar (born 1949) was a leader of New Spanish Cinema in the post-Franco era. Known for films such as Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Almodovar was praised fo...
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In the following interview, which was conducted on May 25, 1987, Almodóvar discusses his approach to filmmaking, the major themes of his films, and the place of his work in the context of Spani...
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In the following excerpt, Silverthorne states that, "Almodóvar's world is a soup of tenses. His films simultaneously lock us in the past; celebrate our having come through, and wa...
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In the following essay, D'Lugo discusses the image of Madrid and Spain's past and present in Almodóvar's films.
History and Desire
Madrid has figured prominently in Pedro A...
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In the following essay, Vernon analyzes the influence of American film melodrama on Almodóvar's work.
Central to what might be called the purposeful eclecticism of Pedro Almodóvar...
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In the following essay, Epps discusses the use of hysteria in Almodóvar's Labyrinth of Passions, What Have I Done to Deserve This? and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
There is...
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Pedro Almodovar
Interview by Pedro Almodóvar with Marsha Kinder
