Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (BFI Modern Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (789 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0851705405 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 80 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It draws on a range of psychoanalytic and critical concepts, and sees the film as an account of the often tyrannical spell of sexual desire.. This text analyzes the director Pedro Almodovar's insights into gender, sexuality and subjectivity in his film "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown"
Luis Hernandez said Excellent Film Critique. A short, but informative critique on one of the classic gems of Spanish cinema, the BFI essay on "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," is an excellent, and well-researched study. Focusing mostly on the importance of the film in the context of history (e.g. the film veered away from the censorship once imposed by the Franco Regime) and its' art. "Excellent Film Critique" according to Luis Hernandez. A short, but informative critique on one of the classic gems of Spanish cinema, the BFI essay on "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," is an excellent, and well-researched study. Focusing mostly on the importance of the film in the context of history (e.g. the film veered away from the censorship once imposed by the Franco Regime) and its' art. Humorless Critical Study of a Comedy A Customer This book manages to make a funny, sexy and irreverent movie sound like a bout of trench mouth. The author is obviously yet another victim of gender studies who keeps weaving and unweaving his text to distract us from the fact the he's writing about a pop movie without having anything like a pop sensibility that might make his opinions mean something
Peter William Evans is Professor of Hispanic Studies at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. He is the author of Luis Buñuel: Subjectivity and Desire and, with Bruce Babington, of books on Hollywood comedy, the musical, and the biblical epic.
"An illuminating insight into the film." -- 20:20