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A popular Spanish auteur: Alex de la Iglesia as a polemical tool

Buse, P; Triana-Toribio, N; Willis, A

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P Buse

N Triana-Toribio



Abstract

This article looks at how Álex de la Iglesia can be studied using reviewed auteurist strategies. Such a study has to take into account how he constructs his persona as director in a process which deviates greatly from the images and roles allocated to directors by traditional auteurism. This persona has, in its turn, been the perfect complement to output that has often been seen as a non-legitimate part of Spanish cinema for its reliance on non-realist, popular genres and blatant ‘homages’ to Hollywood. From the constructions of his persona, we propose to look at the adjustments that both his new auteur style and his output impose on the definition of an identity in which official/unofficial discourses on Spanish cinema are continuously engaged. We also suggest that this process must involve a revision of the scholarship on Spanish auteurs that is in currency.

Citation

Buse, P., Triana-Toribio, N., & Willis, A. (2004). A popular Spanish auteur: Alex de la Iglesia as a polemical tool. New Cinemas, 2(3), 139-148. https://doi.org/10.1386/ncin.2.3.139/1

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Dec 1, 2004
Deposit Date Mar 2, 2010
Publicly Available Date Apr 5, 2016
Journal New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film
Print ISSN 1474-2756
Publisher Intellect
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 2
Issue 3
Pages 139-148
DOI https://doi.org/10.1386/ncin.2.3.139/1
Keywords contemporary, auteurism, Spanish cinema, Álex de la Iglesia
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ncin.2.3.139/1

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