Tatjana Pavlovic is Associate Professor of Spanish at Tulane University in New Orleans. Inmaculada Alvàrez is a Visiting Assistant Professor at University of California, Riverside. Rosana Blanco-Cano is Assistant Professor at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Anitra Grisales is a freelance editor and translator specializing in film and media studies. Alejandra Osorio is a professor in the Communications Department of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa, Mexico. Alejandra Sánchez is a Ph.D. candidate at Tulane University in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.

"However, 100 Years of Spanish Cinema is a much needed and comprehensive survey of Spanish cinema, and provides enough information on the history and context of this national cinema to encourage further inquiry and in fact, encourages the use of the book as a springboard for future reading." (Scope Book Reviews, 1 February 2011) "An excellent resource for students of Spanish film and/or contemporary Spanish culture. Summing Up: Highly recommended.” (Choice Reviews, May 2009)

• List of Figures viiAbout the Authors viiiAcknowledgments xPreface xi1 Silent Cinema and its Pioneers (1906–1930) 1El ciego de aldea, Ángel García Cardona 8Amor que mata, Fructuós Gelabert 10Don Pedro el Cruel, Ricardo Baños, Albert Marro 12La aldea maldita, Florián Rey 152 Surrealism (1924–1930) and the Advent of Sound (the Second Republic: 1931–1936) 21Un chien andalou, Luis Buñuel 26Tierra sin pan, Luis Buñuel 303 Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) 39Suspiros de España, Benito Perojo 46Canciones para después de una guerra, Basilio Martín Patino 524 The Autarky: Papier-Mâché Cinema (1939–1950) 61Raza, José Luis Sáenz de Heredia 66Locura de amor, Juan de Orduña 745 Neorealism: Status Quo and Dissent (1951–1961) 81El cochecito, Marco Ferreri 89Viridiana, Luis Buñuel 966 The “Liberal” Dictatorship and its Agony (1962–1975) 104El verdugo, Luis García Berlanga 113El jardín de las delicias, Carlos Saura 1207 Cinema of the Transition: The Period of Disenchantment (1975–1979) 127El desencanto, Jaime Chávarri 140El crimen de Cuenca, Pilar Miró 1458 Post-Franco Spain: The Pedro Almodóvar Phenomenon (1980–1991) 152Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón, Pedro Almodóvar 161¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!, Pedro Almodóvar 1699 Contemporary Trends (1992 to the Present) 180Vacas, Julio Medem 194Carícies, Ventura Pons 203Flores de otro mundo, Icíar Bollaín 211The Secret Life of Words (La vida secreta de las palabras), Isabel Coixet 218Glossary of Film Terms 226Historical Chronology 232Notes 246Bibliography 257Index 263