Emanuel Levy: Gay Directors, Gay Films?

Pedro Almodovar, Terence Davies, Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, John Waters. USA 2015, 392 pp. illustrated, brochure, € 25.95
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Columbia University Press
Through intimate encounters with the life and work of five contemporary gay male directors (Pedro Almodovar, Terence Davies, Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, John Waters), this book develops a framework for interpreting what it means to make a gay film or adopt a gay point of view. For most of the 20th century, gay characters and gay themes were both ... Weiterlesen

Brad Epps, Despina Kakoudaki (eds.): All About Almodóvar

A Passion for Cinema. USA 2009, 496 S., brochure, € 24.95
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One of the world cinema's most exciting filmmakers, Pedro Almodóvar has been delighting, provoking, arousing, shocking, and - above all - entertaining audiences around the globe since he burst on the film scene in the early 1980s. This book offers new perspectives on the filmmaker's artistic vision and cinematic preoccupations, influences, and techniques. Through overviews of his oeuvre and in-depth ... Weiterlesen

José Quiroga: »Law of Desire«

A Queer Film Classic. CAN 2009, 157 pp., brochure, € 13.95
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»Law of Desire«, the 1987 homoerotic melodrama by Pedro Almodóvar, Spain' smost successful contemporary film director, is a grande tale of love, lust, and amnesia. It features three main characters: a gay film director, his sister, an actress who was once his brother, and a repressed, obsessive stalker. In the twenty-plus years since its first release, »Law of Desire« has ... Weiterlesen

Pedro Almodóvar (R): Law of Desire

ESP 1986, 98 min., span. OF mit engl. UT, € 19.99
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
A real tour de force from Academy Award-winning Pedro Almodóvar, »Law of Desire« is a emotionally intense and deeply moving drugs-and-sex-fuelled murder mystery, a breathless, vibrant riot of flaming passions run wild. »Law of Desirefeatures a fabulous trio - Pablo, a famous Madrid director for whom men are prepared to die, his new love-crazed boyfriend Antonio, and Pablo's flamboyant and ... Weiterlesen