%0 Journal Article
%T National Identities and Cinema: a critical recension of the book Directory of World Cinema: Spain
%A Isabel Macedo
%J Estudos em Comunica£¿£¿o
%D 2012
%I Universidade da Beira Interior
%X This critical review concerns the book Directory of World Cinema: Spain. This book is part of a series of volumes published in the Directory of World Cinema, by Intellect Books. The  rst part consists of a critique of the  lm "Biutiful", an interview with the director Jaime Rosales, followed by a re ection on the Spanish  lm industry. This part is also composed of a chapter in which are discussed the aspects that the authors consider to de ne the Spanish culture, concluding with a re ection on the work of some Spanish  lmmakers. In the second part are presented ten  lm genres that characterize the Spanish cinema, and analyzed ten  lms by each gender. This book would bene t from a  nal re ection on the Spanish cinema, by recognizing and discussing the national character of the  lms produced, very marked by the national spaces and by the political, cultural and social history lived. Many European cinematographies became known as belonging to a particular national culture, and some even developed a style or have become specialized in a particular genre. This seems to be the reality of Spanish cinema, were the genre classi ed in this book as author melodram is very present.
%K cinema
%K national identity
%K author melodram
%U http://www.ec.ubi.pt/ec/12/pdf/EC12-2012Dez-17.pdf