Studying The Devil's Backbone (Studying Films) - Softcover

James Rose

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906733090 ISBN 13: 9781906733094

Publisher: Auteur, 2009

Synopsis

The Devils Backbone (2001) is a Gothic story written and directed by Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, 2006) concerning a ghost who haunts the corridors of an isolated orphanage during the Spanish Civil War. Studying The Devils Backbone explores the narrative in relation to the central concerns of film studies: genre, theme, iconography, representation and film language. Through these elements, the text provides a close textual analysis of the films generic blend of the literary Gothic with the Western and the War film, the use of bombs, ghosts, and colour as visual signifiers, a critique of the central characters and how their relationships construct representations of women, monsters and films political context of the Spanish Civil War alongside an examination into the mise-en-scene, sound and special effects. In addition to this, the author provides a critical biography of the director, an analysis of his auteurist traits and an in-depth bibliography and filmography of related texts.

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About the Author

James Rose is an independent scholar specializing in Gothic and horror cinema. He has published with a range of international journals, including Vertigo, Splice, Senses of Cinema, Offscreen, MediaMagazine, and Rue Morgue, and is the author of Beyond Hammer: British Horror Cinema Since 1970.

Edition details

• Publisher: Auteur
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1906733090
• ISBN 13: 9781906733094
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96