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Talk to Her (2002) is a hugely rich and interesting though ambiguous film that met with both popular success and critical acclaim. The film won an Oscar for best original screenplay and has been hailed by some critics as Pedro Almod??var's masterpiece. Yet like most of Almod??var's films, little is clear cut. The characters are complex and our affinity and empathy for them shifts throughout the film. In Studying Talk to Her, Emily Hughes provides an in-depth analysis of both the formal elements of the film (its narrative, genre, and auteur study) and the themes and issues it raises, discussing the social context of modern Spain and its old, traditional iconography; shifting attitudes towards gender; and, crucially, the film's uneasy, morally ambiguous depiction of rape and the spectator's reaction to it.

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Author:   Emily Hughes
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Auteur Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 19.10cm
Weight:   0.170kg
ISBN:  

9781906733438

ISBN 10:   1906733430
Pages:   148
Publication Date:   01 May 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   English

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Emily Hughes is lead teacher of film studies at Morpeth School in Bethnal Green, London.

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