Spanish Film, Fantasy

and Food Class 6

Pop Dinner Party: Paella and Tapas

http://www.popnashville.com/event/pop-dinner-party-paella/

Urban Imagery in Classic Films

From La Mancha (Alcanfor de las Infantas) to

Madrid

Almagro to Madrid

Madrid

Contrasting Colors

Van Gogh’s The Starry Night (1889)

and The Night Café (1888)

Color Composition

Union of Characters Through Color

Mildred Pierce and Melodrama

HBO Miniseries (2011)

Michael Curtiz’s adaptation (1945) of Jane

M. Cain’s novel (1941)

All That Heaven Allows

Douglas Sirk (1955)

http://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/0603-Fall-

2006/Director-Profile-Pedro-Almodovar.aspx

http://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/0603-Fall-2006/Director-Profile-Pedro-Almodovar.aspx

Film Imagery in Volver

Almodóvar on Film and Television

Traces of Francoism

Uses of Food in Volver

Music in Volver

-Opening Credits: “La espigadora” (The gleaner)

-Carlos Gardel’s “Volver”

-Melodramtic background music during important scenes

Additional Bibliography

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

(2011)

-Director: Mark Cousins (film critic)

-Available now on Netflix, produced by UK’s

Channel 4, Aired in ‘13 on Turner Classic Movies

-15 hour documentary based on Cousins’s 2004

book The Story of Film

Tapas: The Little Dishes of

Spain (2007) by Penelope

Casas