List of figures; Acknowledgements; Note on interviews; 1 Author, auteur, Aitor; 2 A sense of nobility: the making of Medem; 3 The other side of the hole: Vacas(1992); 4 Eyes that entangle: La ardilla roja(1993); 5 That part of you that died: Tierra(1996); 6 A question of love: Los amantes del Círculo Polar(1998); 7 A ray of sun: Lucía y el sexo(2001); 8 Framing fearful symmetry: La pelota vasca: la piel contra la piedra(2003); 9 Work in progress; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
Summary
This thorough account of the life and films of the Spanish-Basque filmmaker Julio Medem is the first book in English on the internationally renowned writer-director of Vacas, La ardilla roja (Red Squirrel), Tierra, Los amantes del Círculo Polar (Lovers of the Arctic Circle), Lucía y el sexo (Sex and Lucía), La pelota vasca: la piel contra la piedra (Basque Ball) and Caótica Ana (Chaotic Ana), Initial chapters explore Medem?s childhood, adolescence and education and examine his earliest short films and critical writings against a background of a dramatically changing Spain. Later chapters provid.
