Spanish Cinema Against Itself: Cosmopolitanism, Experimentation, Militancy

"An extraordinary philosophical exploration of the political potential and continued political commitment of cinema today . . . An essential read." —Patricia Keller, Associate Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature, Cornell University

Spanish Cinema Against Itself maps the evolution of Spanish surrealist and politically committed cinematic traditions from their origins in the 1930s—with the work of Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, experimentalist José Val de Omar, and militant docume...