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- Title
(Dis)locating Spain: Performance Intertextualities in Pedro Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi madre.
- Authors
Wheeler, Duncan
- Abstract
Building on Tim Bergfelder's distinction between reputedly “open” Hollywood films and “culturally specific” European fare, this article focuses on the production and reception of Pedro Almodóvar’s Todo sobre mi madre (All about My Mother, 1999). Critics have pinpointed intertextual references but have assumed that the Spanish fi lmmaker draws on “universal” texts to make a “culturally specific” vision legible for international audiences. The binaries on which such a model is predicated do not withstand close cinematic or sociohistorical scrutiny. Todo sobre mi madre conveys distinct meanings in Spain as compared to the international arena; this is not exclusively, or even necessarily predominantly, the result of autochthonous reference points; it is also due to the contingencies of reception when Hollywood fi lms are translated out of their domestic habitat. Tracing some of these journeys and identifying various interpretive communities will develop understanding of Almodóvar’s craft and commercial success, and also help contextualize and potentially reconcile some of the frequently embittered battles between Spanish and Anglo-American critics over the right to defi ne and describe his cinematic output.
- Subjects
ALMODOVAR, Pedro, 1949-; TODO Sobre Mi Madre (Film); MOTION pictures &; culture; INTERTEXTUALITY; SPANISH films -- History &; criticism; FOREIGN films; BERGFELDER, Tim; FILM criticism
- Publication
JCMS: Journal of Cinema & Media Studies, 2018, Vol 58, Issue 1, p91
- ISSN
2578-4900
- Publication type
Film/Television Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/cj.2018.0072