CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I:
SPAIN
CHAPTER ONE
First Loves, First Cuts:
The Initial Response to Hitchcock’s Films in Spain
CHAPTER TWO
Pedro Almodóvar’s Criminal Side:
Plot, Humour and Cinematic Style
CHAPTER THREE
Drawing on a Darker Humour, Cultural Icons and Mass Media:
Álex de la Iglesia’s Journey from Outer Space to the Spanish Academy
CHAPTER FOUR
Against Hitchcock:
Alejandro Amenábar’s Meteoric Career
PART II:
LATIN AMERICA
CHAPTER FIVE
Latin American Openings:
The Reception History of Hitchcock’s Films for Mexico City
CHAPTER SIX
Guillermo del Toro’s Continuing Education:
Adapting Hitchcock’s Moral and Visual Sensibilities to the World of Horror
CHAPTER SEVEN
Understanding Osmosis:
Hitchcock in Argentina Through the Eyes of Juan José Campanella
CONCLUSION:
They Became Notorious
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX