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ABC 19, 27, 28–32, 34, 39, 41, 47–8, 50, 52–3, 55, 60n.1, 128, 153, 169, 236, 251, 359
Academy Awards 8, 36–7, 40, 41, 61n.9, 62n.13, 66, 88, 105–6, 131n.20, 175, 192, 225, 226, 243, 272, 319, 332, 334, 337, 349, 354, 362, 364n.1
Academy of Motion Pictures Archives 237
Aguirresarobe, Javier 219, 223
All This and Heaven Too 250
Almodóvar, Pedro 1, 5–7, 10n.1, 20, 59, 63–128, 129nn.1,2,3,4,6,8, 130nn.9,10,12,15, 131nn.19,20,23, 132nn.26,28, 134, 137–9, 152, 160, 169, 176, 180n.12, 182n.35, 184, 210, 211, 269, 287–8, 291, 306, 314, 315, 337, 360–3, 364nn.2,3
Amenábar, Alejandro 2, 5, 7, 8, 118, 169, 183–199, 201, 204–27, 228n.1, 229nn.7,8,10, 229–230n.10, 231nn.21,22,23,26, 314, 320, 360–2, 364n.3
American Film Institute 362
Angulo, Jesús 134, 135, 156, 178, 179, 179n.3, 180n.10, 181nn.17,23,24, 182nn.31,34,37
Antonioni, Michelangelo 156
Aro Tolbuknin in the Mind of a Killer 163
As Luck Would Have It 177–9
audience 2, 3, 9, 10, 18, 22, 24, 27, 30, 35, 47, 49, 55, 41–6, 35, 62n.13, 63–67, 68, 72, 80, 89, 94, 96, 99, 101, 105, 108, 110, 113, 118, 121, 127, 128, 129n.1, 139, 140, 147, 152, 153, 177, 179, 181n.18, 185, 186, 190, 191, 194, 195, 206, 208, 215, 220, 225, 226, 228–229n.6, 236, 240–5, 248, 249, 257, 261, 272, 281, 295, 300, 301, 307–8, 314, 315n.7, 322, 323, 330, 332, 337, 341, 343–6, 351, 353, 357n.1, 364n.3; audience test screening 220–1
aura, El see Aura, The
auteurism/auteurs 5, 6, 8, 10, 29, 40, 53, 58, 88, 129n.1, 129–130n.8, 182n.35, 237, 252, 294, 295, 297, 302, 313–14, 331, 355–7, 363
Bandits see Bandidos
Barcelona 5, 28, 31, 32, 34, 39, 40, 43–4, 59, 62n.10, 106, 108, 155, 168, 169
Bardem, Juan Antonio 51, 114
Bergman, Ingrid 18, 19, 20, 42, 66–8, 81, 104, 239, 255, 291, 329, 330, 359
Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale) 36, 45, 46, 206
Bigas Luna, Josep Joan 63, 150
Big Deal on Madonna Street 46
Birds, The 1, 26, 33, 45, 49, 53, 54, 82, 239, 261–4, 272–80, 282–6, 289–90, 292, 295, 304
Blackmail 23, 29, 33, 53, 55, 64, 91, 170, 172, 173, 175, 239, 267, 268, 276
Bogdanovich, Peter 3, 110
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo García 151
British Film Institute 21
Buñuel, Luis 2, 6, 35, 59, 104–6, 121–2, 128, 131n.21, 163, 164, 263–4, 288, 307
Campanella, Juan José 5, 8, 19, 169, 318–357, 357n.4, 358nn.10,17,18, 363
Cannes Film Festival 8, 45, 46, 50, 52, 56, 60n.1, 113, 128, 210, 226, 272
Cartagena de Indias, Festival of 178
Censorship 26, 33–6, 61n.8, 80, 228–229n.6, 258, 262, 265n.12, 273, 301, 328
Círculo de Bellas Artes (Madrid) 105
Clermont-Ferrand, Festival of 323
confession 10, 49, 50, 67, 79, 89, 91, 93, 94, 112, 113, 198
contorsionista, El see Contorsionist, The
Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz, The 104
Cronos 19, 266, 269–80, 281, 283, 287, 294–8, 302, 303, 312, 313, 313nn.3,7, 360, 361
crossover moments/films 30, 36, 37, 59, 134, 150–3, 169, 207, 211–15, 224, 227, 250, 262, 266, 267, 319, 330–1, 337, 359–60
Crucifixion (Hypercubicus) 205
Cuatro de espionaje see Secret Agent, The
Dalí, Salvador 3, 20, 36, 41–4, 48, 59, 62n.10, 99, 204, 205, 255, 305
Day of the Beast, The 2, 133–5, 139–49, 150, 158, 167, 178, 180n.8, 360, 362
de la Iglesia, Álex 5–7, 59, 133–179, 181n.23, 181–182n.24, 182n.34, 266, 288, 314, 360–3
del Toro, Guillermo 1, 5–9, 19, 224, 235, 236, 245, 264, 266–315, 315nn.2,8, 316nn.11,13,19,23, 316–317n.23, 329, 360, 361–3, 364n.3, 365n.7
Devil’s Backbone, The 7, 9, 266–71, 278, 282, 287–93, 294–7, 302, 306, 308, 315n.8, 362
Dial M for Murder 26–7, 54, 58, 78–9, 80–2, 87, 135, 156, 162–5, 179n.5, 215, 238, 240, 268, 360
dictatorship 24, 32, 58, 59, 61n.8, 71, 178, 180n.11, 300, 307, 317n.24, 320, 333, 347–9
Discovery of the New World 241
Doña Herlinda y su hijo see Doña Herlinda and Her Son
dubbing 20, 23, 24, 25, 29, 83, 84, 142, 239, 255, 272
Elisa antes del fin del mundo see Elisa Before the End of the World
Estudios cinematográficos (UNAM) 236
Facultad de Cinematografía e Información 184
Foreign Correspondent 17, 20, 32, 54, 79, 93, 109, 146, 217, 237, 302, 306, 328
For the Good of Others 362
Franco, Francisco 10–11n.5, 15, 24, 32–5, 37, 39, 44, 50, 51, 58, 59, 61n.8, 80, 102, 129n.1, 134, 136, 158, 178, 179, 180n.11, 184, 273, 307, 316–317n.23, 317n.24
French Cinématheque 21, 361
Frenzy 26, 45, 54, 96–9, 112, 127, 128, 169, 173, 175, 263, 265n.13, 267, 292, 303, 306, 311–12, 316n.14, 316–317n.23, 324
García Escudero, José María 33, 59
gavilán de la sierra, El see Mountain Hawk, The
gender 40, 106, 109, 115, 123, 124, 126, 129, 148, 150, 166, 167, 182n.35, 225–6, 274, 286, 311, 339
Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación (GAL) 149
Gutiérrez Aragón, Manuel 2
Heredero, Carlos H. 10n.5, 103, 150, 152, 154, 179n.7, 180n.12, 184, 185, 187, 193, 194, 204, 207, 230n.17
Hergé (George Prosper Remi) 146
Héroes están fatigados, Los 258
Himenóptero, production company 227
Hitchcock O’Connell, Patricia (Pat) 67, 103
Hollywood 10, 24, 30, 31, 36–48, 52, 58, 62n.13, 63–4, 71, 89, 94, 100, 105, 106, 128, 129nn.1,7, 137, 150, 151, 153, 162, 169, 179, 181–182n.24, 185, 206, 207–19, 222–6, 235, 242, 243, 249–51, 253, 257, 260, 262, 266–8, 280–3, 292–6, 300–4, 307, 313, 315n.2, 315–316n.9, 330–3, 338, 354, 356, 359–61,
House by the Railroad 305
I Confess 17, 32, 45, 50, 52, 54, 93–4, 111–12, 115, 120, 121, 238, 239, 277
In the City of Sylvia 364
Johnny Cien Pesos see Johnny One Hundred Pesos
Kelly, Grace 44, 48, 49, 78, 87, 130n.14, 164, 215, 255, 268
Key to Reserva, The 61n.9
Lady and the Tramp, The 169, 170
Law and Order: Criminal Intent 337
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit 345
lesbians, lesbian attraction, lesbian provocation: in Rebecca 40, 216, 220; in The Skin I Live 125
Lifeboat 15, 23, 24, 33–6, 40, 52, 54, 59, 196, 238, 254, 255
Lifestories: Families in Crisis 325
Like Water for Chocolate 271
Little Apartment, The 156
Llobet Gracia, Lorenzo 37, 38, 39
Lord of the Rings, The 169
Lovers of the Arctic Circle 131n.23
luz que agoniza, La see Gaslight
Madrid: Atocha train station 180–181n.15; Battle for Madrid, siege of 31; defence of Madrid, in Spanish Civil War 244; BBVA Building, Calle Alcalá 157, 159; Capitol Building 139–42, 180–181n.15; Cibeles and Puerta de Alcalá 128; ‘Clean Madrid’ 139, 140, 149; Gran Vía 24, 31, 141, 142, 180n.15, 199, 204, 207, 208, 230n.13; KIO Towers 141, 150; Museo Reina Sofia 230n.13; openings of Hitchcock’s movies in 31; Retiro Park 140; Schweppes sign, Capitol Building 140–3; Torres de Europa 180–181n.15; train bombing 130n.15
magician of suspense/master of suspense 6, 22, 25, 55, 121, 122, 147, 257, 262, 314, 330
Mankiewicz, Joseph L. 106, 169
Man Who Knew Too Much, The 23, 29, 30, 32, 45, 52–5, 60n.1, 61n.9, 172, 174, 175, 178, 209, 238, 239, 240, 257–9, 268, 273, 360
Mapa de los sonidos de Tokio see Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
Mar adentro see Sea Inside, The
Marnie 26, 49, 54, 89–99, 102, 128, 131n.18, 239, 262, 275, 291
Maura, Carmen 80, 83, 87, 88, 110, 127, 156, 159, 160, 161, 162
melodrama 7, 17, 30, 39, 52, 75, 83, 108, 119, 129n.1, 131n.16, 217, 245, 248, 249, 252, 257, 262, 279, 297, 319, 322, 334, 362
mise-en-scène 76, 77, 86, 92, 119, 134, 137, 139, 142, 151, 156, 158, 161, 162, 168, 175, 186–7, 213, 215, 221, 231n.19, 286, 297, 306, 316n.17, 317n.24, 323, 350
Mission Impossible II 207
Misterios de la magia negra see Mysteries of black magic
MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) 42, 304
movie theatres (Madrid): Alexandra 33; Amaya 33; Avenida 24, 29, 32; Bilbao 33; Callao 24, 142; Capitol 33; Carlos III 24, 32; Cinema Palace 24; Coliseum 32; Covadonga 184; Figaro 24, 32; Gayarre 32; Gran Vía 24; Ideal 24; Lope de Vega 24, 32, 55; Palace 24, 32, 50; Palacio de la Música 24, 32; Palacio de la Prensa 24, 28, 32, 33; Pompeya 32; Princesa 24, 28; Progreso 33; Roxy B 24, 32; Velázquez 33
movie theatres (Mexico City): Alameda 237, 238, 252, 253; Américas, Las 238; Ariel 238; Chapultepec 238, 239, 262; Continental 239; Cosmo 238, 252, 253; Estrella 251; Latino 239; Magerit 237, 250; Olympia 238; Orfeón 238; Palacio 237, 238; Palacio Chino 238; Polanco 238; Rex 237, 238; Roble 238; San Juan de Latrán 237; Teresa 238
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) 325
Muñecas infernales see Devil Doll Men
Museum of Fine Arts (Montreal) 304
New York 8, 18, 149, 102, 207, 208, 212, 214, 248, 254, 281, 282, 286, 304, 316n.10, 320, 324, 330
New York Film Critics award 214
New York Film Festival 63
Night of the Hunter, The 185
Noriega, Eduardo 186, 187, 189, 192, 196, 197, 229n.8, 288, 293, 306
Norma Jean and Marilyn 282
North by Northwest 3, 15, 32, 44, 45–50, 54, 58–60, 61n.9, 71, 82, 86, 106, 131n.23, 140, 146, 148, 150–4, 156–61, 176, 180n.14, 226, 238, 240, 260, 263, 276, 293–5, 298, 299, 304, 327, 339–42, 346–7, 359, 360
Notorious 18–20, 32, 45, 54, 61n.9, 81, 86, 102, 238, 239, 240, 254, 255, 275, 291, 298, 299, 303, 325–30, 359–60
Novak, Kim 43, 44, 46, 62nn.10,16, 104, 116, 122, 126, 161, 200
Palacio de la Música (Madrid) 24, 32
Paramount Pictures 43, 51
Pérez Reverte, Arturo 172
postmodernism 9, 10–11n.5, 78, 104, 114, 129n.1, 149, 153, 206, 209, 228–229n.6, 276
Prioridad nacional see National Priority
profète, Un see Prophet, The
Psycho 1, 15, 23–6, 36, 45, 49, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61n.9, 66, 79, 82, 87, 96, 98, 99, 102, 121, 131n.23, 185–92, 206, 209, 215, 218, 224, 228n.6, 228–229n.6, 238, 239, 241, 259, 260, 263, 277–9, 283, 288, 289, 293, 301, 305, 328, 355, 360, 361
Psycho IV: The Beginning 206
publicity 25, 42–4, 61n.9, 81, 88, 90, 179, 242, 243, 251, 257, 258, 259, 284, 363
Rear Window 2, 23, 26, 48, 50–4, 80–7, 96–9, 154, 156–61, 215, 224, 227, 238, 263, 360
Rebecca 15, 23, 36–44, 45, 52, 53, 59, 91, 122, 150, 209, 211–24, 226, 227, 237, 250, 253, 262, 275, 303, 315–316n.9, 351, 353, 359, 360, 364n.1
remake 30, 117, 124, 178, 206, 207, 211, 213, 217, 227, 257, 281; The Man Who Knew Too Much 55; Open Your Eyes, as correction or remake of Vertigo 195; Vanilla Sky, remake of Open Your Eyes 207, 209–12
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The 68
romance del Río Grande, El see Romance of the Río Grande, The
Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion 282
Rope 32, 54, 56, 59, 90, 97, 99, 131n.17, 156, 238, 240, 256, 275, 291, 293, 301, 304
Saboteur 23, 54, 139–40, 144–9, 180n.14, 238, 268, 271, 276–7, 304, 360
San Sebastián Film Festival 3, 5, 8, 15, 17, 20, 21, 25, 30, 44–8, 50, 52, 153, 161, 206, 317n.24, 318, 319, 338, 343, 358n.10
Secret in Their Eyes, The 8, 169, 318–19, 327, 329, 337–8, 339–42, 343–50, 353–6, 361
Secret Life of Words, The 362
Selznick, David O. 34, 36, 38, 42, 43, 68, 71, 72, 90, 205, 214–15, 219, 251, 315–316n.9, 364n.1
Shadow of a Doubt 23, 52, 54, 100–3, 110, 238, 253–5, 275, 280, 289, 303, 324, 349–53
Silver Condor (Argentine Film Critics Association Prize) 182n.38, 332
Sindicato Nacional del Espectáculo 21
Soplo de vida see Breadth of Life
Spanish Cinematographic Academy 175
Spanish Civil War 17, 24, 38, 39, 117, 179, 182n.37, 184, 218, 242, 288, 315, 328, 337
Spanish Ministry of Culture 176
Spanish National Film Archives 21
special effects 67, 73, 75, 77, 109, 122, 135, 137–8, 182n.33, 223, 270–1, 274, 275, 277, 302, 312, 344, 362
spectatorship and spectators 21, 22, 28, 30, 37–9, 47, 52, 59, 84, 124, 143, 148, 154–6, 189, 190, 308, 321, 343
Spellbound 3, 15, 19–20, 23, 36, 41–4, 54, 65–71, 99, 104, 109, 205, 227, 238, 239, 255, 259, 360
Spoto, Donald 1, 17–18, 64, 103, 131n.16, 236, 268, 276, 280, 283, 298
Stewart, James 46, 48, 86, 97, 122, 130n.14, 174, 175, 224, 258, 259
Strangers on a Train 80, 84–7, 94, 110–11, 127, 162, 165–8, 169, 182n.26, 238–40, 274–6, 285–6, 289, 300–1, 302–3, 360
Strauss, Frédéric 63–7, 71, 72, 74, 75, 77, 80–2, 88–99, 102, 107, 111, 112, 126, 129n.2, 130n.13
Streetcar Named Desire, A 108
Sundance Film Festival 326
suspense 6, 8, 22, 25, 27, 30, 36, 44, 46, 47, 53, 55, 56, 59, 62n.13, 75, 81, 86, 88, 93, 104, 109, 113, 114, 118, 121, 122, 126, 129, 144, 147, 156, 159, 172, 185–7, 223, 228–229n.6, 244, 245, 257, 260, 262, 275, 277, 279, 284–6, 291, 93, 295, 303–9, 314, 323, 330, 338, 343–5, 353, 359, 363
Suspicion 23, 50, 52, 53, 104, 238, 239, 253, 275, 289, 303, 304, 351, 353
Tarantino, Quentin 62, 151
technological advances: kinetoscope 251; Technicolour 134, 257–8; Vistavision 257–8
Territorio Comanche see Comanche Territory
terrorism: Basque see ETA; Islamic 70; in Mutant Action 137–9
Thesis 2, 7, 118, 183–91, 192, 205, 208, 212, 225, 228nn.3,5, 229nn.7,10, 288, 360, 361
Thirty-nine Steps, The 23, 28–33, 52, 86, 88, 89, 98, 102, 108, 127, 187, 241–3, 274–5, 303, 322, 360
thriller 2, 8, 9, 10n.1, 84, 101, 104, 105, 118, 123, 135, 156, 158, 169, 186, 187, 192, 207, 209, 212, 226, 228nn.2,6, 229n.9, 246, 249, 276, 318, 320, 327, 337, 338, 341–8, 355, 358n.16, 359, 362–3, 364n.5 see also cine de terror
Tintin 146 see also Hergé; Tintin in America 146; Tintin in Tibert 146
Tisch School of the Arts (NYU) 319
Torn Curtain 20, 26, 45, 54, 78, 96–99, 100, 101, 164, 239, 262, 275, 313, 317n.26
Toronto Film Festival 347
Torrente: el brazo tonto de la ley 316n.19
Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella 316n.19
torture: dental torture 294; in Pan’s Labyrinth 307, 310, 311,; prolonged time to kill someone, Torn Curtain 101
Transatlantic Pictures 18, 90
Trois hommes et un couffin 209
Trouble with Harry, The 32, 54, 55, 66, 164, 238, 240, 271, 273, 275, 360
Truffaut, François 2, 3, 6, 10, 22, 28, 29, 37–8, 45, 57, 65–8, 71, 85–6, 147–9, 210, 222, 228–229n.6, 236, 244–7, 277, 279, 339, 351, 353
Turner Classic Movie HD Channel 227
Vanguardia, La 29, 31, 32, 34, 37, 40, 41, 53, 236, 251
Vertigo 3, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 36, 43, 45–8, 50, 54, 59, 60, 61n.3, 62n.16, 64, 75, 99, 104, 106, 108, 112–19, 121–6, 128, 131nn.22,23, 132n.28, 134, 139–150, 161, 172, 180n.14, 192–211, 224, 226, 227, 230n.14, 231n.19, 238, 241, 260, 263, 276, 293, 304, 305, 327, 339–42, 360, 361
Victoria 392 see Victory 392
Witching and Bitching 178
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 10, 63, 80–8, 103, 107, 114, 121, 127–8, 130n.15, 211, 360
Wrong Man, The 17, 32, 49–50, 54, 56, 107, 111, 112, 127, 130n.13, 238, 240, 316n.21, 360