The Passion of Pedro Almodóvar: A Self-Portrait in Seven Films by Miller, James

The Passion of Pedro Almodóvar: A Self-Portrait in Seven Films

The films of Pedro Almodóvar teem with characters who at once are and are not alter egos...
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The Passion of Pedro Almodóvar: A Self-Portrait in Seven Films by Miller, James

The Passion of Pedro Almodóvar: A Self-Portrait in Seven Films

$66.29

The Passion of Pedro Almodóvar: A Self-Portrait in Seven Films

$66.29
Author: James Miller
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

The films of Pedro Almodóvar teem with characters who at once are and are not alter egos of the director. In film after film, the Spanish auteur mines his past for alternative selves, telling and retelling formative stories from his own life, plumbing the depths of his memory while exploring other lives he might have led. What can Almodóvar's work tell us about the quest for self-knowledge--for understanding who we are and who we might yet become?

James Miller considers seven of Almodóvar's most personal films, arguing that together they offer a revealing self-portrait of the director and his search for meaning. Beginning with Volver, Miller traces Almodóvar's signature obsessions backward and forward through the director's filmography. Deeply shaped by the counterculture of the 1960s--which arrived belatedly in Franco's Spain--Almodóvar has long been fascinated by the exhilarating power and devastating limitations of artistic and sexual transgression. In rich readings, Miller shows how Almodóvar tests the blurry line between fiction and reality, the bounds of individual freedom, and the durability of a sense of self. In so doing, the director turns cinema into a form of philosophical investigation and self-exploration. A keenly observed, masterfully written portrait of one of world cinema's greatest creative forces, The Passion of Pedro Almodóvar finds in film new ways to tell the story of a life.

Author: James Miller
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 04/29/2025
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780231220040


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2025
Library Journal 04/01/2025 pg. 98

About the Author
James Miller is professor of politics and liberal studies at the New School for Social Research. Among his books are Can Democracy Work? From Ancient Athens to Our World (2018); Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche (2011); Flowers in the Dustbin: The Rise of Rock and Roll (1999); and The Passion of Michel Foucault (1993).

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