Pace University DigitalCommons@Pace Honors College Theses Pforzheimer Honors College 5-9-2008 Spanish Cinema and Pedro Almodóvar Carol Murphy Pace University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/honorscollege_theses Part of the Film and Media Studies Commons Recommended Citation Murphy, Carol, "Spanish Cinema and Pedro Almodóvar" (2008). Honors College Theses. Paper 69. http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/honorscollege_theses/69 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Pforzheimer Honors College at DigitalCommons@Pace. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors College Theses by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Pace. For more information, please contact
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[email protected] May 2008 Majors: Modern Languages & Cultures and Sociology/Anthropology Advisor: Martin Marafioti Advisor’s Department: Modern Languages & Cultures Advisor’s School: Dyson College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Précis This paper examines how Spanish film evolved since the years of Franco’s dictatorship to the present. By examining the influence of Franco’s censorship on the film industry, this paper will analyze how his censorship affected the changes that took place in cinema after his death by analyzing the films of Pedro Almodóvar. The first part of this paper focuses on the censorship measures that were put into place by Franco’s regime. The paper also examines what genres were popular during Franco’s era and how the regime attempted to manipulate the film industry in order to promote its fascist ideology. The paper goes on to discuss several directors who challenged Franco’s censorship and the Franco myth, the messages and themes that were promoted by that state in fascist films.