José Jara: An apocalyptic Filmaker, a Refugee at the University
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This paper analyzes the films of José Jara (also known as José Royo Jara and John O´Hara). This research describes the thematic and aesthetic originality of his early works: Las cuatro novias de Augusto Pérez (1976), the only one film adaptation of “Niebla” (Miguel de Unamuno) to cinema theater; And El transsexual (1977), which is the first Spanish film that mixes documentary (non fiction) and fiction film about the transsexualism. Also this paper reviews the last works of José Jara: an erotic film, industrial shorts movies, his novel and his activity as Film Directing professor.Downloads
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