Age of the Cynical. On TV Fiction Hero
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The present paper analyzes the first short film by Alex de la Iglesia, Mirindas asesinas (1991), identifying the constants of his filmography. This includes how his reading of the Spanish society and its relation to the past, as well as its immersion in the society of spectacle, are present from this seminal work onward. That is also the case with respect to the way of highlighting these topics, which is not done overtly, but through entertainment film and making use of a peculiar sense of humor: the resources employed include caricature, esperpento, and violence.Downloads
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