22. To the Health of The Author
Art Direction in Los abrazos rotos
- Marvin D'Lugo,
- Kathleen M. Vernon
Published Online: 21 FEB 2013
DOI: 10.1002/9781118325360.ch22
Copyright © 2013 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Book Title
A Companion to Pedro Almodóvar
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How to Cite
Sanderson, J. D. To the Health of The Author, in A Companion to Pedro Almodóvar (eds M. D'Lugo and K. M. Vernon), Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford. doi: 10.1002/9781118325360.ch22
Publication History
- Published Online: 21 FEB 2013
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405195829
Online ISBN: 9781118325360
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Keywords:
- Almodóvar;
- art direction;
- authorship;
- film;
- hospitals;
- Los abrazos rotos
Summary
Taking Los abrazos rotos as its starting point, this chapter makes use of the thematic recurrence of hospitals and hospital settings in Almodóvar's most recent films in order to analyze the specific contribution of the art department. The chapter goes into greater detail about this process in the section devoted to hospitals. It focuses more specifically on the various hospital installations used and the demands made of Gomez as art director and production designer, especially in the five medical locations of Los abrazos rotos, which had so many different subtextual nuances to transmit.