(P/B) ALMODOVAR ON ALMODOVAR

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At last in paperback, and fully updated, one of the world's most famous, fabulous, and utterly distinctive film directors tells us all about himself.
Pedro Almodovar emerged from Madrid's La Movida subculture of the 1970s, and a series of low-budget movies - Pepi, Luci, Bom , Dark Habits , What Have I Done to Deserve This? - established his flirty, funny, impious voice. Matador cocked a snook at Spanish machismo. Law of Desire expressed an unabashed homoeroticism. And Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was Almodovar's breakthrough smash, earning him comparison to the great 'women's directors' of the 1940s. Almodovar remained the enfant terrible, outrageous and provocative, through pictures such as Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! and Kika. But in recent years his work has moved in new directions and mined deeper emotional content, from All About my Mother and Talk To Her to Bad Education.
Almodovar on Almodovar is the definitive guide to the man and his movies. Speaking freely, frankly and with infectious humour to interviewer Frederic Strauss, Almodovar offers innumerable views and insights into his life, his creative process, his films, and his oft-torrid relationships with actors, including his early muses Carmen Maura and the dashing Antonio Banderas. For fans and admirers alike, Almodovar on Almodovar offers a textbook lesson on the importance of being Pedro. (From the publisher)