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Besas, Peter was born on June 5, 1933 in Berlin.
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Behind the Spanish Lens: Spanish Cinema Under Fascism and Democracy
(Since the death of Generalisimo Francisco Franco, Spanish...)
Since the death of Generalisimo Francisco Franco, Spanish culture has undergone significant change. And in Spain, as everywhere, social changes are portrayed most dramatically in the movies. Peter Besas's Behind the Spanish Lens : Spanish Cinema under Fascism and Democracy traces the work of those culturally powerful filmmakers who struggled through the years of Fascist rule and found new voices and a worldwide audience under the Socialist government that followed Franco's death. Through his personal access to those filmmakers, Peter Besas has been able to recreate the political context and the cultural roots of this distinctive national cinema. Interviews with more than twenty of Spain's most renowned directors include stories of hidden film reels and surreptitious research, of lost scenes and banned movies, of vague and constantly changing government guidelines, of personal attacks and the assassination of the Minister of Culture twenty-three months before the death of the Generalisimo. Behind the Spanish Lens is the first book-length treatment of Spanish film in English and is the only volume to treat the history of the art, from the first Spanish screening to the filmmaking trends that are evident today. The book includes over fifty stills from the most significant of those films, plot descriptions, and filmographies. And equally important, Peter Besas has deftly traced the varied relationship between the developing art and the political realities of a volatile nation.
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Inside "Variety" The Story of the Bible of Show Business (1905-1987) Unauthorized
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Peter Besas
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Editor Guidepost Magazine, Madrid, 1966-1968. Area editor Fodor's Guide to Spain, 1966-1976, Frommer's Guide to Spain, 1973-1976. Bureau chief, director Latin American operations Variety, New York, Los Angeles, Madrid, 1975-1999.
Bureau chief Moving Pictures, Madrid, since 1999.
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Behind the Spanish Lens: Spanish Cinema Under Fascism and Democracy
(Since the death of Generalisimo Francisco Franco, Spanish...)
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Inside "Variety" The Story of the Bible of Show Business (1905-1987) Unauthorized
(Madrid published Cinema)
- Written Road To Spain
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Behind the Spanish Lens: Spanish Cinema Under Fascism and Democracy
