Don Siegel

Although, at first, Don Siegel may be integrated into the Violence Generation, the truth is that the filmmaker would maintain a clear independence and considerable distance from the ups and downs of the American film industry. Siegel, in fact, is one of the few directors who managed to maintain a solid authorial seal by producing his own films, although with his gaze always placed on the demands of the public, especially based on his collaborations with Clint Eastwood. In this way, masterpieces such as "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", "The Seducer", "Dirty Harry" or "The Great Swindle" integrate thematic elements that go far beyond their generic anchors, such as the destruction of identity, reflection on violence or the construction of an antihero always facing institutions. This monograph, the most complete written in Spanish about Don Siegel, thoroughly analyzes all of his work, both his films and short films and his television works.