El último austrohúngaro

In "The Last Austro-Hungarian, conversations with Berlanga", Manuel Hidalgo and Juan Hernández Les, two important film critics, propose a live game of questions and answers to Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010), the undisputed master of Spanish cinema, creator of a human universe of its own and unmistakable that, at the same time, is a faithful reflection of Spanish society in recent decades. From "Welcome, Mister Marshall!" and "Thursdays, miracle" to "Long live the couple!" and "La escopeta nacional", passing through "Plácido" and "El verdugo" (his masterpieces), the main films of the filmmaker are shredded, with humor and intelligence, without disdaining anecdotes and confessions that reveal the opinions of the Valencian director about his way of approaching his trade and seeing the throbbing questions of existence: love, death, loneliness, freedom, religion, the couple, sex and, the Berlanguian theme par excellence, the tension between the individual and the group . New enlarged and widely illustrated edition of a classic book in the bibliography of Spanish cinema. Its pages bring together the extensive, analytical and pleasant conversations that the authors had with Luis García Berlanga regarding their films, their life and their points of view on society. The analysis of Berlanga's work is completed with an extensive essay on the last stage of his cinema (1981-1999). A detailed chronobiography, also illustrated, and a meticulous filmography complete an essential reading and reference book for movie lovers.