El cine digital de Jess Franco (1999-2012): reciclaje y posmodernidad

Alejandro Mendíbil Blanco

doi:10.24310/Fotocinema.2021.v23i.12403

Authors

Alejandro Mendíbil Blanco Universidad Camilo José Cela, España Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/Fotocinema.2021.v23i.12403

Keywords:

Jess Franco, digital film, posmodernity, post-production, narrative

Abstract

This paper deals with the last period of digital films by director Jess Franco, a figure of international relevance in the world of B-movies, in which he experiments with the fringes of film but nevertheless anticipating current issues of postmodern cinema. From Tender Flesh (1997) to his last film, shot a year before his death, Revenge of the Alligator Ladies (2012), Franco explores the possibilities of digital video recording and post-production to trace a discourse that reflects on his own body of work and literary sources while viscerally renouncing classic cinematographic conventions. The paper is dedicated to comparing the common trends in the story and discourse of this group of twenty films, with the features that characterize the modern and postmodern cinema, such as the fragmentation of stories, the recycling of tropes and icons of popular culture, intertextuality and the close relationship between creators and their audience.

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Author Biography

Alejandro Mendíbil Blanco, Universidad Camilo José Cela, España

Alex Mendíbil (1973) holds a PhD in Audiovisual Communication at UCM and works as a researcher and a screenwriter. He writes fictional and documentary formats such as Camera Café, Doctor Mateo, Óxido nitroso or Radiophobia. He is also the author of several books on cult film and television, and the blog El Franconomicón about Jess Franco. In 2013 he premiered his first play, Request for Friendship Pending, and his first film as director: Undo Infinito. He currently teaches at Camilo José Cela University and collaborates with Filmoteca Española in the programming of "Sala:B".

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