Miguel Picazo, un cineasta extramuros
Miguel Picazo started his film career in 1964: "La Tia Tula" turned him into one of the most distinguished directors in the New Spanish Cinema trend. This documentary approaches his work and personali…
Miguel Picazo, un cineasta extramuros
Miguel Picazo started his film career in 1964: "La Tia Tula" turned him into one of the most distinguished directors in the New Spanish Cinema trend. This documentary approaches his work and personality through his own words. Having only directed a bunch of films, among which "El hombre que supo a mar" or "Extramuros", at his age of 87 Picazo still waits for a new chance to keep on directing films Miguel Picazo's first film Aunt Tula (1964) started the "Nuevo Cine Español", new Spanish cinema movement of the 1960s and placed him amongst the masters of Spanish film industry. Despite his success in public and critic, Picazo had to struggle for his next films and his career suffered the challenges of Spanish society and shifting from dictatorship to democracy, with a weak film industry that hardly took advantage of his talent. Still, with a filmography including only 5 features, Picazo is considered a master of Spanish cinema, having taught and appeared in cameos in some other masterpieces. At 88, retired in his hometown of Cazorla, Miguel expects his last chance to direct a film.
Miguel Picazo, un cineasta extramuros
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Miguel Picazo started his film career in 1964: "La Tia Tula" turned him into one of the most distinguished directors in the New Spanish Cinema trend. This documentary approaches his work and personality through his own words. Having only directed a bunch of films, among which "El hombre que supo a mar" or "Extramuros", at his age of 87 Picazo still waits for a new chance to keep on directing films Miguel Picazo's first film Aunt Tula (1964) started the "Nuevo Cine Español", new Spanish cinema movement of the 1960s and placed him amongst the masters of Spanish film industry.
Despite his success in public and critic, Picazo had to struggle for his next films and his career suffered the challenges of Spanish society and shifting from dictatorship to democracy, with a weak film industry that hardly took advantage of his talent. Still, with a filmography including only 5 features, Picazo is considered a master of Spanish cinema, having taught and appeared in cameos in some other masterpieces. At 88, retired in his hometown of Cazorla, Miguel expects his last chance to direct a film..