In episode two, Matthew chats with Dr Fiona Noble (Lecturer in Spanish, Stirling University) about Ocho apellidos vascos (Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, 2014), the highest-grossing Spanish film of all time. Also featuring exclusive one-on-one interviews with Martínez-Lázaro himself, as well as co-scriptwriter Borja Cobeaga.
Scholarship cited in the episode:
For the books, ask your library - university and/or public - to buy a copy! Trust us: librarians are always eager for requests!
Noble, Fiona (2017). ''Marriage itself as theater': The performative politics of marriage in Ocho apellidos vascos'
Noble, Fiona (2020). Subversive Spanish Cinema - The Politics of Performance. Bloomsbury
Hilborn, Matthew. Film Comedy and Spain. Humour, Genre, and the Nation 1970-2020. Legenda
Buse, Peter & Triana-Toribio, Nuria. 2015. 'Ocho apellidos vascos and the Comedy of Minor Differences'. Romance Quarterly