Copla, Ideología y Poder .

“Each war entails the destruction of the human soul” (Henry Miller). Humanity should not lose its memory, even if some may try to conceal it. From the hindsight afforded by the passing of 75 years from the events narrated, with freedom of thought and a totally independent standpoint, Pacific Media have undertaken an arduous research which has resulted in the series: “The Finest Hours of WWII". From the atrocious moment in which Hitler ordered the invasion of Polish territory to the day in which Emperor Hirohito “had to accept the unacceptable”, all is encompassed in this book over...

El 23 de mayo de 1808 la población de Valencia se alza contra la ocupación del ejército de Napoleón. Se inicia entonces un período de enfrentamiento bélico contra un poder extranjero e invasor. Sin embargo, ésta no es una guerra al uso, convencional. En el trasfondo de esta rebelión se vislumbra el ahínco de todo un pueblo por desprenderse de sus propias lacras, la lucha contra todo aquello que impedía la construcción de una nación avanzada. Las ansias de cambio que se habían ido gestando durante el siglo anterior irrumpen a principios del siglo XIX con los visos de una...

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In the midst of National-Catholic outrage and censorship, Billy Wilder’s films helped open up the repertoire for moviegoers during Francoism. Vandaele’s Estados de Gracia contends that this explains why Wilder is still considered a cinematic god in Spain. En medio de la indignación y la censura nacional-católica, Billy Wilder contribuyó a renovar el cine para el público del franquismo. En Estados de Gracia, Vandaele sugiere que ello explica por qué Billy Wilder sigue siendo un dios del cine en España.