Laughing at the Dictator. Franco and Franco’s Spain in the Spanish Blockbuster „Mortadelo y Filemón“
- The Spanish motion picture “La Gran Aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón” (2003) is not a historical film, no matter what definition of ‘historical film’ one might use. Instead, “Mortadelo y Filemón” (M&F) is the cinematic adaptation of the most successful Spanish comic book series ever published2 its significance to Spanish popular culture reflected by the spectacular box office records achieved by its cinematic counterpart. Moreover, and in contrast to the things we usually understand as ‘historical film’ - as well to the conventions of cinematic realism -, M&F is a cartoon-like histrionic comedy like no other; characters get smashed to the ground by a falling piano, only to later be “inflated” back to life, much in the style of the Warner Brothers’ „Loony Toons.“
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| Author: | David ReyGND |
|---|---|
| URL: | https://www.zeithistorische-forschungen.de/3-2004/4654 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.14765/zzf.dok-2037 |
| Parent Title (German): | Zeithistorische Forschungen – Studies in Contemporary History |
| Publisher: | ZZF – Centre for Contemporary History: Zeithistorische Forschungen |
| Place of publication: | Potsdam |
| Document Type: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2004/08/20 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2004/08/20 |
| Release Date: | 2020/11/30 |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| First Page: | 453 |
| Last Page: | 461 |
| ZZF Chronological-Classification: | 2000er |
| 20. Jahrhundert | |
| 1945- | |
| 1900-1945 | |
| 21. Jahrhundert | |
| ZZF Regional-Classification: | Europa |
| Europa / Südeuropa | |
| Europa / Südeuropa / Spanien | |
| ZZF Topic-Classification: | Kultur |
| Medien | |
| Public History | |
| Visual History | |
| Film | |
| Web-Publications: | Zeithistorische Forschungen |
| Studies in Contemporary History: Articles: | 3 / 2004 Europäisierung der Zeitgeschichte? |
| Licence (German): |  ZZF - Clio Lizenz |
