La fabulación de la pantalla. Los escritos cinematográficos de Francisco Aranda (editor, with an introduction by Basilio Martín Patino). Madrid: Filmoteca Española, 2009

Francisco Aranda (1925-1989) has been considered the most important and subversive  film critic of Spain. This book compiles his more relevant texts, previously unpublished or published in different international magazines -such as 'Cahiers du Cinéma', 'Sight & Sound', 'Kosmorama' and 'Films and Filming'. Together with several articles on film theory, this volume includes texts on subjects as diverse as Charles Chaplin, Walter Ruttmann, Orson Welles, film and ballet, Polish avant-garde cinema and film archives. An important part of the books is dedicated to Aranda's interviews with filmmakers, such as C. Th. Dreyer, Joris Ivens, Norman McLaren and Manoel de Oliveira. Aranda is mostly known for being the biographer of Luis Buñuel and first editor of Buñuel's poetry: 'La fabulacion de la pantalla' includes several articles and an interview with the Spanish master director. Also of interest are the texts about the Nuevo Cine Español (the New Spanish Cinema) of Carlos Saura, Miguel Picazo and Basilio Martín Patino -who contributes an emotive introduction to the book.