Subversión de la ética periodística y mediática en el cine español: sensacionalismo y TV Trash en la filmografía de Álex de la Iglesia (1993-2022)

Abstract

Alex de la Iglesia is one of the Spanish filmmakers whose filmography has most forcefully portrayed the media universe, with a particular taste for constructing a portrait of the profession of journalism, portraying a total absence of professional ethics. This study analyses the ethical dimension of journalists and the media in Alex de la Iglesia's films, looking particularly at the way in which the director and screenwriter approaches the media from its most grotesque, essentially televisual, aspect, which he represents emphasizing its sleaziness and sensationalism. Through the study of his fiction filmography, made between 1993 and 2022, a definition is sought of Álex de la Iglesia's idea of journalists and communicators, as well as the characteristics and ethical principles of the media characters created by this paradigmatic director of Spanish cinema.