Splendors Of Latin Cinema

Author : R. Hernandez-Rodriguez
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216148005

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Splendors of Latin Cinema by R. Hernandez-Rodriguez Pdf

This insightful account analyzes and provides context for the films and careers of directors who have made Latin American film an important force in Hollywood and in world cinema. In this insightful account, R. Hernandez-Rodriguez analyzes some of the most important, fascinating, and popular films to come out of Latin America in the last three decades, connecting them to a long tradition of filmmaking that goes back to the beginning of the 20th century. Directors Alejandro Inarritu, Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuaron, and Lucretia Martel and director/screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga have given cause for critics and public alike to praise a new golden age of Latin American cinema. Splendors of Latin Cinema probes deeply into their films, but also looks back at the two most important previous moments of this cinema: the experimental films of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as the stage-setting movies from the 1940s and 1950s. It discusses films, directors, and stars from Spain (as a continuing influence), Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile that have contributed to one of the most interesting aspects of world cinema.

Author : R. Hernandez-Rodriguez
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313349782

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Splendors of Latin Cinema by R. Hernandez-Rodriguez Pdf

This insightful account analyzes and provides context for the films and careers of directors who have made Latin American film an important force in Hollywood and in world cinema. In this insightful account, R. Hernandez-Rodriguez analyzes some of the most important, fascinating, and popular films to come out of Latin America in the last three decades, connecting them to a long tradition of filmmaking that goes back to the beginning of the 20th century. Directors Alejandro Inarritu, Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuaron, and Lucretia Martel and director/screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga have given cause for critics and public alike to praise a new golden age of Latin American cinema. Splendors of Latin Cinema probes deeply into their films, but also looks back at the two most important previous moments of this cinema: the experimental films of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as the stage-setting movies from the 1940s and 1950s. It discusses films, directors, and stars from Spain (as a continuing influence), Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile that have contributed to one of the most interesting aspects of world cinema.

Author : Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodríguez
Publisher : Springer
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783319972503

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The Migration and Politics of Monsters in Latin American Cinema by Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodríguez Pdf

The Migration and Politics of Monsters in Latin America proposes a cinematic cartography of contemporary Latin American horror films that take up the idea of the American continent as a space of radical otherness, or monstrosity, and use it for political purposes. The book explores how Latin American film directors migrate foreign horror tropes to create cinematographic horror hybrids that reclaim and transform monstrosity as a form of historical rewriting. By emphasizing the specificities of the Latin American experience, this book contributes to broad scholarship on horror cinema, at the same time connecting the horror tradition with contemporary discussions on violence, migration, fear of immigrants, and the rewriting of colonial discourses.

Author : William V. Costanzo
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781118712924

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World Cinema through Global Genres by William V. Costanzo Pdf

World Cinema through Global Genres introduces the complex forces of global filmmaking using the popular concept of film genre. The cluster-based organization allows students to acquire a clear understanding of core issues that apply to all films around the world. Innovative pedagogical approach that uses genres to teach the more unfamiliar subject of world cinema A cluster-based organization provides a solid framework for students to acquire a sharper understanding of core issues that apply to all films around the world A “deep focus” section in each chapter gives students information and insights about important regions of filmmaking (India, China, Japan, and Latin America) that tend to be underrepresented in world cinema classes Case studies allow students to focus on important and accessible individual films that exemplify significant traditions and trends A strong foundation chapter reviews key concepts and vocabulary for understanding film as an art form, a technology, a business, an index of culture, a social barometer, and a political force. The engaging style and organization of the book make it a compelling text for both world cinema and film genre courses

Author : Susan Hayward
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780415538138

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Cinema Studies by Susan Hayward Pdf

Film studies is a course that is often articulated in highly technical or complex critical vocabulary. This is an A-Z of the key critical terms, designed to make film texts and analysis more accessible to the student.

Author : Richard K. Curry
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476627236

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The First Few Minutes of Spanish Language Films by Richard K. Curry Pdf

The first few minutes of a film orient the viewer, offering cues for a richer, more nuanced reading. With this premise, the author provides many insights into the history of Spanish language film, encouraging an enhanced understanding of the Spanish/Hispanic canon commonly taught in courses on film. The author explores El espíritu de la colmena (1973), La historia oficial (1985), Fresa y chocolate (1994), El crimen del padre Amaro (2002), Abre los ojos (1997), Te doy mis ojos (2003) and Carlos Saura’s flamenco trilogy—Bodas de sangre (1981), Carmen (1983) and El amor bruno (1986), among others.

Author : Frederick Luis Aldama
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472051939

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Mex-Ciné by Frederick Luis Aldama Pdf

A multidisciplinary investigation of contemporary Mexican cinema

Author : Maria Herrera-Sobek
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1438 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313343407

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Celebrating Latino Folklore [3 volumes] by Maria Herrera-Sobek Pdf

Latino folklore comprises a kaleidoscope of cultural traditions. This compelling three-volume work showcases its richness, complexity, and beauty. Latino folklore is a fun and fascinating subject to many Americans, regardless of ethnicity. Interest in—and celebration of—Latin traditions such as Día de los Muertos in the United States is becoming more common outside of Latino populations. Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions provides a broad and comprehensive collection of descriptive information regarding all the genres of Latino folklore in the United States, covering the traditions of Americans who trace their ancestry to Mexico, Spain, or Latin America. The encyclopedia surveys all manner of topics and subject matter related to Latino folklore, covering the oral traditions and cultural heritage of Latin Americans from riddles and dance to food and clothing. It covers the folklore of 21 Latin American countries as these traditions have been transmitted to the United States, documenting how cultures interweave to enrich each other and create a unique tapestry within the melting pot of the United States.

Author : Inela Selimović
Publisher : Springer
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137496423

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Affective Moments in the Films of Martel, Carri, and Puenzo by Inela Selimović Pdf

This book studies the intimate tensions between affect and emotions as terrains of sociopolitical significance in the cinema of Lucrecia Martel, Albertina Carri, and Lucía Puenzo. Such tensions, Selimović argues, result in “affective moments” that relate to the films’ core arguments. They also signal these filmmakers’ novel insights on complex manifestations of memory, desire, and violence. The chapters explore how the presence of pronounced—but reticent—affect complicates emotional bonding in the everydayness depicted in these films. By bringing out moments of affect in these filmmakers’ diegetic worlds, this book traces the ways in which subtle foci on gender, class, race, and sexuality correlate in these Argentine women’s films.

Author : María Elena de las Carreras,Jan-Christopher Horak
Publisher : FIAF
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9782960029680

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Hollywood Goes Latin by María Elena de las Carreras,Jan-Christopher Horak Pdf

In the 1920s, Los Angeles enjoyed a buoyant homegrown Spanish-language culture comprised of local and itinerant stock companies that produced zarzuelas, stage plays, and variety acts. After the introduction of sound films, Spanish-language cinema thrived in the city’s downtown theatres, screening throughout the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s in venues such as the Teatro Eléctrico, the California, the Roosevelt, the Mason, the Azteca, the Million Dollar, and the Mayan Theater, among others. With the emergence and growth of Mexican and Argentine sound cinema in the early to mid-1930s, downtown Los Angeles quickly became the undisputed capital of Latin American cinema culture in the United States. Meanwhile, the advent of talkies resulted in the Hollywood studios hiring local and international talent from Latin America and Spain for the production of films in Spanish. Parallel with these productions, a series of Spanish-language films were financed by independent producers. As a result, Los Angeles can be viewed as the most important hub in the United States for the production, distribution, and exhibition of films made in Spanish for Latin American audiences. In April 2017, the International Federation of Film Archives organized a symposium, "Hollywood Goes Latin: Spanish-Language Cinema in Los Angeles," which brought together scholars and film archivists from all of Latin America, Spain, and the United States to discuss the many issues surrounding the creation of Hollywood’s "Cine Hispano." The papers presented in this two-day symposium are collected and revised here. This is a joint publication of FIAF and UCLA Film & Television Archive.

Author : Alessandra Santos
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780231851084

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The Holy Mountain by Alessandra Santos Pdf

Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo helped inaugurate the midnight movie phenomenon. Its success spawned The Holy Mountain, through interventions by John Lennon and Allen Klein. After a scandalous release and a 16-month midnight career, The Holy Mountain was relegated to the underground world of fan bootlegs for over thirty years until its limited restored release in 2007. This short study reveals how The Holy Mountain, a poetic, hilarious, and anarchist cult film by an international auteur, anchored in post-1968 critiques, is – at the same time – an archaeological capsule of the counterculture movement, a timely subversion of mystical tenets, and one of the most mysterious films in the history of world cinema.

Author : E. Bradford Burns
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Latin America
ISBN : OCLC:164005798

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Latin American cinema by E. Bradford Burns Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols,Timothy R. Robbins Ph.D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216130291

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Pop Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean by Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols,Timothy R. Robbins Ph.D. Pdf

This insightful book introduces the most important trends, people, events, and products of popular culture in Latin America and the Caribbean. In recent times, Latin American influences have permeated American culture through music, movies, television, and literature. This sweeping volume serves as a ready-reference guide to pop culture in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, focusing on Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Costa Rica, among other areas. The work encourages hands-on engagement with the popular culture in these places, making such suggestions as Brazilian films to rent or where to find Venezuelan music on the Internet. To start, the book covers various perspectives and issues of these regions, including the influence of the United States, how the idea of machismo reflects on the portrayal of women in these societies, and the representation of Latino-Caribo cultures in film and other mediums. Entries cover key trends, people, events, and products from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. Each section gives detailed information and profound insights into some of the more academic—and often controversial—debates on the subject, while the inclusion of the Internet, social media, and video games make the book timely and relevant.

Author : Keith John Richards
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786435380

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Themes in Latin American Cinema by Keith John Richards Pdf

Analyzing 19 contemporary films from across Latin America, this book identifies and explores seven crucial themes in Latin American film: the indigenous image, sexuality, childhood, female protagonists, crime and corruption, fratricidal wars, and writers as characters. Designed as a guide for teachers of Hispanic culture or Latin American film and literature, the book provides a sweeping look at the logistical circumstances of filmmaking in the region along with the criteria involved in interpreting a Latin American film. It also includes interviews with and brief biographies of influential filmmakers, along with film synopses, production details and credits, transcripts of selected scenes, and suggestions for further discussion and analysis.

Author : Donald F. Stevens
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1998-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780585348261

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Based on a True Story by Donald F. Stevens Pdf

Combining history with discussions of dramatic cinema, Based on a True Story: Latin American History at the Movies examines how film has portrayed Latin America from the late fifteenth century to the present. The book opens with an introduction on the visual presentation of the past in the movies, while the rest of the book consists of essays that explore the best feature films on Latin America from the professional historian's perspective.