Contemporary cinema of Latin America : ten key films / Deborah Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Deborah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Latin America.

Motion pictures.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

ix, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2003.

Summary:

This book focuses on a selection of internationally known Latin American films. The chapters are organized around national categories, grounding the readings not only in the context of social and political conditions, but also in those of each national film industry. It is a very useful text for students of the region's cultural output, as well as for students of film studies who wish to learn more about the innovative and often controversial films discussed.

Contents:

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea's changing images of the revolution: from Memories of underdevelopment to Strawberry and chocolate

Seducing the public: images of Mexico in Like water for chocolate and Amores perros

Searching the past for the future: Justiniano's Amnesia and Larraín's The frontier

Representing inequalities: The voyage by Fernando Solanas and I the worst of all by María Luisa Bemberg

National identity and the family in Pixote by Hector Babenco and Central station by Walter Salles.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200), filmography (pages 187-189), and indexes.

ISBN:

0826414842

0826414850

OCLC:

51266226