Cinema and social change in Latin America : conversations with filmmakers / edited by Julianne Burton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burton, Julianne, editor.

Series:

LLILAS Special Publications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Social aspects--Latin America.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Political aspects--Latin America.

Motion picture producers and directors--Latin America--Interviews.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, [1986]

Summary:

Twenty interviews with key figures of Latin American cinema, covering three decades and ranging from Argentina to Mexico.

Contents:

Intro

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. The Documentary Impulse: The Drama of Reality

1. Fernando Birri (Argentina), The Roots of Documentary Realism

2. Mario Handler (Uruguay), Starting from Scratch: Artisanship and Agitprop

3. Jorge Silva and Marta Rodríguez (Colombia), Cine-Sociology and Social Change

4. Jorge Sanjinés (Bolivia), Revolutionary Cinema: The Bolivian Experience

5. Patricio Guzmán (Chile), Politics and the Documentary in People's Chile

6. Emilio Rodríguez Vázquez and Carlos Vicente Ibarra (Puerto Rico and Nicaragua), Filmmaking in Nicaragua: From Insurrection to INCINE

7. Helena Solberg-Ladd (Brazil and United States), The View from the United States

Part II. Fictional Filmmaking: The Reality of Drama

8. Glauber Rocha (Brazil), Cinema Novo and the Dialectics of Popular Culture

9. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Cuba), Beyond the Reflection of Reality

10. Nelson Pereira dos Santos (Brazil), Toward a Popular Cinema

11. Humberto Solás (Cuba), Every Point of Arrival Is a Point of Departure

12. Antonio Eguino (Bolivia), Neorealism in Bolivia

13. Carlos Diegues (Brazil), The Mind of Cinema Novo

14. Raúl Ruiz (Chile and France), Between Institutions

15. Marcela Fernández Violante (Mexico), Inside the Mexican Film Industry: A Woman's Perspective

Part III. Behind the Scenes

16. Nelson Villagra (Chile), The Actor at Home and in Exile

17. Walter Achugar (Uruguay and Latin America at Large), Using Movies to Make Movies

18. Enrique Colina (Cuba), The Film Critic on Prime Time

19. Julio García Espinosa (Cuba), Theory and Practice of Film and Popular Culture in Cuba

20. Alfonso Gumucio Dagrón (Bolivia and Latin America at Large), A Product of Circumstances: Reflections of a Media Activist

For Further Reading.

Appendix: Films and Writings by Latin American Directors

Index of Films

General Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780292757974

0292757972

OCLC:

1393305972