Cuban cinema after the Cold War : a critical analysis of selected films / Enrique García.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

García, Enrique, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Cuba--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

v, 222 p. ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015.

Summary:

"The economic and cultural changes Cuba experienced following the collapse of the Soviet Union compelled Cuban filmmakers to rethink the revolutionary values and esthetics developed after the 1959 revolution. This exploration of transformations in the Cuban film industry offers a detailed analysis of key post-Cold War Cuban films"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Legacy of Cuba's "Imperfect Cinema"; 1. Daniel Díaz Torres' Alicia en el pueblo de Maravillas and the Controversial Use of Surrealist Techniques and Intertextual Subjects; 2. Political Melodrama in the New Nationalist Vision of Tomás Gutíerrez Alea's Strawberry and Chocolate and Humberto Solás' Honey for Oshún; 3. Entertainment and the Proletarian Avant- Garde in the Films of Juan Carlos Tabío and Fernando Pérez; 4. Paradise Under the Stars and Habana Blues: The Revival of Cuban Musical Coproductions.

5. Ideology, Realism and Fantasy in Juan Padrón's Animated Franchises Elpidio Valdés and Vampires in Havana Before and After the Special Period6. Juan of the Dead and the Ideological Evolution of the Caribbean Zombie; Conclusion; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-209) and index.

Includes filmography.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

ISBN:

9780786499106 (pbk.) :

0786499109 (pbk.)

0786499109

1476620601