Latin American cinema has seen major developments in the past half-century, and some of the most exciting work in contemporary film now originates there. This Companion traces its development from the mid 1890s, with particular attention to the early period when it was dominated by foreign film makers (or foreign models such as Hollywood), through the 1960s when as a genre it found its feet - the New Latin American Cinema movement - and beyond. Detailed analysis of the best twenty-five films of Latin America follows: cast and crew, awards, plots, themes and techniques. The 'Guide to Further Reading' includes important books, articles and Internet sites. FILMS: Que viva México Los olvidados Dos tipos de cuidado Orfeu Negro Memorias del subdesarrollo Lucía El chacal de Nahueltoro Yawar Mallku La batalla de Chile La última cena Pixote: a lei do mais fraco El Norte Camila La historia oficial Cartas del parque La tarea Yo, la peor de todas La frontera El viaje Fresa y chocolate Como agua para chocolate Central do Brasil Amores perros Y tu mamá también Cidade de Deus. STEPHEN M. HART is Professor of Hispanic Studies, University College London, and Profesor Honorario, Universidad de San Marcos, Lima.
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A welcome addition to the study of Latin American film and an essential text for both the study and teaching of undergraduate Latin American film courses. JILAS JOURNAL OF IBERIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIESHart's comments are intelligent and perceptive, and he provides solid information on each film. As a whole, the volume essentially constitutes the base for an excellent year-long introductory course on Latin American film. (...) A masterful contribution to the growing bibliography of monographs and reference works on Latin American film. MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW
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STEPHEN M. HART is Professor of Hispanic Studies, University College London, and Profesor Honorario, Universidad de San Marcos, Lima.
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By Leather Dinghy (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Companion to Latin American Film (Monografías A) (Hardcover)
This is an astonishingly bad book that I consulted while teaching a course on Latin American culture. For example, the entry for "City of God" (the movie that provides the image used on the cover of this book) has several errors in its plot synopsis and then proceeds to cite several unpublished conference papers, a few short journalistic film reviews and makes far-fetched comparisons to Garcia Marquez's prose, presumably because he, too, is Latin American. To make matters worse, the writing is clunky even when it manages to be accurate.
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