Description

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

Table of 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

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/11/1986
      ISBN13: 9780292724549, 978-0292724549
      ISBN10: 0292724543

      Description

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

      Table of 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

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