| Description |
1 online resource (x, 294 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction : Mise-en-scene, a seemingly international staging -- A neonoir skew to the action-image. A shimmering suture : Fabián Bielinsky's epileptic El aura ; Slippery criminal pleasures : intermediality and voyeurism in Jorge Furtado's O homem que copiava ; Endless quest : chasing sex, lies, and money at the gates of hell in Heitor Dhalia's O cheiro do ralo -- Road movies. The paradoxical effect of the documentary : Walter Salles's Central do Brasil ; Twin piques : the double discourse of Carlos Sorín's El camino de San Diego ; Orphans' solidarity : María Victoria Menis's El cielito -- Drama. Sculpting time : Inês de Oliveira Cézar's Como pasan las horas ; The past engulfs the present : Josue Mendez's Días de Santiago -- Experimental auteurism. Whether or not to end one's life : Carlos Reygadas's Japón ; Crime and self-inflicted punishment : Carlos Reygadas's Batalla en El cielo -- Experimental auteurism and intertextuality. The miracle of female bonding in patriarchal society : Carlos Reygadas's Stellet licht ; Cyclical scapegoating : Inês de Oliveira Cézar's Extranjera ; The irrevocable nature of curses : Inês de Oliveira Cézar's El recuento de Los daños ; Splintered mirrors, echoes, and reverberations : Fernando Pérez Valdés's Madrigal -- Experimental pseudo-documentary. Room with a view : Fernando Pérez Valdés's Suite Habana ; Life is and is not : Paz Encina's Hamaca Paraguaya -- Conclusion : possible futures |
| Summary |
This exploration of experimental Latin American film applies Deleuzian theories of cinema in a comparative approach to examine multiple genres and works from the most important national cinematic traditions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Experimental films -- Latin America -- History and criticism
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ART -- Film & Video.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Experimental films
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Latin America
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780292744165 |
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0292744161 |
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