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Reel Women
In the last several decades, the number of films featuring female protagonists has increased significantly. Many of these films reflect the vast cultural and sociological changes that have taken place since the early 1960s, highlighting not only a wide spectrum of female characters depicted onscreen, but the creative work of women behind the camera as well. In Reel Women: An International Directory of Contemporary Feature Films about Women, media librarian Jane Sloan has assembled an impressive list of more than 2400 films—from nearly 100 countries—that feature female protagonists. Each entry includes a brief description of the film and cites key artistic personnel, particularly female d...
The Films of Arturo Ripstein
This book gathers eleven scholarly contributions dedicated to the work of Mexican director Arturo Ripstein. The collection, the first of its kind, constitutes a sustained critical engagement with the twenty-nine films made by this highly acclaimed yet under-studied filmmaker. The eleven essays included come from scholars whose work stands at the intersection of the fields of Latin American and Mexican Film Studies, Gender and Queer Studies, Cultural Studies, History and Literary studies. Ripstein’s films, often scripted by his long-time collaborator, Paz Alicia Garciadiego, represent an unprecedented achievement in Mexican and Latin American film. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Ripstein has successfully maintained a prolific output unmatched by any director in the region. Though several book-length studies have been published in Spanish, French, German, and Greek, to date no analogue exists in English. This volume provides a much-needed contribution to the field.
Women Screenwriters
Women Screenwriters is a study of more than 300 female writers from 60 nations, from the first film scenarios produced in 1986 to the present day. Divided into six sections by continent, the entries give an overview of the history of women screenwriters in each country, as well as individual biographies of its most influential.
Cinemachismo
After the modern Mexican state came into being following the Revolution of 1910, hyper-masculine machismo came to be a defining characteristic of "mexicanidad," or Mexican national identity. Virile men (pelados and charros), virtuous prostitutes as mother figures, and minstrel-like gay men were held out as desired and/or abject models not only in governmental rhetoric and propaganda, but also in literature and popular culture, particularly in the cinema. Indeed, cinema provided an especially effective staging ground for the construction of a gendered and sexualized national identity. In this book, Sergio de la Mora offers the first extended analysis of how Mexican cinema has represented masc...
X Films
Filmmaker Alex Cox's thoughtful autobiography examines his craft and influences, as well as providing his insights into many of his favorite films. Sometimes called a radical, Cox is a quintessential auteur, as well as an internationally focused, insightful critic and writer whose passion for film has gripped him since childhood. In addition to being a captivating look into Cox's process, this book also encourages and instructs would-be independent filmmakers, guiding the next generation of film pioneers through the arduous journey of creation. Cox weaves his own "confessions" with his notes to the new guard, including thoughts on new forms of digital distribution and his radical views on intellectual property — the result is a readable, startling treatise on both the film innovations of today and the thrilling potential of future filmmaking.
Gabriel García Márquez y el cine ¿Una buena amistad?
Tomando como idea esencial en la obra garciamarquiana las nociones del realismo mágico y del movimiento cinematográfico “neorrealismo italiano”, que circunscribe los años anteriores y posteriores al fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), el texto Gabriel García Márquez y el cine ¿Una buena amistad? intenta orientar y facilitar al lector más desprevenido hacia una diferenciación elemental y esencial entre los conceptos de filme-crónica y el filme-cuento en los guiones —o ideas— de Gabriel García Márquez. El libro compila además algunas consideraciones y criterios respecto a las novelas de García Márquez, adaptadas al celuloide, guiones de cine y televisión a lo largo de su vida como cineasta.
Visiones de América
Visiones de América incluye un conjunto de textos que van tienen en común el interés por la comunicación, la inquietud por la interculturalidad y la preocupación por la situación de las mujeres. Se trata de una docena de aportaciones que abarcan, desde las curiosas visiones del canibalismo de las primeras crónicas de Indias o las imágenes del Tío Sam, a problemas tan candentes como los femicidios en Ciudad Juárez, pasando por un buen abanico de acercamientos al cine, las televisión y la prensa latinoamericanos, incluyendo también trabajos sobre imagen e identidades nacionales. Los trabajos tocan todas las regiones, desde Estados Unidos hasta la Patagonia recorriendo Bolivia, Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, México Estos escritos demuestran la creciente atención que presta la universidad española a América, superando tópicos y evidenciando un buen conocimiento, fruto de renovadas investigaciones y de un número cada día mayor de viajes, intercambios y proyectos conjuntos. Dan cuenta de un acercamiento cada vez más profundo a una región hermana, buscando conocerla por encima de tópicos y de intermediarios.
Dolor en la pantalla. 50 melodramas esenciales
Pese a proporcionar a la historia del cine no pocas obras sobresalientes, el melodrama sigue siendo un género considerado menor por especialistas y público cinéfilo. A ello han contribuido varios factores: sus orígenes literarios degradados; su antigua condición de «cine para mujeres»; su multiplicidad de variantes, enfoques y perspectivas; la habitual contaminación con otros géneros... Todo ello ha hecho del melodrama un modelo narrativo difuso, escurridizo y lleno de sombras. Sin embargo, lo melodramático es crucial para entender la evolución de la cultura del siglo XX y la vida cotidiana del ser humano contemporáneo: emocionante iconografía, hiperbólica dramaturgia, densas estructuras narrativas y sugerente puesta en forma. El melodrama se ha convertido en el vehículo más apropiado para que el cine hable de dolor, infelicidad, sacrificio y melancolía. De ahí que estudiar los mejores melodramas de la historia sirva como apasionante ejercicio de análisis de la propia naturaleza del cine y de la complejidad del alma humana.
Magical Reels
On Latin American cinema.
