Hence the apt title of the book. By its scope this book offers the most complete analysis of the subject published in English, filling an enduring gap. John King divides his study according to chronological and geographical criteria. The three introductory chapters consider the historical development of the film industry and aesthetic trends from the beginning up to the s and s, mainly in its oldest markets, Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil. The rest of the book is dedicated to specific analysis of individual countries or related groups of nations, up to the beginning of the s.
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Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms. John King sets up a historical framework to unfold the overlapping histories of cinema in the continent: the itinerant film-makers of the silent era who projected their films in cafes and village halls, the inventive use of vernacular music and local comedy in early sound pictures, the "golden age" of s Mexican cinema, and the "new cinema"—oppositional cinema made "with an idea in the head and a camera in the hand"—of the late s and beyond.
A country-by-country account of this new wave allows detailed discussion of, for instance, Peronist cinema in Argentina, s' revolutionary film-making in Cuba, state-sponsored cinema in s' Brazil and Venezuela, and the struggle for democratization in Chile in the s. No current Talk conversations about this book. No reviews. You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data. Latin America. References to this work on external resources.
The most comprehensive analysis of the subject to have appeared in English, Magical Reels charts the development of Latin American film industries in a world increasingly dominated by the advanced technology and massive distribution budgets of the North American mainstream. No library descriptions found. Book description.
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