Magical Reels: A History of Cinema in Latin America

Still the most comprehensive analysis of the subject to have appeared in English, Magical Reels charts the...
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Author: John King
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Magical Reels: A History of Cinema in Latin America by King, John

Magical Reels: A History of Cinema in Latin America

$54.09

Magical Reels: A History of Cinema in Latin America

$54.09
Author: John King
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Still 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.

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 1940s Mexican cinema, and the "new cinema"--oppositional cinema made "with an idea in the head and a camera in the hand"--of the late 1950s and beyond. A country-by-country account of this new wave allows detailed discussion of, for instance, Peronist cinema in Argentina, 1960s' revolutionary film-making in Cuba, state-sponsored cinema in 1970s' Brazil and Venezuela, and the struggle for democratization in Chile in the 1980s. A new chapter written for this edition examines Latin American cinema of the 1990s, raising issues such as globalization, new cinema audiences, film funding and distribution.

Author: John King
Publisher: Verso
Published: 09/17/2000
Pages: 330
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.16w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9781859842331

About the Author
John King is Professor of Latin American Cultural History at the University of Warwick.

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