| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
x, 294 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: mise-en-scene, a seemingly international staging -- A neonoir skew to the action-image. A shimmering suture: Fabian 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 Sorin's El camino de San Diego -- Orphans' solidarity: Maria Victoria Menis's El cielito -- Drama. Sculpting time: Ines de Oliveira Cezar's Como pasan las horas -- The past engulfs the present: Josue Mendez's Dias de Santiago -- Experimental auteurism. Whether or not to end one's life: Carlos Reygadas's Japon -- 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 (2008) -- Cyclical scapegoating: Ines de Oliveira Cezar's Extranjera -- The irrevocable nature of curses: Ines de Oliveira Cezar's El recuento de Los Danos -- Splintered mirrors, echoes, and reverberations: Fernando Perez Valdes's Madrigal -- Experimental pseudo-documentary. Room with a view: Fernando Perez Valdes's Suite Habana -- Life is and is not: Paz Encina's Hamaca Paraguaya -- Conclusion: possible futures. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Experimental films -- Latin America -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780292744158 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780292744165 (electronic bk.) |
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