Experimental Latin American cinema
Tompkins, Cynthia, 1958-
Experimental Latin American cinema history and aesthetics / [electronic resource] : by Cynthia Tompkins. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013. - x, 294 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: mise-en-scene, a seemingly international staging -- A neonoir skew to the action-image. A shimmering suture: Fabi�an 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 Sor�in's El camino de San Diego -- Orphans' solidarity: Mar�ia Victoria Menis's El cielito -- Drama. Sculpting time: In�es de Oliveira C�ezar's Como pasan las horas -- The past engulfs the present: Josue Mendez's D�ias de Santiago -- Experimental auteurism. Whether or not to end one's life: Carlos Reygadas's Jap�on -- 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: In�es de Oliveira C�ezar's Extranjera -- The irrevocable nature of curses: In�es de Oliveira C�ezar's El recuento de Los Da�nos -- Splintered mirrors, echoes, and reverberations: Fernando P�erez Vald�es's Madrigal -- Experimental pseudo-documentary. Room with a view: Fernando P�erez Vald�es's Suite Habana -- Life is and is not: Paz Encina's Hamaca Paraguaya -- Conclusion: possible futures.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Experimental films--History and criticism.--Latin America
Electronic books.
PN1993.5.L3 / T75 2013eb
791.43098
Experimental Latin American cinema history and aesthetics / [electronic resource] : by Cynthia Tompkins. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013. - x, 294 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: mise-en-scene, a seemingly international staging -- A neonoir skew to the action-image. A shimmering suture: Fabi�an 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 Sor�in's El camino de San Diego -- Orphans' solidarity: Mar�ia Victoria Menis's El cielito -- Drama. Sculpting time: In�es de Oliveira C�ezar's Como pasan las horas -- The past engulfs the present: Josue Mendez's D�ias de Santiago -- Experimental auteurism. Whether or not to end one's life: Carlos Reygadas's Jap�on -- 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: In�es de Oliveira C�ezar's Extranjera -- The irrevocable nature of curses: In�es de Oliveira C�ezar's El recuento de Los Da�nos -- Splintered mirrors, echoes, and reverberations: Fernando P�erez Vald�es's Madrigal -- Experimental pseudo-documentary. Room with a view: Fernando P�erez Vald�es's Suite Habana -- Life is and is not: Paz Encina's Hamaca Paraguaya -- Conclusion: possible futures.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Experimental films--History and criticism.--Latin America
Electronic books.
PN1993.5.L3 / T75 2013eb
791.43098