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x, 294 p. : ill. 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. by Cynthia Tompkins. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. cl----- Experimental films Latin America History and criticism PN1993.5.L3 T75 2013eb 791.43098 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10656988 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10656988 CaPaEBR 120702 ebr10656988