TY - BOOK AU - Tompkins,Cynthia ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Experimental Latin American cinema: history and aesthetics AV - PN1993.5.L3 T75 2013eb U1 - 791.43098 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Austin PB - University of Texas Press KW - Experimental films KW - Latin America KW - History and criticism KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10656988 ER -