Research Catalog

Title

Mexican screen fiction : between cinema and television / Paul Julian Smith.

Author

Smith, Paul Julian.

Publication

Cambridge, UK : Polity, 2014.

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Details

Description

ix, 281 p. : ill.; 23 cm

Summary

"Mexican cinema is booming today, a decade after the international successes of Amores perros and Y tu mamá también. Mexican films now display a wider range than any comparable country, from art films to popular genre movies, and boasting internationally renowned directors like Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Guillermo del Toro. At the same time, television has broadened its output, moving beyond telenovelas to produce higher-value series and mini-series. Mexican TV now stakes a claim to being the most dynamic and pervasive national narrative. This new book by Paul Julian Smith is the first to examine the flourishing of audiovisual fiction in Mexico since 2000, considering cinema and TV together. It covers much material previously unexplored and engages with emerging themes, including violence, youth culture, and film festivals. The book includes reviews of ten films released between 2001 and 2012 by directors who are both established (Maryse Sistach, Carlos Reygadas) and new (Jorge Michel Grau, Michael Rowe, Paula Markovitch). There is also an appendix that includes interviews carried out by the author in 2012 with five audiovisual professionals: a feature director, a festival director, an exhibitor, a producer, and a TV screenwriter." -- Publisher's description.

Subjects

• Motion pictures > Mexico > History
• Television programs > Mexico > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-265) and index.

Contents

Jump Cut 1: Y tu mamá también -- Part I Setting Scenes. Revising Mexican Cinema -- Following Festivals -- Jump Cut 2: Violet Perfume, Frida -- Part II Auteurs and Genres. A Case Study in Transnational Gay Auteurism: Julián Hernández's A Thousand Clouds of Peace Encircle the Sky, Love, Your Being Love Will Never End -- A Case Study in Genre and Nationality: Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth -- Jump Cut 3: 21 Grams, Battle in Heaven -- Part III Marginal Subjects. Youth Culture in Mexico: Rebel, I'm Gonna Explode -- Lady Killers in TV Fiction: Women Murderers; The Aparicio Women -- Jump Cut 4: We Are What We Are, Leap Year -- Part IV Tales of Insecurity. Film Fictions of Violence: Hell, Saving Private Pérez, Miss Bala -- TV Histories of Violence: In the Sewers; Cries of Death and Freedom -- Jump Cut 5: The Prize, Windows to the Sea -- Conclusion: Between Cinema and Television.

Call Number

MFL 14-2438

ISBN

• 0745680798 (pbk.)
• 9780745680798 (pbk.)
• 074568078X (Cloth)
• 9780745680781 (Cloth)

OCLC

865464788

Author

Smith, Paul Julian.

Title

Mexican screen fiction : between cinema and television / Paul Julian Smith.

Imprint

Cambridge, UK : Polity, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-265) and index.

Research Call Number

MFL 14-2438