South American Cinema

by Barnard, Timothy

• ISBN13: 9780292708716
• ISBN10: 0292708718
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr

Summary

"This is a key reference text that should have a prominent place in the library of anyone interested in Latin American cinema.... Highly synthetic essays dedicated to individual films carefully situate each work in both historical and cinematic terms. In the best of cases, this method models an alternative writing of national film history through individual essays on outstanding films contextualized within their maker's career and the contemporaneous profile of national film culture.... An ambitious and valuable volume." --Julianne Burton-Carvajal, Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz Originally issued in hardcover in 1996 by Garland Publishing, this important reference work is now available in paperback for a wider audience. A distinguished team of contributors has compiled entries on 140 significant South American feature films from the silent era until 1994. The entries discuss each film's subject matter, critical reception, and social and political contexts, as well as its production, distribution, and exhibition history, including technical credits. The entries are grouped by country and arranged chronologically. Both fiction and documentary films (some no longer in existence) are included, as well as extensive title, name, and subject indexes and glossaries of film and foreign terms.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(10)
Acknowledgements	xix
List of Abbreviations	2	(1)
Argentina	3	(80)
Timothy Barnard
Bolivia	83	(18)
Alfonso Gumucio-Dagron
Brazil	101	(116)
Ana Lopez
Peter Rist
Chile	217	(26)
Timothy Barnard
Peter Rist
Colombia	243	(22)
Paul Lenti
Ecuador	265	(6)
Timothy Barnard
Paraguay	271	(4)
Peter Rist
Peru	275	(18)
Isaac Leon Frias
Uruguay	293	(10)
Timothy Barnard
Venezuela	303	(26)
Timothy Barnard
Mitch Parry
Peter Rist
Table of Films	329	(4)
Original-language Film Title Index	333	(4)
English-language Film Title Index	337	(4)
Film Directors Index	341	(2)
Contributors Index	343	(2)
Name and Title Index	345	(22)
Subject Index: South American Cinema	367	(4)
Subject Index: South American Society	371	(2)
Glossary of Brazilian Terms	373	(2)
Glossary of Film Terms	375	(18)
Works Consulted	393	(8)
Notes on Contributors	401