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Directory of World Cinema: Argentina

Series: Directory of World Cinema
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Argentina boasts one of Latin America's most popular and diverse film industries, producing works ranging from early gaucho and tango films to human rights dramas and experimental documentaries. Directory of World Cinema: Argentina presents a discerning survey of the country's key films, featuring essays and reviews by scholars, critics, and filmmakers. Highlighting important topics such as the Buenos Aires film festival and the legacies of directors like María Luisa Bemberg and Pablo Trapero, the book offers critical analyses of both contemporary blockbusters and lesser-known gems.

Enhanced with full-colour stills, interviews, references, and trivia, this directory is an invaluable resource for exploring the rich cinematic heritage of Argentina.
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Ideal for film scholars, students of Latin American culture, cinema enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the social and artistic dimensions of Argentine film.

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Directory of World Cinema: Argentina focuses on Argentina's film industry, one of the most popular, diverse and successful industries in Latin America. This book contains essays, reviews, full-colour stills, interviews, references and trivia. Topics include a survey of the country's key films, the Buenos Aires film festival and iconic directors.

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Argentina boasts one of the most popular, diverse, and successful film industries in Latin America. From early films about gauchos and the tango to human rights dramas and groundbreaking experimental documentaries, Argentina’s cinematic output has achieved both global influence and international acclaim.

A discriminating survey of the country’s key films, Directory of World Cinema: Argentina contains provocative essays and astute reviews by scholars, critics, filmmakers, and film buffs. Chapters spotlight, among other subjects, the Buenos Aires film festival and the legacy of such iconic directors as María Luisa Bemberg and Pablo Trapero.

Film reviews examine a cross-section of Argentine cinema, providing critical analysis of everything from contemporary blockbusters to hidden gems. Featuring full-colour stills, interviews, references, and trivia, this book is an invaluable resource for readers interested in the fascinating world of Argentine film.

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'This directory is an excellent vade mecum for both academics and film buffs. Meaty essays provide provocative commentaries on cinematic history, sociopolitical background, sex and gender, crime, dictatorship, and modern families; zero in on the documentary genre; and explore the experimental.' – K. M. Sibbald, McGill University

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781783200078

Publisher: Intellect

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 June 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Intellect Books

Contributors:

  • Edited by Gary M. Kramer
  • Edited by Beatriz Urraca

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 458g

Pages: 320

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature Series: Directory of World Cinema

About the Author

Gary M. Kramer is a freelance writer.

Beatriz Urraca is associate professor of Spanish at Widener University.

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