Ramírez Berg, Charles, 1947-

The classical Mexican cinema : the poetics of the exceptional Golden Age films / Charles Ramírez Berg. - First edition. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2015. - xi, 240 p. : ill. ; 26 cm - Texas film and media studies series . - Texas film and media studies series .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-224) and index.

Introduction : retheorizing Mexican film history -- Every picture tells a story : José Guadalupe Posada's protocinematic graphic art -- Enrique Rosas's el automâovil gris (1919) and the dawning of modern Mexican cinema -- The adoption of the Hollywood style and the transition to sound -- Mexican cinema comes of age : Fernando de Fuentes in the 1930s -- The cinematic invention of Mexico : the poetics and politics of the Fernâandez unit style -- Luis Buänuel in Mexico -- Three classical Mexican cinema genre films -- Conclusion : what happened to the classical Mexican cinema?.

9781477308059 1477308059


Motion pictures--History.--Mexico
Cine--Historia--México
Motion pictures, Mexican--History and criticism.
Cine mexicano--Historia y crítica
Motion picture industry--History.--Mexico
Industria cinematográfica--Historia --México

PN 1993.5 / R173c 2015

791.430972