Tomas Gutierrez Alea: The Dialectics of a Filmmaker

by Paul A. Schroeder

Overview

Schroeder offers a thorough introduction to the films of Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Cuba's leading filmmaker, covering all 12 of Alea's feature films and examining in depth his three best films within the context of revolutionary Cuba.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135350758
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/21/2014
Series:	Latin American Studies
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	496 KB

About the Author

Paul A. Schroeder

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Context; Chapter 2 The Early Years: Idealism and Experimentation; Chapter 3 Memories of Underdevelopment: The Dialectics of Identification and Alienation; Chapter 4 The Search for Cuba's “Intra-Historia”; Chapter 5 Up to a Certain Point: Turning the Lens on Himself; Chapter 6 Melodrama and the Crisis of the Revolution; Chapter 7 Conclusions;