New transnationalisms in contemporary Latin American cinemas / Dolores Tierney.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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In the late 1990s and early 2000s Latin American films like Amores perros, Diarios de motocicleta, Y tu mamá también and Cidade de Deus enjoyed an unprecedented level of critical and commercial success in global markets. Benefiting from external financial and/or creative input, these films were considered examples of transnational cinema. Through a textual analysis of six filmmakers (Alejandra González Iñárritu, Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro, Fernando Meirelles, Walter Salles and Juan José Campanella), this book examines these and other transnational films including the subsequent wave of commercially successful 'deterritorialised' films by the same directors. It argues that although the films produced within the parameters of the United States film industry may have been commercially successful, they are not necessarily apolitical nor totally divorced from key notions of national or continental identity. Bringing a new perspective to the films of Latin America's transnational auteurs, New Transnationalisms in Contemporary Latin American Cinemas is a major contribution towards understanding how different genres function across different cultures--back cover.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- TRADITIONS IN WORLD CINEMA -- INTRODUCTION: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF TRANSNATIONAL FILMMAKING -- MEXICO: INTRODUCTION -- Introduction -- 1. ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU: MEXICAN DIRECTOR WITHOUT BORDERS -- 2. 'FROM HOLLYWOOD AND BACK': ALFONSO CUARÓN'S ADVENTURES IN GENRE -- 3. GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S TRANSNATIONAL POLITICAL HORROR: CRONOS (1993), EL ESPINAZO DEL DIABLO (THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE 2001) AND EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO (PAN'S LABYRINTH 2006) -- BRAZIL: INTRODUCTION -- Introduction -- 4. FERNANDO MEIRELLES AS TRANSNATIONAL AUTEUR -- 5. REVOLUTIONARY ROAD MOVIES: WALTER SALLES' DIARIOS DE MOTOCICLETA (MOTORCYCLE DIARIES 2004) AND ON THE ROAD (2012) -- ARGENTINA: INTRODUCTION -- Introduction -- 6. JUAN JOSÉ CAMPANELLA: HISTORICAL MEMORY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS (THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES 2009) -- EPILOGUE: GRAVITY (ALFONSO CUARÓN 2013), BIRDMAN (ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU 2014), THE REVENANT (G. IÑÁRRITU 2015) AND CRIMSON PEAK (GUILLERMO DEL TORO 2015) -- SELECT FILMOGRAPHY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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