Berg, Charles Ramírez, 1947-

The classical Mexican cinema : the poetics of the exceptional Golden Age films / Charles Ramírez Berg. - First edition. - Austin : University of Texas Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xi, 240 pages) : illustrations. - Texas film and media studies series .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : retheorizing Mexican film history -- Every picture tells a story : José Guadalupe Posada's protocinematic graphic art -- Enrique Rosas's el automóvil 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 Fernández unit style -- Luis Buñuel in Mexico -- Three classical Mexican cinema genre films -- Conclusion : what happened to the classical Mexican cinema?.



9781477308066


Motion pictures--History.--Mexico
Motion pictures, Mexican--History and criticism.
Motion picture industry--History.--Mexico


Electronic Books.

PN1993 / .C537 2015