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• catalog abstract ""The films of Tomas Gutierrez Alea (1928-1996) have always defined the limits of expression in revolutionary Cuba. This book is a thorough introduction to Cuba's most prominent filmmaker. It covers all of Alea's twelve feature films, with special emphasis on Memories of Underdevelopment (1968), The Last Supper (1976), and Strawberry and Chocolate (1993). Not only are these considered his best films, but each is also symptomatic of an identifiable period in revolutionary Cuba - the period of triumph and affirmation in the 1960s, the period of consolidation and institutionalization in the 1970s, and the period of crisis since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Alea's Cuba, as seen through his films, is a complex reality that does not fit easily within the neat binarisms of the cold war, or the Manicheanism that has plagued discussions about the Revolution. Rather, it is a collective project full of contradictions, a process that has been, successively, progressive and reactionary, machista and feminist, dogmatic and tolerant, heroic and tragic. To paraphrase Alea, it is a project whose truth does not lie in either one of the poles, but rather in their confrontation, and what that confrontation suggests within a context that includes the cold war, Latin America's tradition of revolutionary struggles for independence, and Cuba's own particular history."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12637217.
• catalog created "2002.".
• catalog date "2002".
• catalog date "2002.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
• catalog description ""The films of Tomas Gutierrez Alea (1928-1996) have always defined the limits of expression in revolutionary Cuba. This book is a thorough introduction to Cuba's most prominent filmmaker. It covers all of Alea's twelve feature films, with special emphasis on Memories of Underdevelopment (1968), The Last Supper (1976), and Strawberry and Chocolate (1993). Not only are these considered his best films, but each is also symptomatic of an identifiable period in revolutionary Cuba - the period of triumph and affirmation in the 1960s, the period of consolidation and institutionalization in the 1970s, and the period of crisis since the fall of the Berlin Wall.".
• catalog description "Alea's Cuba, as seen through his films, is a complex reality that does not fit easily within the neat binarisms of the cold war, or the Manicheanism that has plagued discussions about the Revolution. Rather, it is a collective project full of contradictions, a process that has been, successively, progressive and reactionary, machista and feminist, dogmatic and tolerant, heroic and tragic. To paraphrase Alea, it is a project whose truth does not lie in either one of the poles, but rather in their confrontation, and what that confrontation suggests within a context that includes the cold war, Latin America's tradition of revolutionary struggles for independence, and Cuba's own particular history."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Ch. 1. Context. Tomas Gutierrez Alea: A Sketch. The Immediate Context: ICAIC and the Cuban Revolution. The Broad Context: New Latin American Cinema -- Ch. 2. The Early Years: Idealism and Experimentation. Stories of the Revolution. The Twelve Chairs. Cumbite. Death of a Bureaucrat -- Ch. 3. Memories of Underdevelopment: The Dialectics of Identification and Alienation. Genesis and Reception. Description of the Film. The Viewer's Dialectic. Film as Tragedy. Postmodern Postscript -- Ch. 4. The Search for Cuba's "Intra-Historia" A Cuban Fight against Demons. The Last Supper: Marxism Meets Christianity. The Survivors -- Ch. 5. Up to a Certain Point: Turning the Lens on Himself -- Ch. 6. Melodrama and the Crisis of the Revolution.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-170) and index.".
• catalog extent "xvi, 175 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0415936640".
• catalog isPartOf "Latin American studies (Routledge (Firm))".
• catalog isPartOf "Latin American studies".
• catalog issued "2002".
• catalog issued "2002.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Routledge,".
• catalog subject "791.43/0233/092 21".
• catalog subject "Gutiérrez Alea, Tomás, 1928-1996 Criticism and interpretation.".
• catalog subject "PN1998.3.G874 S37 2002".
• catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Context. Tomas Gutierrez Alea: A Sketch. The Immediate Context: ICAIC and the Cuban Revolution. The Broad Context: New Latin American Cinema -- Ch. 2. The Early Years: Idealism and Experimentation. Stories of the Revolution. The Twelve Chairs. Cumbite. Death of a Bureaucrat -- Ch. 3. Memories of Underdevelopment: The Dialectics of Identification and Alienation. Genesis and Reception. Description of the Film. The Viewer's Dialectic. Film as Tragedy. Postmodern Postscript -- Ch. 4. The Search for Cuba's "Intra-Historia" A Cuban Fight against Demons. The Last Supper: Marxism Meets Christianity. The Survivors -- Ch. 5. Up to a Certain Point: Turning the Lens on Himself -- Ch. 6. Melodrama and the Crisis of the Revolution.".
• catalog title "Tomás Gutiérrez Alea : the dialectics of a filmmaker / Paul A. Schroeder.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "text".