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First Published in 1996. This text looks at the cinema from the countries of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela. Presented by country and date order it includes the silent black and white Gaucho films of 1915 to the colour films coming out of Venezuela in 1991. Each entry provides a summary of the film content, its context, production and significance in the genre. It includes an index and glossary of Brazilian (Portuguese or African) Terms and film terms.
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Name and Title Index
Names and titles in the technical credits and Awards sections of each entry are not indexed: these are indexed only when discussed in the main text of an entry. In this way many actors and technical personnel may be found to have been involved in more films than might be suggested by the following index. Although not distinguished in the index, other references may indicate only that a name or title has been mentioned.
. . . (Puntos suspensivos), 69
A bout de souffle, 35, 152, 188
A la sombra del sol, 237, 239
"A MediodĂa," 299
A Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma, 137-39
A ValparaĂso, 221
Abalos, Jorge W., 32
ABC da Grevc, 198
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (U.S.), 50, 62, 65, 206, 214, 228
Academy tor Canadian Cinema, 328
AchĂșgar, Walter, 297-98
Acosta, José Miguel, 304
Acta General de Chile, 229
Actas de Marusia, 228
acto en cuestria, El, 79
ActualizaciĂłn polĂtica y doctrinaria para Li toma del poder, 49
"Aesthetic of Hunger, An," 144
Agresti, Alejandro, 78-79
aguas bajan turbias, Las, 18, 25-26
Agulha no Palheiro, 118, 121
Al otro lado de la luz, 285
Alberti, Rafael, 22-23
Alea, Tomås Gutiérrez, 39
Aleandro, Norma, 65
AlegrĂa, Ciro, 282-83
AlfonsĂn, RaĂșl, 65, 66
Aliança Libertadora Nacional (ALN) (Brazil). See National Liberation Alliance
Alias Gardelito, 32-33
Alias "la Gringa", 290-91
"Alienista, O," 161
Alippi, ElĂas, 19
Allarts (film producer) (The Netherlands), 78-79
Allende, Salvador, 219, 219-20, 222, 226, 230-31, 235
AlmodĂłvar, Pedro, 173-74
ALN (Brazil). See National Liberation Alliance
Alonso, Carlos, 293-94
Alonso, Rodrigo, ...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Table of Films
- Original-language Film Title Index
- English-language Film Title Index
- Film Directors Index
- Contributors Index
- Name and Title Index
- Subject Index: South American Cinema
- Subject Index: South American Society
- Glossary of Brazilian Terms
- Glossary of Film Terms
- Works Consulted
- Notes on Contributors