Bored to Distraction
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Bored to Distraction

Cinema of Excess in End-of-the-Century Mexico and Spain

  1. 213 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Bored to Distraction

Cinema of Excess in End-of-the-Century Mexico and Spain

About this book

Examines how recent Mexican and Spanish films act as untroubling distractions from everyday routines.

Popular culture in the 1990s, especially cinema, can be considered a showcase for the accumulated hopes and fears of the twentieth century. From the promise of material goods to the profusion of despair, from devastating tragedy to exaggerated rapture, a dizzying array of images assaults the eye. Drawing on recent films from Mexico and Spain, Bored to Distraction navigates this visual terrain, from melodrama to horror, looking for what, if anything, might be excessive enough to rouse us from our comfortable everyday routines.

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Information

Publisher
SUNY Press
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780791458884
9780791458877
eBook ISBN
9780791486078
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Film History & Criticism
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Bored to Distraction
  2. Contents
  3. Illustrations
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. 1. At the Millennium
  6. 2. Jaime Humberto Hermosillo's La Tarea
  7. 3. How I Spent My Summer Vacation
  8. 4. Amores Perros
  9. 5. Still Just a Dress Rehearsal?
  10. 6. The Demonic Side of Modernity
  11. 7. A Few Last Words
  12. Notes
  13. Works Cited
  14. Index

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