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A leading example of a resurgent Latin American cinema - 'la buena onda' - in the early twenty-first century, City of God was a huge international popular and critical success.
A combination of intoxicating, Hollywood-style genre film-making and hard-hitting, social-realist subject matter, it was hailed as a masterpiece at Cannes in 2002 and seen by over 3 million people in Brazil, including the Brazilian cabinet. In Studying City of God, Stephanie Muir considers the historical and industrial context of City of God - a brief history of Latin American cinema is followed by a more detailed account of film-making in Brazil - from light-hearted travelogues to Cinema Novo and after - all in the context of increasing globalization.
She analyzes narrative and genre - how the film uses the components of narrative in a complex way, experimentally manipulating time while using traditional genre conventions that are highly recognizable to mainstream audiences.
The formal elements of the film are dissected through a detailed illustrated analysis of the kinetic, scene setting opening sequence.
She also discusses audience responses - from establishment critical reaction to fan-based Internet sites and student feedback - and issues of representation and ideology - just how 'authentic' can a film such as City of God hope to be?
Does its style overwhelm its subject matter?
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- Pages:95 pages
- Publisher:Liverpool University Press
- Publication Date:19/03/2008
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- ISBN:9781800346833
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:95 pages
- Publisher:Liverpool University Press
- Publication Date:19/03/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9781800346833
