1st Edition

Tomas Gutierrez Alea The Dialectics of a Filmmaker

By Paul A. Schroeder Copyright 2002
    192 Pages
    by Routledge

    192 Pages
    by Routledge

    Schroeder offers a thorough introduction to the films of Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Cuba's leading filmmaker, covering all 12 of Alea's feature films and examining in depth his three best films within the context of revolutionary Cuba.

    Chapter 1 Context; Chapter 2 The Early Years: Idealism and Experimentation; Chapter 3 Memories of Underdevelopment: The Dialectics of Identification and Alienation; Chapter 4 The Search for Cuba's “Intra-Historia”; Chapter 5 Up to a Certain Point: Turning the Lens on Himself; Chapter 6 Melodrama and the Crisis of the Revolution; Chapter 7 Conclusions;

    Biography

    Paul A. Schroeder