{"product_id":"magical-reels-a-history-of-cinema-in-latin-america-9781859842331","title":"Magical Reels: A History of Cinema in Latin America","description":"Still the most comprehensive analysis of the subject to have appeared in English, \u003ci\u003eMagical Reels\u003c\/i\u003e charts the development of Latin American film industries in a world increasingly dominated by the advanced technology and massive distribution budgets of the North American mainstream. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn King sets up a historical framework to unfold the overlapping histories of cinema in the continent: the itinerant film-makers of the silent era who projected their films in cafes and village halls, the inventive use of vernacular music and local comedy in early sound pictures, the \"golden age\" of 1940s Mexican cinema, and the \"new cinema\"--oppositional cinema made \"with an idea in the head and a camera in the hand\"--of the late 1950s and beyond. A country-by-country account of this new wave allows detailed discussion of, for instance, Peronist cinema in Argentina, 1960s' revolutionary film-making in Cuba, state-sponsored cinema in 1970s' Brazil and Venezuela, and the struggle for democratization in Chile in the 1980s. A new chapter written for this edition examines Latin American cinema of the 1990s, raising issues such as globalization, new cinema audiences, film funding and distribution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.16w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781859842331","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45398282371209,"sku":"9781859842331","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_4d769542-368c-42db-a4a4-ea1852fc0a97.jpg?v=1773728715","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/magical-reels-a-history-of-cinema-in-latin-america-9781859842331","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}