Wallflower Press
New Title
The Cinematic Tango
Contemporary Argentine Film
By Tamara L. Falicov
Publication date: 19 April 2007<br><br> 224 pages
978-1-904764-92-2 £16.99 (pbk)
978-1-904764-93-9 £45.00 (hbk)
Given the recent worldwide critical success of
Argentine films such as Pizza, birra, faso
(Pizza, Beer, Smokes, 1997),
Mundo grúa (Crane World,
1999), Esperando al mesías
(Waiting for the Messiah, 2000), La
ciénaga (The Swamp, 2001),
Glue-Historia adolescent en el medio de la
nada (Glue, 2005) and
Agua (Water, 2006), this
unique English-language study is long overdue. A
comprehensive historical overview, The
Cinematic Tango explores the cultural
politics of over sixty years of filmmaking, tracing
Argentine cinema from the 1940s to the present day.
Through insightful case studies and personal
interviews with leading filmmakers, Tamara L. Falicov
explores how the portrayal of national culture on film
has been shaped, articulated and debated through
the lens of state policy and the dynamics of the global
film market.
The book includes in-depth discussion of the 1980s
post-dictatorship era when national cinema was
utilised by the state as a public relations tool abroad,
and the contemporary period of the 1990s
under the Menem administration when financial
incentives led not only to the production of
commercial 'blockbusters' but also created new
opportunities for first-time directors, sparking the
recent surge of low-budget, independent filmmaking
that has come to be known as 'The New Argentine
Cinema'. Films discussed in the volume include
La tregua (The Truce, 1974)
Camila (1984), La historia oficial
(The Official Story aka The
Official Version, 1985), Comodines
(Cops, 1997) and La furia
(The Fury, 1997).
Tamara L. Falicov is Associate Professor in
the Department of Theatre and Film and Latin
American Studies at the University of Kansas.
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