I have a few suggestions for Latin American films--sorry they're all quite recent. Any film by Argentinian director Eliseo Subiela should make it onto the list. "Hombre Mirando al Sudeste" ("The Man Facing Southeast") is a great/esoteric/thinking man's sci-fi sort of film. "El Lado Oscuro del Corazon" ("The Dark Side of the Heart"--available at Hollywood video for you list folks who haven't seen it), is actually one of my favorite films EVER. Surrealistic tale of a poet/womanizer whose best friend is "Death" and whose mission is to find a woman who can fly, literally. Hilarious, poetic, marauding gleefully between sexy and sexist, this is a great film. Another choice would be the Guatemalan film "El Norte," which is fairly well known. Touching and depressing tale of a brother and sister who pilgrammage, against impossible odds, north to the U.S.--only to find the streets aren't paved with gold. hillary _________________________________________________ Hillary Fogerty English Graduate Department University of Washington [log in to unmask] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~hfogerty/HOME.html ---------- >From: "Stephen O'Riordan" <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Latin American film collection - position >Date: Wed, Feb 3, 1999, 10:36 AM > >Michael, > >Here at the Univ. of Calif. San Diego we have a very strong Latin Amerian >Studies program. Hhere are a handful of titles of f the top of my head. >Facets 1 800 331-6197 ( they have a web site) & Latin American Video >Archives 1 212 463-0108., are both good sources for titiles. > >Stephen > > >Battle of Chile, Guzman 1977 >Black God, White Devil, Mendes 1964 >Boca del Lobo, Lombardi 1988 >Danzon, Novara 1991 >Death of a Bureaucrat, Alea 1966 >Hour of the Star, Amaral 1985 >I am Cuba, Kalatozov 1964- disc >Last Supper, Alea 1976 >Luzia, Barreto 1988 >Place Without Limits, Arturo Ripstein 1977 >Negra Angustias, Landeta >Quilombo, Diegues 1984 >Rosa Blanca, La Galvadon, 1961 >Savage Capitalism, Klotzel 1993 >Silence of Neto, Argueta 1998 >Sugar Cane Ally, Palcy 1985 >Xica, Diegues 1976 > > > > > >At 11:35 AM 2/2/99 -0500, you wrote: >>Wabash College is building a Latin American film component into our >>International Studies curriculum, and a colleague and I have been >>charged with building a core collection of approximately 20 Latin >>American films. We would be most grateful if members of this list would >>suggest films that, in your opinions, MUST appear on this list. We are >>essentially building the collection from scratch, so we are eager to >>hear from you. >> >>On a related note, we are also seeking a specialist in Latin American >>Film Studies for a one-semester appointment in the spring of 2000. This >>person should have experience teaching Latin American Film in a broader >>International Studies context and an ongoing record of scholarship. >>Current graduate school and ABD candidates are welcome to apply. I will >>provide more information and explain application procedure upon request. >> >>If you are interested in the position, please contact me at the >>signature email address below. If you'd like to recommend films for our >>collection, please respond publicly to the Screen-L list. >> >>Thanks!! >> >>-- >> Abbott >>Assistant Professor of Theater >>Wabash College >>mailto:[log in to unmask] >>Wabash Theater on the Web: http://www.wabash.edu/depart/theater >> >>---- >>Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the >>University of Alabama. >> >Stephen O'Riordan >Film & Video Library >University of California at San Diego >9500 Gilman dr. >La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 >ph: (619) 534-7981 >fax: (619) 534-0189 >e-mail: [log in to unmask] >FVL website: < http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/fvl/FVLPAGE.HTM > > >---- >Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite >http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]