Transatlantic Traffic in Recent Mexican Films
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2169934 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Julian Smith (0000-0001-5239-3190, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 389-400 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-9325 • E-ISSN: 1469-9575 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13569320310001629531 |
| OpenAlex | W2062800548 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
In this paper I treat the recent resurgence of Mexican cinema (praised from Kinetoscopio to The Economist) as a test case for Manuel Castells's theory of ‘the interaction between technology-induced globalization, the power of identity (gender, religious, national, ethnic, territorial, socio-biological), and the institutions of the state' (1997, p. 2). Focusing on relations between Mexico and Spain, I examine the various and overlapping regulatory regimes which still frame audiovisual production in Europe and Latin America; address the increasingly powerful commercial dimension by offering corporate studies of two innovative Mexican producers, Altavista and Anhelo; and, finally, give an account of the two best known films in the so-called renaissance: Amores perros and Y tu mamá también. While these two famous features are not technically co-productions (and indeed have been praised for their sense of locality) I argue that they participate in a newly intense economic and cultural exchange between Latin America and Europe through the transatlantic reach of their parent companies (Compañı ́a Iberoamericana de Entretenimiento [CIE] and Omnilife, respectively) and their idiosyncratic casting of Spanish actresses in central roles
Art · Art history · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Ethnic group · Globalization · Humanities · Latin Americans · Movie theater · National identity · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · State (computer science · History · Law · Media, Journalism, and Communication History
| Citations per year | 0.26 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2012 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |