LLCU 248 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Third Cinema, Bullfighting, Social Bandit
30 Mar 2017
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Visual stereotypes (canadian as a lumberjack) (spaniards in bull fighting outfit) Films of mass rallies lead to conceptions of what it was to be german or. Newspapers, people start reading about other communities so their sense of awareness and community grows. Bennedict anderson (sense of national identity in spanish america through newspapers) says identity and community became larger than the village and then you get nationhood. People"s world views are shaped by the news source that they read. Silent era: lumiere brothers, screenings through mexico, most successful films, george melies. Pancho villa was seen on film often (fighting during daylight, redoing fights to get the right shot ) pancho adjusted the reality of the war for the movie instead of vice versa. Rosas started capturing the war as well: gaucho, argentinian cowboy. Argentina: melodrama, combination of music and drama. Technology associated was very expensive so this lead to a halt in production in many countries.
