Popular Cinema in Brazil, 1930-2001 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780719064999)

Brazil has one of the most significant and productive film industries in Latin America. This ground-breaking study provides an entertaining insight into the Brazilian films that have most captured the imagination of domestic audiences over the years.

The recent international success of films such as Central Station and City of God, has stimulated widespread interest in Brazilian film, but studies written in English focus on the 'auteur' cinema of the 1960s. This book focuses on individual films in their socio-historical context, drawing on extensive fieldwork in Brazil and Latin America. It argues that Brazilian cinema has almost always been grounded in intrinsically home-grown cultural forms, dating back to the nineteenth century, such as the Brazilian music-hall, the travelling circus, radio shows, carnival, and, later, comedy television.

Combining a chronological structure with groundbreaking research and a lively approach, Popular cinema in Brazil is the ideal introduction to Brazilian cinema.

Author: Stephanie Dennison, Lisa Shaw
ISBN-10: 0719064996
ISBN-13: 9780719064999
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/26/2004
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2005 pg. 1827