Filming Pancho by Margarita De Orellana
Presents an account of the American movie industry's fascination with the events of the Mexican Revolution. This book reveals how Mexico was constructed in the American imagination and how movies reinforced and justified both American expansionism and racial and social prejudice.
Filming Pancho takes film seriouslyIt requires a knowledgeable historian like Margarita De Orellana to make sense of it all, to tell us who is who, and why what we are watching is significant. -- Kevin Brownlow
A first-rate contribution to the history of cinema and cinematographic technique. -- Friedrich Katz
A first-rate contribution to the history of cinema and cinematographic technique. -- Friedrich Katz
Margarita de Orellana is the editor of Artes de Mexico and author of, among other works, Cine Mexicano, Enrique Climent: el arraigo de la imaginación, The Social Documentary in Latin America and Filming Pancho.
John King is Professor of Latin American Cultural History at the University of Warwick.
John King is Professor of Latin American Cultural History at the University of Warwick.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781859843482 |
| ISBN 10 | 1859843484 |
| Title | Filming Pancho |
| Author | Margarita De Orellana |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2009-12-08 |
| Number of pages | 206 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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