Bunuel And Mexico The Crisis Of National Cinema - Ernesto R. Acevedo-Muoz

Though Luis Buñuel, One Of The Most Important Filmmakers Of The Twentieth Century, Spent His Most Productive Years As A Director In Mexico, Film Histories And Criticism Invariably Pay Little Attention To His Work During This Period. The First Book-length English-language Study Of Buñuels Mexican Films, This Book Explores A Significant But Neglected Area Of This Filmmaker's Distinguished Career And Thus Fills A Gap In Our Appreciation And Understanding Of Both Buñuel's Achievement And The History Of Mexican Film. Ernesto Acevedo-muñoz Considers Buñuel's Mexican Filmsmade Between 1947 And 1965within The Context Of A National And Nationalist Film Industry, Comparing The Filmmaker's Employment Of Styles, Genres, Character Types, Themes, And Techniques To Those Most Characteristic Of Mexican Cinema.