The Three Amigos: The Transnational Filmmaking of Guillermo Del Toro, Alejandro

Description: The Three Amigos by Deborah Shaw This is the first academic book dedicated to the filmmaking of the Mexican born directors Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu, and Alfonso Cuarn. The book examines the career trajectories of the directors and presents a detailed analysis of their most significant films. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book dedicated to the filmmaking of the three-best known Mexican-born directors, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Alfonso Cuaron. Deborah Shaw examines the career trajectories of the directors and presents a detailed analysis of their most significant films with a focus on both the texts and the production contexts in which they were made. These include studies on del Toros Cronos/Chronos, El laberinto del fauno/Pans Labyrinth, and Hellboy II: The Golden Army; Inarritus Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel; and Cuarons Solo con tu pareja/Love in the Time of Hysteria, Y tu mama tambien, and Children of Men.The Three Amigos will be of interest to all those who study Hispanic and Spanish cinema in particular, and world and contemporary cinema in general. -- . Flap This is the first academic book dedicated to the filmmaking of the three best-known Mexican-born directors, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Gonz Author Biography Deborah Shaw is Reader in Film Studies at the University of Portsmouth Table of Contents IntroductionGuillermo del Toro: the Alchemist1. Cronos: Introducing Guillermo del Toro2. Generating an Authorial Presence with Hellboy II: The Golden Army 3. El Laberinto del Fauno: Breaking Through the Barriers of FilmmakingAlejandro González Iñárritu: Independent Filmmaker4. Change to Crashing into the International Film Market with Amores Perros5. 21 Grams: An American Independent Film made by Mexicans6. Babel and the Global Hollywood GazeAlfonso Cuarón: A Study of Auteurism in Flux7.1 Sólo Con tu Pareja: Bringing the Middle Classes Back to Mexican Cinemas7.2 Less than Great Expectations: Working within the Hollywood System 8. Cuarón Finds his Own Path: Y Tu Mamá También9. Children of Men: the Limits of RadicalismConclusionAppendix: Discussion thread on comicbookresources.com about del Toro and Mignola and the Hellboy films.BibliographyFilmography Index Review Shaw concisely and efficiently utilizes a number of theoretical fields in her discussion, including careful scrutiny of the marketing, profits and the attendant creative freedoms and constraints these suppose, in addition to carrying out close textual analysis of key stylistic and technical characteristics of the films. This is an important book that convincingly argues that these three amigos, who are the most successful filmmakers of Mexican origin in financial and international terms, are exemplars of transnational filmmaking and demonstrates the multiple ways in which their films have caused critics to rethink classificatory borders (225). -- . Long Description Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book dedicated to the filmmaking of the three-best known Mexican-born directors, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Alfonso Cuaron.Deborah Shaw examines the career trajectories of the directors and presents a detailed analysis of their most significant films with a focus on both the texts and the production contexts in which they were made. These include studies on del Toros Cronos/Chronos, El laberinto del fauno/Pans Labyrinth, and Hellboy II: The Golden Army; Inarritus Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel; and Cuarons Solo con tu pareja/Love in the Time of Hysteria, Y tu mama tambien, and Children of Men.The Three Amigos will be of interest to all those who study Hispanic and Spanish cinema in particular, and world and contemporary cinema in general. -- . Review Quote Shaw concisely and efficiently utilizes a number of theoretical fields in her discussion, including careful scrutiny of the marketing, profits and the attendant creative freedoms and constraints these suppose, in addition to carrying out close textual analysis of key stylistic and technical characteristics of the films. This is an important book that convincingly argues that these three amigos, who are the most successful filmmakers of Mexican origin in financial and international terms, are exemplars of transnational filmmaking and demonstrates the multiple ways in which their films have caused critics to rethink classificatory borders (225). Description for Sales People This is the first academic book dedicated to the filmmaking of the best-known Mexican directors Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Gonz Details ISBN0719097592 Pages 284 Publisher Manchester University Press Year 2015 ISBN-10 0719097592 ISBN-13 9780719097591 Format Paperback Imprint Manchester University Press Place of Publication Manchester Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 791.4302330922 Short Title 3 AMIGOS Language English Media Book Publication Date 2015-03-01 Author Deborah Shaw UK Release Date 2015-03-01 NZ Release Date 2015-03-01 Illustrations Halftones, black & white Series Spanish and Latin-American Filmmakers Subtitle The Transnational Filmmaking of Guillermo Del Toro, Alejandro GonzáLez IñáRritu, and Alfonso CuaróN Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly AU Release Date 2015-03-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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