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Neorrealismo y cine en Cuba: Historia y discurso entorno a la primera polémica de la Revolución, 1951–1962 [Neorealism and Cinema in Cuba: History and Discourse on the First Polemic of the Revolution, 1951–1962] examines the aesthetic history and relations between Cuban film production and Italian Neorealism. The historical framework begins in 1951 before the triumph of the Cuban Revolution and ends in 1962, a year that marks a rupture between Cuban filmmakers and the Italian neorealist aesthetic. The main collaborations happened between Cuban directors Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Julio García Espinosa and Italian neorealist filmmaker Cesare Zavattini. The circumstances that led to the end of the relationship between Zavattini and the Cuban filmmakers are connected to the film El joven rebelde [The Young Rebel], directed by García Espinosa and screened for the first time in 1961. The rupture centered on creative and ideological differences regarding the way in which the protagonist was to be portrayed in the movie. This seemingly minor disagreement had considerably larger repercussions, the end result of which was that García Espinosa and Gutiérrez Alea, as well as the rest of the Cuban filmmakers who worked within the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC) after 1959, were driven to find their own creative strategies to craft a national film production. However, the Cuban filmmakers would not have found the necessary grammar to rewrite their own revolutionary cinema without the rupture with Zavattini. This new cinematographic language could not have existed without the various pauses and the distances that characterized the Cuban relationship with Neorealism. In other words, the fragmentary interchange between García Espinosa, Gutierrez Alea, and Zavattini created new spaces in which the Cubans could find creative opportunities to express their own cinematic vision.

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Author:   Anastasia Valecce
Publisher:   Purdue University Press
Imprint:   Purdue University Press
Weight:   0.333kg
ISBN:  

9781557539878

ISBN 10:   1557539871
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   30 November 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   Spanish

Table of Contents

"Agradecimientos Introducción: El proyecto Sobre el neorealismo italiano El neorrealismo italiano en Cuba Cronología Las películas cubanas La ruptura Estructura, metodología y conceptos teóricos Desglose de los capítulos Capítulo uno: El neorrealismo italiano y sus divergencias Un conjunto de voces El contexto histórico-social ¿Continuidad o ruptura? Filmografía y revistas neorrealistas Una estética cambiante Capítulo dos: Zavattini transatlántico El aire se mide en ""Za"" La producción zavattiniana en Italia Zavattini y el neorrealismo Zavattini en Cuba ¿Za transatlántico o una estética transatlántica? Capítulo tres: Entre el espectáculo, la propaganda y la realidad: El neorrealismo italiano según Julio García Espinosa y Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Coordenadas Tomás Gutiérrez Alea El valor de las conversaciones epistolares Las cartas Julio García Espinosa Conclusiones Capítulo cuatro: La imaginación de la Revolución en pantalla: Sogno di Giovanni Bassain y El Mégano Imaginando nuevas posibilidades narrativas en la era prerrevolucionaria El sueño de Titón Sogno di Giovanni Bassain El análisis fílmico La imaginación desde Giovanni a Titón La Revolución en 16mm.: el caso de El Mégano Los escritos acerca de El Mégano Sobre el proyecto La película Conclusiones Capítulo cinco: Por un cine ""neorrealísticamente"" (im)perfecto: Historias de la Revolución y El joven rebelled La Revolución en pantalla Historias de la Revolución Un análisis de los episodios: ""El herido,"" ""Rebeldes"" y ""Santa Clara"" Historias de un espacio problemático El joven rebelde Las cartas (de unos jóvenes rebeldes) Un libro rebelde La película Conclusiones Conclusión: Trayectorias futuras Sobre las trayectorias Primeros pasos Organización del texto Más allá de los límites De la práctica a la teoría Trayectorias futuras Neorrealismo a lo Cubano Notas Bibliografía Filmografía Índice alfabético"

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Anastasia Valecce is an associate professor of Hispanic studies in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Spelman College. Her research centers on contemporary Caribbean studies with a special focus on Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. Her work includes film studies, queer and gender studies, visual art, visual culture, literature, performance studies, and pop culture. Her latest works include articles on contemporary cultural, visual, film, and queer productions in Puerto Rico, contemporary queer Dominican cinema, and on the digital era and the internet in contemporary Cuba.

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