Includes bibliographical references (pages [246]-260), filmography (pages [231]-245), and index.
Contents:
Conclusion. Guillermo del Toro : the alchemist. Cronos : introducing Guillermo del Toro -- Generating an authorial presence with Hellboy II : the golden army -- El laberinto del fauno : breaking through the barriers of filmmaking -- Alejandro González Iñárritu : the independent filmmaker. Crashing into the international film market with Amores perros -- 21 grams : an American independent film made by Mexicans -- Babel and the global Hollywood gaze -- Alfonso Cuarón : a study of auteurism in flux. Alfonso Cuarón's first films in Mexico and the USA -- Cuarón finds his own path : Y tu mamá también -- Children of men : the limits of radicalism -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"This is the first academic book dedicated to the filmmaking of the Mexican born directors, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Alfonso Cuarón. The book examines the career trajectories of the directors and presents a detailed analysis of their most significant films. These include studies on del Toro's Cronos/Chronos, El laberinto del fauno/Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy II: The Golden Army; Inárritu's Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel; and Cuarón's Sólo con tu pareja/Love in the Time of Hysteria, Y tu mamá también, and Children of Men."--Page [4] of cover.
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