Mexican cinema went through various periods of flux and renewal, one of these was in the 1960s. There were major events that occurred throughout that decade that changed cinema and filmmaking dramatically. One these was the formation of the Grupo nuevo cine [New Cinema Group]. This was a collective of filmmakers, critics, theorists and aficionados…
Month: November 2011
Blogging and Como agua para chocolate
Recently, whilst surfing the net on an entirely different matter, I came across this blog on Como agua para chocolate http://posthegemony.blogspot.com/2007/02/literal.html by Jon Beasley-Murray, based at the University of British Colombia. Whilst some may be daunted by the title, Posthegemony, don’t let it put you off. His is a clear and readable style and this…
Como agua para chocolate / Like Water for Chocolate
Media Type: Film Year: 1992 Who wrote / made it : Alfonso Arau Plot summary: Como agua para chocolate signaled a turning point in Mexican cinema, when the film industry changed dramatically for multiple reasons, covered elsewhere by writers such as Deborah Shaw and Stephen M. Hart. It broke box office records and brought Mexican…
AcBoWriMo
NaNoWriMo has become a well-established event in the annual calendar. This is the challenge of writing 50,000 words in a month, with the hope of having a first draft (large portion) of a novel at the end. The idea is that having a goal and a set time period will concentrate the mind. It particularly…