Synopses & Reviews
World Film Locations: Buenos Aires explores this picturesque and passionate city (the second-largest in South America) as a stage for sociopolitical transformations, and a key location in the international imagination as a site of cultural export. The book uncovers the many reasons why Buenos Aires attracts not only tourists but also artists and filmmakers, who explore the city and its iconography as well as its cultural and sociopolitical turbulence. A set of six essays anchors this volume; contributors consider a range of key topics related to the city onscreen, including tango, villas miseria (shantytowns), dictatorship and democracy, and science fiction and the future of the city. The volume is rounded out with in-depth reviews of nearly fifty key filmsand#151;The Hour of the Furnaces, Nine Queens, and Evita among themand#151;each illustrated by screen shots, current location imagery, and corresponding maps for travelers and movies buffs to use as they navigate this rich cinematic city.and#160;
About the Author
Santiago Oyarzabal
Table of Contents
Buenos Aries: City of the Imagination
James Scorer
Tango and the City
John King
Scenes 1-8: 1915-1958
From Dark to Light: The Cinema of the Transition to Democracy
Constanza Burucand#249;a
Scenes 9-16: 1958-1985
Shantytowns: Buenos Aries, the Shattered City
Gonzalo Aguilar
Scenes 17-24: 1985-1997
Gender and Class Since the 1980s
Carolina Rocha
Scenes 25-32: 1998-2001
The Fantastic and Futuristic City
Joanna Page
Scenes 33-39: 2002-2008
Martin Rejtman and Buenos Aries
Martin Rejtman
Scenes 40-46: 2008-2013
Resources
Contributor Notes
Filmography