Tomas Gutierrez Alea: The Dialectics of a Filmmaker

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Table of Contents Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Part I. Context 1. Tomas Gutierrez Alea: A Sketch 2. The immediate context: ICAIC and the Cuban Revolution 3. The broad context: New Latin American Cinema Part II. The Films 1. The early years: idealism and experimentation a. Stories of Revolution (1960) b. The Twelve Chairs (1962) c. Cumbite (1964) d. Death of a Bureaucrat (1966) 2. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) a. Genesis and reception b. Description of the film c. The Viewer's Dialectic d. Film as tragedy 3. The search for Cuba's 'intra-historia' a. A Cuban Fight Against Demons (1971) b. The Last Supper (1976) c. The Survivors (1978) 4. Turning the lens on himself: Up to a Point (1983) 5. Melodrama and the crisis of the Revolution a. Letters from the Park (1987) b. Strawberry and Chocolate (1993) c. Guantanamera (1995) Part III. Conclusions: Recurring Themes 1. The intellectual 2. Religion 3. The Cuban Revolution Notes