The Mexican Revolution on the World Stage: Intellectuals and Film in the Twentieth Century (SUNY series in Latin American Cinema)

Explores the wide-ranging impact of the Mexican Revolution on global cinema and Western intellectual thought. Contents Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction The Visual Culture of Revolutionary Mexico and the Revolution/State Divide Chapter 1 The Mirage of Community: A Mexican Village in Times of War Introduction A Time to Try Men’s Souls: Herbert Kline’s Cinematic Crusade against Fascism and the 1940 Presidential Election in Mexico Steinbeck versus Ricketts: Technology, Biopolitics, and Community in Times of War Modern Subjects and Immunized Communities: The Politics of Representation in The Forgotten Village The Othering of Community The Aural Dimension of The Forgotten Village The Ventriloquist Storyteller The Role of Music The Indecent and Inhuman Sight of Community: The Reception of The Forgotten Village Chapter 2 Zapata in the Presidential Chair: Viva Zapata! Introduction The Circular Motion of Revolution The Region versus the Nation: Steinbeck’s Approach to Mexican History Zapata in Revolt. Hollywood, Intellectuals and McCarthyism Elia Kazan’s Zapata Kazan’s Testimony and the Reception of Viva Zapata! Viva Zapata! in the 1960s Chapter 3 The “Quién Sabe” of Revolution in the Italian Western Introduction: The Return of Demetrio Macías The Italian Western: An Overview Franco Solinas at the Crossroads of Revolutionary Politics and the Entertainment Industry The Politics of the Gaze in Quien sabe? Chapter 4 Resisting the Populist Temptation: México, la revolución congelada and Raymundo Gleyzer’s Latin Americanist Cinema Introduction Filming México, la revolución congelada in the Aftermath of Mexico, 1968 MRC and Gleyzer’s Film Work within the Frame of the New Latin American Cinema Gleyzer’s Critique of Populism in MRC and Los traidores MRC as a Counter-Diplomatic Offensive against the PRI during the Cold War Epilogue Notes Works Cited Index "The first major social revolution of the twentieth century, the Mexican Revolution was visually documented in technologically novel ways and to an unprecedented degree during its initial armed phase (1910-21) and the subsequent years of reconstruction (1921-40). Offering a sweeping and compelling new account of this iconic revolution, The Mexican Revolution on the World Stage reveals its profound impact on both global cinema and intellectual thought in and beyond Mexico. Focusing on the period from 1940 to 1970, Adela Pineda Franco examines a group of North American, European, and Latin American filmmakers and intellectuals who mined this extensive visual archive to produce politically engaged cinematic works that also reflect and respond to their own sociohistorical contexts. The author weaves together multilayered analysis of individual films, the history of their production and reception, and broader intellectual developments to illuminate the complex relationship between culture and revolution at the onset of World War II, during the Cold War, and amid the anti-systemic movements agitating Latin America in the 1960s. Ambitious in scope, this book charts an innovative transnational history of not only the visual representation but also the very idea of revolution." -- Provided by publisher