1990s Latin American Cinema

A. Entrance Card: Number off, 1 and 2. The "ones" will respond to chapter 21, The Beginning and the End. The "twos" will respond to chapter 22, Foreign Land. 


Ones: Summarize the film, The Beginning and the End.


Twos: Summarize the film, Foreign Land.


B. In two groups ("ones" and "twos") go through your assigned chapter and outline the main points analyzed by your chapter's author.


C. Report your findings to the rest of the class   


D. Class Wiki: Overview of Latin America and films of the 1990s.


From Syllabus:


Latin American Films of the 1990s: 


clips from Like Water for Chocolate (Mexico, Alfonso Arau, 1992), 


Strawberry and Chocolate (Cuba, Tomas Gutlerrez and Carlos Tabio, 1993),


The Beginning and the End (Mexico, Arturo Ripstein, 1993), 


and Foreign Land (Brazil, Walter Salles and Daniella Thomas, 1996)




Assignment: Read chapter 11, Film Art and chapter 4, Indiewood USA. 
Note: Complete draft of paper I for next week.



Film Screening on Thursday: Cronos (Guillermo del Toro, 1993) Entrance Card.