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This sly, irreverent, affectionate portrait of Mexico's foremost novelist probes beneath the surreal surface of his work to expose the roots of his fiction and its place in the world of literature. The camera follows Fuentes' career from Washington, D.C., to Santiago, Buenos Aires, and Mexico City-cities which have left a mark on his personality and writing. Included are interviews with William Styron and other writer-friends and scenes from Fuentes'...
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The writings of Carlos Fuentes-a Mexican novelist and playwright who combines a deep awareness of history and national identity with experimental narrative techniques to develop his themes-have had a powerful effect on contemporary Latin American literature. In this program, Fuentes, the son of a diplomat, discusses subjects such as the influence of politics on his life, his deep feelings for Mexico, and his writing career, which has brought him international...
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In this program, Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes offers insights into the writing of his book La Region mas Transparente, the Boom and Latin American literature, the elevated importance of writers living under dictatorship, his identity as a speaker of Spanish, and the organic unity of the Spanish language. The author of La Silla del Aguila, Diana o la Cazadora Solitaria, El Naranjo, Gringo Viejo, and La Muerte de Artemio Cruz also airs his views on...
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A collection of essays on the classic novel of Carlos Fuentes entitled "The Death of Artemio Cruz' which analyzes the Mexican Revolution through the voice of Artemio covering both the past and the present, and presents the themes of structure, memory and time, and modes of redemption.
10) Carlos Fuentes
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In this 1977 interview for Spanish television, host Joaquin Soler Serrano talks with Mexican writer, Carlos Fuentes, who shares his thoughtful ideas about the impact of the Spanish Conquest on the history of Latin America, missed opportunities for democracy, the cultural gift of Spanish emigrants after the Civil War, and the fate of socialism under the Soviet Union. Fuentes discourses on language, English literature and Latin American writers, and...
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Uruguayan author Juan Carlos Onetti talks with Joaquin Soler Serrano in a 1976 interview for Spanish television about his novels and short stories, and his days as journalist in Montevideo and Buenos Aires. He praises the writers of the Latin American Boom and explains his affinity for setting his novels in an imaginary city, Santa Maria, like Marquez and Llosa. Onetti discusses his writing process some of his works like "The Pit," "A Brief Life,"...
13) Carlos Saura
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In a 1976 interview for Spanish television, Spanish filmmaker and photographer, Carlos Saura, talks to Joaquin Soler Serrano about his films that reflect the anxiety provoked by the Spanish Civil War, and censorship in its aftermath. His films often deal with the terrors experienced in childhood, and like his mentor, Luis Bunuel, blends reality with the macabre and subjective imagination. He is married to the actress Geraldine Chaplin who starred...
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A child of Belgium, a speaker of French, and a Habsburg on his father's side, there was little Spanish about Charles V, yet Spain was the core of his kingdom. This program follows the cosmopolitan "Carlos Quinto," King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor, through two coronations, a wedding, wars with France and the Ottoman Empire, the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation, and his retirement to the Monastery of Yuste. Dramatizations, maps, artwork,...
15) Carlos Monsivais
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The Mexican writer and journalist Carlos Monsivais has frequently examined social and political issues at the heart of Latin American culture-and, in the process, the spiritual dilemmas of 21st-century modernity. This program introduces Monsivais' views on the growing disconnect between urban and rural life, the destructive impact of pervasive technology on language and conversation, and the increasingly precarious conditions faced by migrants to...
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"A best selling author for 30 years, Carlos Castaneda inspired millions to break free from social dogma, fueling controversy over his work's authenticity and assertions of perceving non-ordinary reality. Genius, guru, cult leader or fraud? No one really knows. Over three years in the making, this shocking expose' explores Castaneda's mythic impact and controversial teachings." -- container.
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When Europeans arrived in North America, they encountered the Native people. Contrary to stereotype, American Indians were not simply ferocious warriors or peaceable lovers of the land. They were, like all people, an amalgam: charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute, and, at times, arrogant, vengeful, and reckless. Native peoples valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction...