The three amigos
Subtitle: the transnational filmmaking of Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Alfonso Cuarón
By: Deborah Shaw
Series: Spanish and Latin American filmmakers; Spanish and Latin American filmmakers
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Manchester, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780719082702
Subjects: Motion pictures; History; Motion picture producers and directors; Criticism and interpretation; Motion picture industry; Motion pictures and transnationalism
Other titles: Transnational filmmaking of Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Alfonso Cuarón
Description: "This is the first academic book dedicated to the filmmaking of the Mexican born directors, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Alfonso Cuarón. The book examines the career trajectories of the directors and presents a detailed analysis of their most significant films. These include studies on del Toro's Cronos/Chronos, El laberinto del fauno/Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy II: The Golden Army; Inárritu's Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel; and Cuarón's Sólo con tu pareja/Love in the Time of Hysteria, Y tu mamá también, and Children of Men."--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-260) and index.

Includes filmography: pages 231-245.
Table of contents: title: Introduction --; title: Guillermo del Toro : the alchemist.; title: Cronos : introducing Guillermo del Toro --; title: Generating an authorial presence with Hellboy II : the golden army --; title: El laberinto del fauno : breaking through the barriers of filmmaking --; title: Alejandro González Iñárritu : the independent filmmaker.; title: Crashing into the international film market with Amores perros --; title: 21 grams : an American independent film made by Mexicans --; title: Babel and the global Hollywood gaze --; title: Alfonso Cuarón : a study of auteurism in flux.; title: Alfonso Cuarón's first films in Mexico and the USA --; title: Cuarón finds his own path : Y tu mamá también --; title: Children of men : the limits of radicalism --; title: Conclusion.