Bored to distraction
Subtitle: cinema of excess in end-of-the-century Mexico and Spain
By: Claudia Schaefer.
Series: SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Motion pictures -- Mexico -- History; Motion pictures -- Spain -- History
Description: "Popular culture in the 1990s, especially cinema, can be considered a showcase for the accumulated hopes and fears of the twentieth century. From the promise of material goods to the profusion of despair, from devastating tragedy to exaggerated rapture, a dizzying array of images assaults the eye. Drawing on recent films from Mexico and Spain, Bored to Distraction navigates this visual terrain, from melodrama to horror, looking for what, if anything, might be excessive enough to rouse us from our comfortable everyday routines."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-194) and index.