Argentine Cinema: From Noir to Neo-Noir [Paperback]

Argentine Cinema: From Noir to Neo-Noir examines the phenomenon of Argentine film noir. Beginning with definitions of film noir and its international iterations, the book presents a history of the development of film noir and neo-noir in Argentina (from the 1940s to the present), as well as a technical, aesthetic, and socio-historical analysis of such recent Argentine neo-noir films as The Aura, The Secret in Their Eyes, and The German Doctor. It considers the question of inscription of such classic noirs as Double Indemnity and The Third Man and looks forward to future scholarly work on other Latin American noir and neo-noir films, especially those produced in Mexico and Brazil.

David George is professor emeritus of Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American studies at Lake Forest College.

Gizella Meneses is associate professor of Spanish at Lake Forest College.

Argentine Cinema: From Noir to Neo-Noir is an informative read that is both enlightening and interesting. As a reader you are well convinced by the books conclusion that noir isnt a phenomenon unique to just Hollywood, but is an international phenomenon due to the authors well presented argument. Film Matters

Theorist-filmmaker Paul Schraders influential claim that the film noir phenomenon is unique to Hollywood and reflects a specific period in US historymid-1940s to late 1950sprovides the point of departure for this volume. Via close readings, George and Meneses (both, Lake Forest College) seek to prove that selected Argentine features are best considered full-fledged noirs or neo-noirs. Their aim, as they write in the conclusion, is to demonstrate the cultural cross-fertilization in noir through intertextual perspectives, stylistic schema, and narrative and cinematic tropes. The authors generally succeed. Examining features covering a chronological ranging from 1946 (The Naked Angel) to 2013 (The German Doctor), George and Meneses offer detailed, perceptive readings l£‰