Cinema of Mexico

In the mid 1960’s the National Border Industrialization program began, helping the maquiladoras industry and the development of infrastructure of its northern border. Creating job opportunities and means of products into the country. According to Mexico Maquiladoras and NAFTA, Patrick Kelly describes that the maquiladora program “allowed foreign manufacturers to temporarily import duty free machinery, tools, equipment, replacement parts and raw of plentiful and comparatively cheap labor and low transportation

Since the late 1940s, American cinema has been obsessed with the idea of the atomic bomb and what it stands for; whether that be destruction or absolute power depends on the film. This symbolism would then come to define the 1950s, and later on American cinema as well. This symbolism then must be addressed from the lenses of, both, history and socio-political commentary. Then the question must be posed why specifically these two lenses? The answer to this question, then, lies in the films of the

One Good Time in Rocky Point Mexico Open road, blaring music, and a car full of eager college students holding onto the last glimpse of summer left. The destination ahead was Rocky Point Mexico, the soul of a good time and bright red sunburns. Going out of the country is definitely a humbling experience with a lot of unexpected lessons that come along with it. It was not my first time out of the U.S., however, every new trip closes with a few things learned and information to share with others planning

Digital art is work of art that uses digital technology or a computer as either a medium or a creative tool. In the 1970s, a number of artists had begun to teach themselves to program, rather than relying on collaborations with computer programmers. The 1980s saw digital technologies reach into everyday life, with the widely adopted computers for both business and personal use. The term 'Computer Art' is used less frequently to describe artists and designers working with the computer today. Many

deadpan comedy and Heli, a drama/crime Mexican film released in 2013 by Amat Escalante which is considered to be more of a minimalist drama. Throughout the article she shows “aesthetics of detachment” as a notable current in contemporary Latin American cinema evident in deadpan comedies as well as minimalist dramas. What she means by that is basically that deadpan comedies as impassive or expressionless comedy and minimalism as more of an artistic drama. The article also focuses on the similarities and

texts? To what extent is this agency beneficial? How are the crises resolved? What has been altered or omitted in the adaptation from novel to film? How is ideology infused in the texts? How does this comment upon the cultural dynamics of modern Mexico? Each of these questions require scrutinizing the texts in order to determine the relevance of the revolutionary ideals and a feminine notion of mexicanidad. The use of traditional resources has the potential to become

indicative to the Taoist philosophy. Living life through emotion and where the journey begins and ends is the ultimate sense of freedom. As a Taoist, Ang Lee introduces Hollywood’s style to a philosophy that could actually broaden the scope of American Cinema, even

type of camera angles used; repetition of visual motifs (Metz, 1985). The two films explored were made in the 1960s. Neither film is American, yet both reveal influences and reflections on American cinema and American power; the Western film, adherence or detracting from Hollywood Classical cinema tropes, i.e. close-ups, shot-reverse-shot, POV, depth of field (Bazin, 1985: 128-9). The two films are Kurasawa’s Yojimbo (1961) and Leone’s Fistful of Dollars (1964), from Japan and Italy, respectively

transformed into an alien body. This alien body is not a strange green-skinned visitor from another planet, it is the body of a young Mexican man named Memo who has been forced to ‘upgrade’ his physical body in order to work in an advanced factory on the US/Mexico border. In a close up we see a shot of Memo, who has been connected to a machine while his arms and his back are covered in sockets and cables. Ensnared in this web of glowing blue sockets and aging cyber-tech, the young man goes about his work,

industry, and also the largest in revenue. It has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century.