Would there have been a Third World without the Second? Perhaps, but it would have looked very different. Although most histories of these geopolitical blocs and their constituent societies and cultures are written in reference to the West, the interdependence of the Second and Third Worlds is evident not only from a common nomenclature but also from their near-simultaneous disappearance…
Posts tagged as “Cinema”
During this international colloquium, participants will be exploring the question of the relations between cinema and literature through the prism of space on the basis of three approaches: – The Geography of literary and cinematic creation examines the spatial context in which works are produced from a historical, social and cultural point of view; – Geocriticism explores spatial narratives as the result of perception and the substance…
The Fury of a Patient Man (Raúl Arévalo / Spain / 2016 / 92 min) Synopsis Madrid, August 2007. Curro (Luis Callejo) is the only one arrested for the robbery of a jewelry store. Eight years later, his girlfriend Ana and their son are waiting for Curro to get out of prison. Jose is a solitary and reserved man who…
Rudiger Suchsland’s documentary sheds light on the role of filmmakers and moviegoers in Goebbels’s Nazi propaganda machine.