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Informationen zum Autor Deborah Shaw is Reader in Film Studies at the University of Portsmouth Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionGuillermo del Toro: the Alchemist1. Cronos: Introducing Guillermo del Toro2. Generating an Authorial Presence with Hellboy II: The Golden Army 3. El Laberinto del Fauno: Breaking Through the Barriers of FilmmakingAlejandro González Iñárritu: Independent Filmmaker4. Change to Crashing into the International Film Market with Amores Perros5. 21 Grams: An American Independent Film made by Mexicans6. Babel and the Global Hollywood GazeAlfonso Cuarón: A Study of Auteurism in Flux7.1 Sólo Con tu Pareja: Bringing the Middle Classes Back to Mexican Cinemas7.2 Less than Great Expectations: Working within the Hollywood System 8. Cuarón Finds his Own Path: Y Tu Mamá También9. Children of Men: the Limits of RadicalismConclusionAppendix: Discussion thread on comicbookresources.com about del Toro and Mignola and the Hellboy films.BibliographyFilmography Index
