Journal article
A different Mexican postcard: Fernando Eimbcke's Lake Tahoe (2008)
Studies in Spanish & Latin American cinemas, Vol.12(2), pp.159-174
06/01/2015
DOI: 10.1386/slac.12.2.159_1
Abstract
This article examines the ways in which the screen aesthetics of Fernando Eimbcke's Lake Tahoe (2008) creates a sympathetic portrait of the contemporary middle class in Mexico. Considering first the deployment in Eimbcke's work of the same critical closeness and distance underpinning the chronicles of distinguished Mexican writer Carlos Monsivais, the article then analyses: Eimbcke's formal style, which foregrounds a combination of static camerawork and narrative ellipsis to produce specific affective relations on-screen and an ironic address to the audience; his chronicle of the Mexican working and middle class in a beach town in the Yucatan; and the implications of the visual humour and nostalgia with which he approaches the protagonist's process of mourning.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A different Mexican postcard: Fernando Eimbcke's Lake Tahoe (2008)
- Creators
- Kathleen Newman - Univ Iowa, Dept Cinemat Arts, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Studies in Spanish & Latin American cinemas, Vol.12(2), pp.159-174
- DOI
- 10.1386/slac.12.2.159_1
- ISSN
- 2050-4837
- eISSN
- 2050-4845
- Publisher
- Intellect Ltd
- Number of pages
- 16
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2015
- Academic Unit
- Spanish and Portuguese
- Record Identifier
- 9984398028202771
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