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Mexican Film
The cinema of Mexico dates to the late nineteenth century during the rule of President Porfirio Díaz. Seeing a demonstration of short films in 1896, Díaz immediately saw the importance of documenting his presidency in order to present an ideal image of it. With the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution in 1910, Mexican and foreign makers of silent films seized the opportunity to document its leaders and events. From 1915 onward, Mexican cinema focused on narrative film. During the Golden Age of Mexican cinema from 1936 to 1956, Mexico all but dominated the Latin American film industry. In 2019, ''Roma (2018 film), Roma'' became the first Mexican film and fourth Latin American film to win the Academy Awards, Oscar for best Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, foreign language film. Roma also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film at the 72nd British Academy Film Awards. Emilio Fernández, Emilio "El Indio" Fernández was rumored to be the model for the Academy Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porfirio Díaz
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori (; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915) was a General (Mexico), Mexican general and politician who was the dictator of Mexico from 1876 until Mexican Revolution, his overthrow in 1911 seizing power in a Plan of Tuxtepec, military coup. He served on three separate occasions as President of Mexico, a total of over 30 years, this period is known as the Porfiriato and has been called a ''de facto'' dictatorship. Díaz’s time in office is the longest of any Mexican ruler. Díaz was born to a Oaxacan family of modest means. He initially studied to become a priest but eventually switched his studies to law, and among his mentors was the future President of Mexico, Benito Juárez. Díaz increasingly became active in Liberal Party (Mexico), Liberal Party politics fighting with the Liberals to overthrow Antonio López de Santa Anna, Santa Anna in the Plan of Ayutla, and also fighting on their side against the Conservative Party (Mexico), Conservative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Veyre
Gabriel Veyre (February 1, 1871 – January 13, 1936) was an early film director and photographer born in France, but mainly known for his work in Mexico, Indochina and Morocco. Biography Veyre graduated in pharmacy from Lyon University. In 1896, he traveled along with Claude Ferdinand Von Bernard to Latin America, in order to show the early films made by the Lumière Brothers and to exploit the cinematograph. Between 1896 and 1897, he directed and produced 35 films in Mexico, with Von Bernard as the camera operator. Many of those films feature the Mexican president Porfirio Díaz in daily activities. After leaving Mexico, he continued touring Canada, Japan, China and Indochina. His films and autochromes were presented in Paris in the 1900 Exposition Universelle. He continued his work in Morocco where he also worked as a correspondent for ''L'Illustration''. He published the book ''Dans l'intimité du Sultan'' in 1905. Veyre remained in Casablanca until his death in 1936. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of France
The cinema of France comprises the film industry and its film productions, whether made within the nation of France or by French film production companies abroad. It is the oldest and largest precursor of national cinemas in Europe, with primary influence also on the creation of national cinemas in Asia. The Lumière brothers launched cinematography in 1895 with their '' L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat''. By the early 1900s, French cinema led globally, with pioneers like Méliès creating cinematic techniques and the first sci-fi film, ''A Trip to the Moon'' (1902). Studios like Pathé and Gaumont dominated, with Alice Guy-Blaché directing hundreds of films. Post-WWI, French cinema declined as U.S. films flooded Europe, leading to import quotas. Between the wars, directors like Jean Renoir, Jean Vigo and Marcel Carné shaped French Poetic Realism. Renoir’s '' La Règle du Jeu'' (1939) and Carné’s '' Les Enfants du Paradis'' (1945) remain iconic, showcasin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memories Of A Mexican
''Memories of a Mexican'' () is a 1950 Mexican documentary film directed by Salvador Toscano and Carmen Toscano. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. The film was preserved by the Academy Film Archive The Academy Film Archive is part of the Academy Foundation, established in 1944 with the purpose of organizing and overseeing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' educational and cultural activities, including the preservation of mot ... in 2012. References External links * 1950 films 1950 documentary films 1950s Spanish-language films Mexican documentary films Films directed by Salvador Toscano Mexican black-and-white films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Documentary Film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and Media studies, media analyst Bill Nichols (film critic), Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception [that remains] a practice without clear boundaries". Research into information gathering, as a behavior, and the sharing of knowledge, as a concept, has noted how documentary movies were preceded by the notable practice of documentary photography. This has involved the use of singular Photograph, photographs to detail the complex attributes of History, historical events and continues to a certain degree to this day, with an example being the War photography, conflict-related photography achieved by popular figures such as Mathew Brady during the Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Juan Tenorio
''Don Juan Tenorio: Drama religioso-fantástico en dos partes'' (Don Juan Tenorio: Religious-Fantasy Drama in Two Parts) is a Play (theatre), play written by José Zorrilla and produced in 1844. It is the most romantic of the two principal Spanish-language literary interpretations of the legend of Don Juan. The other is the 1630 ''El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra'' (The Trickster of Seville and the Guest of Stone), which is attributed to Tirso de Molina. ''Don Juan Tenorio'' owes a great deal to this earlier version, as recognized by Zorrilla himself in 1880 in his ''Recuerdos del tiempo viejo'' (Memories of the Old Times), although the author confuses de Molina with another writer of the same era, Agustín Moreto. Plot First part In the first part of the drama, the protagonist is still the demonic rake (character), rake described by de Molina (he is called a demon and even Satan himself on more than one occasion). The story begins with Don Juan meeting Don Luis in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador Toscano Barragán
Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' (Salvador album), 2000 * ''Salvador'' (Ricardo Villalobos album), 2006 * ''Salvador'' (Sega Bodega album) 2020 *"Salvador", a song by Jamie T from the 2007 album ''Panic Prevention'' Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * ''Salvador'' (book), a 1983 book by Joan Didion *Salvador (character), a fictional character from the ''Borderlands'' video game series * ''Salvador'' (film), a 1986 motion picture about the Salvadoran civil war of the 1980s *''Salvador (Puig Antich)'', a 2006 Spanish film about Salvador Puig Antich * "Salvador" (short story), a 1984 science fiction short story by Lucius Shepard Places Brazil * Salvador, Bahia, the capital of the State of Bahia, Brazil, the largest city in the world with this name Canada * Salva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Mongrand
Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere * Carlos (crater), Montes Apenninus, LQ12, Moon; a lunar crater near Mons Hadley People * Carlos (given name), including a list of name holders * Carlos (surname), including a list of name holders Sportspeople * Carlos (Timorese footballer) (Carlos Mateus Ximenes, born 1986) * Carlos (footballer, born 1995) (Carlos Alberto Carvalho da Silva Júnior), Brazilian footballer * Carlos (footballer, born 1985) (Carlos Santos de Jesus), Brazilian footballer Others * Carlos (Calusa) (died 1567), king or paramount chief of the Calusa people of Southwest Florida * Carlos (singer) (1943—2008), French entertainer * Carlos the Jackal, a Venezuelan terrorist Arts and entertainment * ''Carlos'' (miniseries), 2010 biopic about the terrorist Carlos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Becerril
Guillermo () is the Spanish form of the male given name William. The name is also commonly shortened to 'Guille' or, in Latin America, to nickname 'Memo'. People * Guillermo Amador (born 1974), American musician *Guillermo Amor (born 1967), Spanish football manager and former player *Guillermo Arévalo (born 1952), a Shipibo shaman and ''curandero'' (healer) of the Peruvian Amazon; among the Shipibo he is known as Kestenbetsa *Guillermo Barros Schelotto (born 1973), Argentine former football player * Guillermo Bermejo (born 1975), Peruvian politician * Guillermo C. Blest (1800–1884), Anglo-Irish physician settled in Chile *Guillermo Cañas, Argentine tennis player * Guillermo Chong, Chilean geologist *Guillermo Coria, another Argentine tennis player *Guillermo Dávila, Venezuelan actor and singer *Guillermo Díaz (actor) (born 1975), American actor of Cuban descent * Guillermo Diaz (basketball), Puerto Rican basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers *Guillermo del Toro, Mexi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Automóvil Gris (1919)
''The Grey Car'' () is a 1919 Mexican action film directed by Enrique Rosas which is the number 98 in 100 Mexican best movies. Synopsis Detective Cabrera wants to re-establish peace in Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ... after a vandalism wave. References External links * 1919 films Mexican silent films Mexican black-and-white films Films set in Mexico City 1910s Spanish-language films 1919 crime drama films Mexican crime drama films Silent crime drama films Rediscovered Mexican films 1910s rediscovered films {{crime-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Arrivée D'un Train En Gare De La Ciotat
(translated from French into English as ''The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station'', ''Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat'' Sand ''The Arrival of the Mail Train'', and in the United Kingdom as ''Train Pulling into a Station'') is an 1896 French short silent documentary film directed and produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière. Contrary to myth, it was not shown at the Lumières' first public film screening on 28 December 1895 in Paris, France: the programme of ten films shown that day makes no mention of it. Its first public showing took place in January 1896 in Lyon. It is indexed as Lumière No. 653. Synopsis This 50-second silent film shows the entry of a train pulled by a steam locomotive into the Gare de La Ciotat, the train station of the French southern coastal town of La Ciotat, near Marseille. Like most of the early Lumière films, consists of a single, unedited view illustrating an aspect of everyday life, a style of filmmaking known as actuality. There is no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madero Street
Francisco I. Madero Avenue, commonly known as simply Madero Street, is a geographically and historically significant pedestrian street of Mexico City and a major thoroughfare of the Historic center of Mexico City, historic city center. It has an east–west orientation from Zócalo to the Eje Central. From that point the street is called Avenida Juárez and becomes accessible to one-way traffic from one of the city's main boulevards, the Paseo de la Reforma. It was named in honour of one of the most important figures in the Mexican Revolution – Francisco I. Madero, a leader of the Francisco_I._Madero#Leader of the Anti-Re-election Movement (1908–1909), Anti-Re-election Movement and who was briefly President of Mexico before his assassination in 1913. Description This street has always been one of the most popular and busiest roads since History of Mexico City#Colonial Period 1521-1821, colonial times and was designed by Spaniard Alonso Garcia Bravo. It was one of the first str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
