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wild tales
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Technical Codes
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“The Rats” - contrast in lighting between the café itself, lit against the dark outside seen through the window
lighting in the café distinguishes between the café itself (warm) and the kitchen with its cold blue light
As contaminated food is brought out, camera follows Cuenca and the plate
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‘El Màs Fuerte’ - feeling of space / emptiness emphasised by travelling shots / rugged scenery seen in long shot.
‘Bombita’ begins in darkness - distinguished by alternating interior/ exterior settings. Interiors of shops / Simón’s home / offices vs long shots of buildings / parking lots / busy city
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"Pasternak”
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the woman, his ex-girlfriend, had sex with his only friend
the man , a music critic, savagely reviewed Pasternak's work
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context
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The Junta
Known as the Civic-military dictatorship of Argentina, or última junta militar ("last military junta“).
A government formed from a militairy coup against then President, Isabel Peron.
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Investigation into the countless human rights violations, War Crimes and ‘The Disappeared’ continues to this day
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Despite this – and a failing economy – Argentina spends a huge amount of money ($4mil) on its military each year.
Political corruption ‘engrained’ (The Financial Times, 2013), ‘public officials untouchable.’
The Dirty War
The Dirty War is the name used by the military junta for the period of United States-backed state terrorism in Argentina from 1976 to 1983 as a part of Operation Condor, during which military and security forces and right-wing death squads in the form of the Argentine Anti-Communist Alliance hunted down any political dissidents and anyone believed to be associated with socialism, or left-wing ideals.
Up to 30,000 people disappeared, of whom many were impossible to report formally due to the nature of state terrorism.
The target of the Operation Condor were students, militants, trade unionists, writers, journalists, artists and any citizens suspected to be left-wing activists.
The disappeared included those thought to be politically or ideologically a threat to the junta even vaguely, or contrary to the neoliberal economic policies dictated by Operation Condor. They were killed in an attempt by the junta to silence the social and political opposition.
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Institutional
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Three countries with a significantly developed film industry: Argentina, Mexico and Brazil.
Film production in Argentina, supported by the State, is now one of the major film industries in the Spanish-speaking world.
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The film industry is heavily subsidised by the government, perhaps leading to films less critical of the government and Argentine society.
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representation
Youth
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Las Ratas - The youth are the innocents whilst the older characters are violent and cruel. The youth suffer because of the older characters actions.
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Bombita - once again the youth are presented as innocent and suffer because of adults. The main character is middle aged, but embodies the youthful recklessness that WT has previously ascribed to younger characters.
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Proposition - The young man is reckless and highly emotional. His parents are corrupt, powerful and greedy.
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Wedding - Family seems very hierarchical with older family members having more power. The youth are presented once again as highly emotional, highly sexed and violent.
Gender
Pasternak – The male characters are mostly defined by their careers, but the only notable female character is defined by her relationship to him and her infidelity.
Las Ratas – Women are represented as the oppressed, whether passive or active in their response. We see two models of both masculinity and femininity. Colour motif of red – symbolic of menstrual blood and female power.
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El Mas Fuerte – Two models of masculinity defined by class. Both are victims of patriarchal ideas about men – they must resort to violence to defeat each other for the sake of pride.
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Wedding –Both male and female characters are highly sexed, violent, but have an equal relationship
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Masculinity = Violent / Aggressive / Quick-tempered / Pathetic / Passive/ submissive / Unable to take responsibility / Proud
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Argentinians = "Bastards rule the world" - ingrained corruption / Repressed / Capable of committing violent acts / Hierarchical – class/ age
themes
common
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"the fuzzy boundary that separates civilization from barbarism, the vertigo of losing your temper, and the undeniable pleasure of losing control” - Szifron
concept that human beings have animalistic features -main difference between human and animals = capacity to restrain oneself as opposed to animals who are guided by their instincts.
Humans "have a fight or flee mechanism … Most of us live with the frustration of having to repress oneself, but some people explode.
This is a movie about those who explode". It deals with "daily life" aspects and "is a movie about the desire for freedom, and how this lack of freedom, and the rage and anguish it produces, can cause us to run off the rails.
“The main issue is the pleasure of reacting, the pleasure of reacting toward injustice."
Political themes
"political anger“ and "political subversiveness,"
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shows both structural violence and specific violences on school, work, among couples, as well as different types of discrimination.
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a world where power is concentrated in the hands of a small group of wealthy and powerful individuals."
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