EAN: 9781839024979

MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT - DARLENE J SADLIE...

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea's Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) is a classic of Cuban revolutionary
culture  and is hailed as a prime example of a radical style of 1960s political filmmaking that
became known worldwide as Latin American new cinema. Darlene J. Sadlier's detailed study
approaches this much-written-about film from a new perspective. Her analysis situates the film
in its historical context  considering how Cuban political history affected and informed the
production of the film  particularly its use of archival footage. She discusses the film as an
adaptation of Edmundo Desnoes's novel Memorias del subdesarrollo (1965)  exploring how the
novel itself is re-written in significant ways by the film. Sadlier goes on to analyse the
curious opening of the film on an outdoor scene of Afro-Cubans dancing to the new music of
Pello del Afrokán  arguing that this opening scene prefaces the film's exploration of both
class and race. She focuses on the unique style of the film  particularly the use of voiceover
music and documentary footage to show how the themes of ennui  isolation  writing  and
remembering are depicted. In doing so  she highlights the film's lasting impact and its role in
defining Latin American new cinema.

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