It’s a particularly amazing experience watching a film from the 1930s and feeling as though it’s doing things you haven’t seen before. Such is the case with Fernando de Fuentes and his acclaimed Mexican Revolution Trilogy, which will screen in succession at this year’s New York Film Festival, from Sept. 29th through 30th.
De Fuentes, now regarded by all cinephiles as a pioneer in his own right, was born in Veracruz, Mexico, studied Philosophy at Tulane University and returned to Mexico as a poet/journalist. He was nearly 40 years old when he made his first film El Anónimo. Of course, his worldliness paid off in spades. Especially when it came to putting the Mexican Revolution to celluloid. De Fuentes’ second film, El Prisionero 13, would be the first of his revolution trilogy.
And while Prisionero appears to be a giant leap in ambition from the romantic...
De Fuentes, now regarded by all cinephiles as a pioneer in his own right, was born in Veracruz, Mexico, studied Philosophy at Tulane University and returned to Mexico as a poet/journalist. He was nearly 40 years old when he made his first film El Anónimo. Of course, his worldliness paid off in spades. Especially when it came to putting the Mexican Revolution to celluloid. De Fuentes’ second film, El Prisionero 13, would be the first of his revolution trilogy.
And while Prisionero appears to be a giant leap in ambition from the romantic...
- 9/21/2010
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
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