Myth and catastrophe. Characters and landscape in Werner Herzog and its echoes in Latin American cinema

The relationship between myth and catastrophe can help us to understand Werner Herzog’s cinematography. Taking this relationship as a reference, and analyzing character and landscape narrative, I will compare Herzog’s cinematography with some films coming from contemporary Latin-American cinema to s...

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Autor: Jurado González, David Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repositorio:Comunicación y Sociedad
Idioma:español
inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:comunicacionysociedad.cucsh.udg.mx:article/6952
Acceso en línea:https://www.comunicacionysociedad.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/comsoc/article/view/6952
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Myth
catastrophe
Latin American cinema
film
Cine
mito
catástrofe
cine latinoamericano
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Sumario:The relationship between myth and catastrophe can help us to understand Werner Herzog’s cinematography. Taking this relationship as a reference, and analyzing character and landscape narrative, I will compare Herzog’s cinematography with some films coming from contemporary Latin-American cinema to show that, even if these films resound with the catastrophe language of the German director, they objectivize catastrophe to the extent of demystification.