The Paradoxical Effect of the Documentary in Walter Salles’s Central do Brasil

This article explores the fusion between the conventions of the documentary and fiction films in Walter Salles’s Central do Brasil (1998), tracing this synergy back to the impact of the documentary and Neorealism on the New Latin American Cinema and Cinema Novo , its Brazilian counterpart. After...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cynthia M. Tompkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 2009-01-01
Series:Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Online Access:http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol33/iss1/2