مدونة ايشيب - Blog de ishiba

Some days ago, I tried to explain the history of Mexican cinema to two friends, one British and one French. It was hard, but from my perspective, ignorant and humble opinion, I came up with an age classification: pre-1968 or the so-called «Golden Age»: This era is characterised by a wide range of topics and experimentation. Thoughtful scripts, but also some movies framed within Mexican nationalism and some others even indoctrination. However, overall they are not so bad and actually, they reflect a Mexico that is way far gone, not only physically but ideologically or culturally. It is called the Golden Age not only because of the quality of the movies but also the amount of movies and genres. Comedy was well represented by famous figures such as Chabelo, Tintan, Cantinflas, Resortes, and even Viruta and Capulina. Drama was well represented with famous figures such as Pedro Infante, Dolores del Río, María Félix, Pedro Armendariz, Emilio Fernández, Sara García, Fernando Soto, María Eugen