El Voniln's Influence On Mexico Cinema

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Marcos talks about the Zapatista National Liberation Army and the attempts to bring their struggles to people’s attention. He shares Mexicans’ struggles with identities and demands that Mexico fulfill the provisions of its constitution. He encourages people to create space for the marginalized people and fight against the rich and powerful because they have always been in the position of power. He seeks to challenges bourgeois democracies. Fein’s article talks about how the Hollywood system influence Mexico Cinema. Due to the lack of economy resource and power , Mexican Cinema can hardly compete with Hollywood both domestically and abroad. Mexican filmmaker cannot afford equipment and new technologies. Fein points out that the Mexican Cinema fails to refuse western ideologies which result in the decline in film quality. Instead of developing its own film industry, Mexico become the major B film production for Hollywood. Due to its dependence of foreign market, Mexican Cinema cannot be political independent. …show more content…
She argues that the film tries to recognize the importance of peasants’ lives as well as the lives of the traditionally more important authorities. The film’s slow temporality gives the viewer a different perspective to see the others.The film divides the everything into two sides. The guerrillas vs the army, the sound of weapons vs music. The division allows us to see the war’s stupidity, and it is a mistake to believe war can be a