Reading the Book

I am reding into the book that I bought which contains infomation around Latin American contemporary cinema, so much so as you ofcourse allready know the book is called Contempory Latin American Cinema. It has alot of interesting points but one that I hadn't really thought about previously was marketing. I never thought about how a film could have one trailer for its homeland and one for neighbouring and far away contries, but this ofcourse is the case. The Boat that Rocked is a good example of this as the film was ofcourse British, but had a seperate trailer to entice the Americans across the Atlantic. This means that what a local or even national audience see in a film could be almost a completely different to what an international viewer could see in the same movie. Motorcycle Diaries, my focus film could be interpreted in three different ways. Firstly it could be seen as a simple road movie, it could be seen as a way of documenting the early years of Ernesto "Che" Guevaras life, or thirdly it could be seen as a way of documenting the suffering of the Latin Americans. All thre are a correct way of viewing the film but depending where you come from or what you are interested in is what you see in the film.

One particular part of the book which I found really interesting was when the director of the Motorcycle Diaries was mentioned. Origernally a documentry maker from Brazil Walter Salles is cosiderd the father of brazilian cinema and that is no exaduration. After the 84 day trip which Salles and the crew recreated Salles said " As well as being a Brazilian filmaker, he now knew that he was a that he was Latin Amererican filmaker." It appears to be that in his films Salles cant help but try to represent the people he depicts like in the film "Central do Brasil he includes" footage of real people. Much like what appears in the Motorcycle Diaries when Ernestio and Alberto interview people in the cities they enter. You can tell these scenes are different by the use of black and white. What is strange however is how Salles appears to be in a sense an auteur, hos production company helpes Latin American people and films which ofcourse is a good thing but does mean that he appears to have a say in every film that leaves the country. Making it appear as if instead of having many views thaere is simply a representation of Wlter Salles Latin America.