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April 30, 2005
Argentina time: talking to el amantes cine
Larry Rohter talks to the diverse directors of a new wave of Argentine cinema, including Lucrecia Martel, Pablo Trapero, Fabian Bielinsky (Nine Queens), Daniel Berman (Lost Embrace), Diego Lerman and Lisandro Alonso (La libertad, Los Muertos): "I believe that Argentine cinema today is defined more by what it isn't than by what it affirms," said Mr. Trapero, 33, whose best-known film is probably El Bonaerense, a drama about police corruption... "What we have in common is that many things are excluded from our films, such as the notion of the omniscient discourse of a director who knows the truth and interprets and illuminates it for the spectator." Surprisingly... in view of Argentina's turbulent history, there is also an aversion to overtly political themes in favor of more intimate and personal ones. "Smaller stories and a smaller focus" is the way Mr. Alonso, 29, puts it."
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