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Heroes, Villains and Women: Representations of Latin America in The Voyage by Fernando Solanas
Author(s) -
Shaw Deborah
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/1470-9856.00055
Subject(s) - hollywood , hero , filmmaking , latin americans , opposition (politics) , movie theater , politics , sociology , media studies , aesthetics , gender studies , literature , art history , art , political science , law
This article provides a close study of Solanas’s most ambitious film, The Voyage ( El viaje ). It examines the director’s attempts to create a model of Latin American cinema in opposition to Hollywood aesthetics. The paper discusses the extent to which Solanas is successful in this project, and examines the ways in which he has been faithful to his political views. In addition, the paper challenges the film’s representations of women, arguing that in this respect The Voyage fails in its attempts at radical filmmaking; the hero’s quest is seen in patriarchal terms and the female characters are marginalized.