Vernacular modernism and melodramatic imagination in Bajo el cielo antioqueño
This article focuses on the film “Bajo el cielo antioqueño”, directed by Arturo Acevedo Vallarino and released in 1925. First, the collective efforts of the Medellin privileged sectors are described, which participated as investors and as actors. Then, the movie’s appropriation of what could be call...
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| description | This article focuses on the film “Bajo el cielo antioqueño”, directed by Arturo Acevedo Vallarino and released in 1925. First, the collective efforts of the Medellin privileged sectors are described, which participated as investors and as actors. Then, the movie’s appropriation of what could be called the “vernacular modernism” is analyzed through the cultural matrix of melodrama, which is characterized by intensity and schematization of feelings, by the story’s development from ignorance to recognition, the supremacy of family relationships and essential loyalties, as well as by the expression of emotional excess. Finally, the acceptance of the movie by the audience, which was characterized by the consensus towards the regional representation shown in the movie, will be commented on. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-589dc14eecdc42f19b54cd6f860f95772022-12-22T03:27:28ZengUniversidad Nacional de Colombia, sede MedellínHistoria y Sociedad0121-84172357-47202016-12-012925928210.15446/hys.n29.50597Vernacular modernism and melodramatic imagination in Bajo el cielo antioqueñoÁlvaro Andrés Villegas0Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede MedellínThis article focuses on the film “Bajo el cielo antioqueño”, directed by Arturo Acevedo Vallarino and released in 1925. First, the collective efforts of the Medellin privileged sectors are described, which participated as investors and as actors. Then, the movie’s appropriation of what could be called the “vernacular modernism” is analyzed through the cultural matrix of melodrama, which is characterized by intensity and schematization of feelings, by the story’s development from ignorance to recognition, the supremacy of family relationships and essential loyalties, as well as by the expression of emotional excess. Finally, the acceptance of the movie by the audience, which was characterized by the consensus towards the regional representation shown in the movie, will be commented on.http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/hisysoc/article/view/50597/51482MelodramamodernityColombian cinemasilent cinemaColombian history |
| spellingShingle | Álvaro Andrés Villegas Vernacular modernism and melodramatic imagination in Bajo el cielo antioqueño Historia y Sociedad Melodrama modernity Colombian cinema silent cinema Colombian history |
| title | Vernacular modernism and melodramatic imagination in Bajo el cielo antioqueño |
| title_full | Vernacular modernism and melodramatic imagination in Bajo el cielo antioqueño |
| title_fullStr | Vernacular modernism and melodramatic imagination in Bajo el cielo antioqueño |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vernacular modernism and melodramatic imagination in Bajo el cielo antioqueño |
| title_short | Vernacular modernism and melodramatic imagination in Bajo el cielo antioqueño |
| title_sort | vernacular modernism and melodramatic imagination in bajo el cielo antioqueno |
| topic | Melodrama modernity Colombian cinema silent cinema Colombian history |
| url | http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/hisysoc/article/view/50597/51482 |
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