Un monument en 24 images par seconde : El santo de la espada
This article intends to analyze the representation of the Independence of Argentina in the fiction feature film El santo de la espada (Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, 1970). Throughout this period, the film production was strongly controlled by the State – especially by the censorship laws –, at the same ti...
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| description | This article intends to analyze the representation of the Independence of Argentina in the fiction feature film El santo de la espada (Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, 1970). Throughout this period, the film production was strongly controlled by the State – especially by the censorship laws –, at the same time, it led to the growth of the historical cinema. This genre spread an official version of history and of the foundational narratives that fit well with the nationalist speech of the dictatorship (1966-1973). These films give monumental aspect to the past in which the public could think, in an implicit or an explicit way, that the regime would be the successor and the guardian of the foundational values of the nation. Consequently, these films propose an exaltation of the Independence heroes’ military virtues and, at the same time, they don’t valorize the role played by the popular segments in the emancipation. El santo de la espada is undoubtedly the most popular successful film of this cycle (Radetich L., 2005/2006 : 60, 61). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a8778d884963454382755634e0fccc642024-02-15T13:54:35ZengInstitut des AmériquesIdeAs1950-5701710.4000/ideas.1435Un monument en 24 images par seconde : El santo de la espadaIgnacio Del Valle DávilaThis article intends to analyze the representation of the Independence of Argentina in the fiction feature film El santo de la espada (Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, 1970). Throughout this period, the film production was strongly controlled by the State – especially by the censorship laws –, at the same time, it led to the growth of the historical cinema. This genre spread an official version of history and of the foundational narratives that fit well with the nationalist speech of the dictatorship (1966-1973). These films give monumental aspect to the past in which the public could think, in an implicit or an explicit way, that the regime would be the successor and the guardian of the foundational values of the nation. Consequently, these films propose an exaltation of the Independence heroes’ military virtues and, at the same time, they don’t valorize the role played by the popular segments in the emancipation. El santo de la espada is undoubtedly the most popular successful film of this cycle (Radetich L., 2005/2006 : 60, 61).https://journals.openedition.org/ideas/1435Argentinahistorical cinemadictatorshipcensorsIndependenceJosé de San Martín |
| spellingShingle | Ignacio Del Valle Dávila Un monument en 24 images par seconde : El santo de la espada IdeAs Argentina historical cinema dictatorship censors Independence José de San Martín |
| title | Un monument en 24 images par seconde : El santo de la espada |
| title_full | Un monument en 24 images par seconde : El santo de la espada |
| title_fullStr | Un monument en 24 images par seconde : El santo de la espada |
| title_full_unstemmed | Un monument en 24 images par seconde : El santo de la espada |
| title_short | Un monument en 24 images par seconde : El santo de la espada |
| title_sort | un monument en 24 images par seconde el santo de la espada |
| topic | Argentina historical cinema dictatorship censors Independence José de San Martín |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/ideas/1435 |
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