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Judging from his reaction, it seemed that the question had touched on a sensitive spot. He took his time, explaining that, unlike the petty wars which we as humans constantly involve ourselves in because of social, religious, or economic reasons, the war of sorcerers is not directed against other people, but against their own weaknesses. By the same token, their peace is not the submissive condition to which modern man has been reduced; rather, it is an imperturbable state of internal silence and discipline.

The first in a series, this collection of essays addresses the role of documentary film in negotiations of national identity throughout the Western Hemisphere. Twenty essays by scholars from Latin America, the USA, and Europe analyze narrations of nation in this genre, focusing on documentary film as a political medium, representations of the margins of the nation, postmodern documentary aesthetics, the function of documentaries in terms of cultural memory, and recent revisions of documentary film history. In a concluding section, four renowned filmmakers from Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, and...

La pintura puede inspirar la escenografía, el cromatismo o la caracterización de los personajes de una película. También Picasso, Van Gogh, Las Meninas, Goya o la capilla Sextina son susceptibles de convertirse en imágenes cinematográficas. Pero su presencia va más allá y actúa en niveles más profundos., como demuestran obras tan dispares como Vértigo, Moulin Rouge, El gatopardo, La edad de la inocencia o Frida. Y esto es así porque el cine es, en parte, heredero del arte pictórico. Este libro intenta descubrir los distintos caminos por loas que la pintura llega al cine,...

Educational, entertaining, and stimulating, these authoritative and handsome encyclopedias present each of their subjects in rich detail. Packed with information, photographs, and illustrations, each book is organized around themes specific to their subject matter. With today's hunter, skeet shooter, and gun collector in mind, this exhaustive encyclopedia of hunting firearms includes profiles, technical details, and photographs of every gun listed. Conteniendo información completa, estas hermosas enciclopedias también son educativas y entretenidas. Ya sea para satisfacer la curiosidad o...