"World Film Locations: Buenos Aires" explores this picturesque and passionate city (the second-largest in South America) as a stage for sociopolitical transformations, and a key location in the international imagination as a site of cultural export. The book uncovers the many reasons why Buenos Aires attracts not only tourists but also artists and filmmakers, who explore the city and its iconography as well as its cultural and sociopolitical turbulence. A set of six essays anchors this volume; contributors consider a range of key topics related to the city onscreen, including tango, "villas...
"World Film Locations: Buenos Aires" explores this picturesque and passionate city (the second-largest in South America) as a stage for sociopolitical...