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Unknown Spanish woman, a novelist (MAYBE Griselda Alvarez??), is interviewed about the Latin novelist, Carlos Fuentes. She talks about how she admires him as a strong writer and communicator, feels he is a thinking person and gets people involved in what he has to say.
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| 01:01:40 100.37 |
She further discusses the female characters in Fuentes' novels, his controversial political views about Central America. She states Fuentes is considered a bright man in Mexico, some people like him and some people do not, but doesn't think anyone considers him radical.
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| 01:07:07 427.85 |
She feels Fuentes is a good representative writer of Latin America. She discusses the new trends in Mexican fiction novels., and how politics affects the writings.
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| 01:09:26 566.95 |
End interview.
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Next segment.
Cars reflected in the window of a retail shoe store as they drive by. Some peds walk past the store. |
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Heavy traffic, congestion (smog) and peds in an unknown Latin city.
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| 01:14:29 869.44 |
ECU on a unique high rise building, contemporary block style. Pan to top reveals trees and plants like vines hanging down from the roof covering parts of the building A bus goes by camera lens and blocks the view. Sounds of traffic and cars honking their horns.
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| 01:16:07 967.05 |
Cutaway from high rise building in the city to a family walking on an unpaved sandy road in a poor neighborhood with no sidewalks or streets. Little boy carries a suitcase, dad carries one of the children, mom holds hands as she walks with the other. A brown and white dog follows along.
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| 01:16:27 987.11 |
Other folks walk on the same unpaved street, pass a dilapidated home or shack with clothes hanging from a clothesline out front, and a handmade stone fence or boundary around the home.
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| 01:16:57 1017.25 |
A few men stand about outside vacant buildings with no windows or doors, could be under construction? Other people and kids stroll by through the rubble, a rooster is heard.
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| 01:17:33 1053.32 |
Two small children play together in front of building of stone
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| 01:17:57 1077.57 |
What appears to possibly be construction amidst a bunch of clothes hanging from clothes lines. Rocks and rubble and a ladder leans against a building. Sounds of the rooster and maybe heavy equipment.
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| 01:18:20 1100.41 |
Cutaway to a group of dilapidated behind a cement or brick wall, same neighborhood with no paved streets or sidewalks. A bunch of women and kids walk by, most likely kids coming home from school. the kids and parents carry briefcases and knapsacks.
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End reel.
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Year: 1988
Color: Color
Genre: Interview
Specialty CollectionGenre: Interview
Description: An unknown Mexican woman writer is interviewed about her opinions of the Latin novelist, Carlos Fuentes. Scenes in an unknown Latin city and rural area.
Keywords: novelist
