Mas! Cine Mexicano: Sensational Mexican Movie Posters 1957-1990
Mas! Cine Mexicano: Sensational Mexican Movie Posters 1957-1990
$19.95
Agrasanchez Jr., Rogelio
Pap. San Francisco, 2007
Book ID: 73208
Comedy, tragedy, scandal, and social issues collide in this sensational collection of Mexican film posters from the late 1950s to early 1990s, a dynamic and volatile period in Mexican cinema. Culling more than 150 of the most colorful and sometimes unbelievable posters of the era a riot of monsters; wrestlers; smugglers; cops; criminals; and mujeres, mujeres, mujeres author Rogelio Agrasanchez Jr. also contributes an essay discussing the posters' creation, the role of cinema in Mexican popular culture, and the ups and downs of its film industry.
132 pp., 150 color illus.
