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Letters to Cinema

by Manuel Alejandro Salas

Podcast by Manuel Alejandro Salas

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Episodes

  1. Episode 7: Expressing Traumas on Film

    Episode 7: Expressing Traumas on Film by Manuel Alejandro Salas

  2. Episode 6: The Death of the Auteur

    This week, I talk about the auteur theory and expand on the argument suggested by Graham Petrie in his article “Alternatives to Auteurs” where he wrestles with how can we attribute credit where it belongs? Or how can we know we are giving credit to the person that is responsible for the visual...

  3. Episode 5: Privileged Moments

    This week, I approach my analysis differently to what I usually do by looking at a film through a cinephiliac moment or privileged moment. Paul Willemen states that a cinephiliac moment “has something to do with what you perceive to be the privileged, pleasure-giving, fascinating moment of a...

  4. Episode 4: Hypnosis in Cinema

    This week, I touch on an ongoing argument: the difference between watching films in motion picture theaters vs. on a digital home device. My idea on this topic is that motion picture theaters provide a hypnotizing effect that you can’t get anywhere else. The definition of hypnosis says that it is…

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  5. Episode 3: Films for Cinephiles

    A cinephile is someone who is passionate about the art of filmmaking leading him or her to accumulate a lot of knowledge in film theory and film criticism over the years. After 1990, film directors have been known for referencing other films and historical film styles within their narrative...

  6. Episode 2: First Features

    In this episode, I look at the debut features of Robert Rodriguez, Damien Chazelle, Guillermo del Toro, and Christopher Nolan. I was curious to know the journeys of some film directors and how they started in an attempt to find out the first steps that aspiring filmmakers should take at the...

  7. Episode 1: Ecuadorian First Wave

    The film movement emerged on February 3rd of 2006 when the National Congress approved the first Ecuadorian Cinema Law and, as a result, an institution called the CNCine was established to fortify the audiovisual industry of the country. This organization began supporting upcoming directors, the...

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Podcast by Manuel Alejandro Salas

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Manuel Alejandro Salas

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