![]() Without accepting the qualitative judgement in this statement (that is to say, without undermining the enormous artistic importance of decades of Mexican cinema) or ignoring external influences, it is interesting to note how between 1930 and the early 1960s (a period that can loosely be defined as the Golden Age of the country’s cinema), genres and styles, archetypes, narratives and ideologies reflected the fears and aspirations of a country undergoing significant social, economic and political change. ![]() In an essay published by the BFI in 1995, the writer Carlos Monsiváis described the Mexican film industry as having “greater sociological than artistic significance”, suggesting not just a close relationship between film and culture in the country, but one in which Mexican society could be understood through its cinema.
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