Eliseo Subiela in Life and Cinema

<p> Audiences never have a lukewarm opinion of a Subiela film. They either love it passionately or hate it profoundly. That Eliseo Subiela (Buenos Aires 1944-2016) an original and sensitive thinker survived and indeed throve in economically challenged Argentina while garnering more accolades abroad than in his own country is a tribute to his grit intelligence imagination and persistence of vision.</p><p> With an astounding list of prizes and honors he was a world-class auteur. Even when he was making a TV commercial his surreal style and poetic sensibility were unmistakable.</p><p> This book represents the culmination of 20 years of research and personal correspondence with Eliseo Subiela. Through ten scholarly studies and five interviews it sheds light on his life esthetics obsessions struggles with madness and of course his films.</p><p> It addresses his earlier career in advertising lifelong artistic influences screenwriting techniques critical reactions to his films and what Subiela's example has to offer aspiring filmmakers especially those in Latin America.</p>