Verlag: La Plata Buenos Aires, 1960
Anbieter: Chaco 4ever Books, Montevideo, MO, Uruguay
Magazin / Zeitschrift
Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Zustand: Muy bueno. In-8 & In-4. #1 Jun/Jul 1960 - #6 Summer 1961/1962. (Complete set). Wrappers. Published by faculty and students of the School of Fine Arts at the National University of La Plata (UNLP), Contracampo was a pivotal film criticism journal. The editorial team included Armando Blanco, Eduardo Comesaña, Carlos Fragueiro, Oscar Garaycochea, M. Schereschevsky, and Sara Uturría, with a rotating editor-in-chief for each issue. The journal sought to establish a serious film criticism platform in dialogue with contemporaries such as Tiempo de Cine, Cuadernos de Cine, and Cinecrítica. Emerging in a context where specialized criticism was at the forefront of intellectual workheavily influenced by Cahiers du Cinéma and international movementsContracampo disseminated these global debates while defining a position on national cinema. Its brief run shows two distinct phases, clearly reflected in its format change from In-4 to In-8. The early issues (large format) focused on international auteurs, translating controversial articles and dedicating covers to figures like Carl Theodor Dreyer, Alain Resnais (Issue 1-2), and Max Ophüls (Issue 3). Starting with the third issue, the magazine championed the "New Argentine Cinema." Issue #4 (Jan 1961) marked the shift in morphology and design to a more academic format, coinciding with a monographic focus on Leopoldo Torre Nilsson. The final issue (#6) expanded this dialogue to include Jean Rouch alongside local directors like David José Kohon, linking the French cinéma vérité with emerging Argentine productions. The journal represents a key moment in the transition of audiovisual production from an empirical tradition to formal pedagogical training within the university setting. A significant milestone in the evolution of film criticism as a cultural object in Argentina. Tarcus p. 42. C2.