Word: realism
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...American pay-cable network, best known for hits like The Sopranos and Sex and the City, but HBO executives are confident their venture into the Mexican TV market will pay off. "There are millions of viewers across Latin America screaming out for shows with more quality and realism," said Miguel Angel Oliva, Vice President of Corporate Affairs at HBO Latin America. "And from Tijuana down to Patagonia, there is an immense talent among actors, directors and writers dying to make them...
...film The Crime of Father Amaro, about a priest's affair with a teenage girl. It also persuaded Mexican authorities to let it work with dozens of real-life female prisoners, who play extras in Capadocia. The scarred and hardened faces of these women prisoners adds to the realism to the portrayal of violence and intimidation behind bars. "It was a very emotional experience working with the prisoners," said leading actress Dolores Heredia. "These were women who had committed grave crimes. But we saw their human side. We laughed together and we cried together...
...There never is an explanation for the island, and when the smoke monsters and polar bears come in a la “Lost” and we discover that the characters are sitting on a restless volcano, we know that this play is veering off the path of realism. The play pokes fun at its own lapses in logic, and the actors make their characters so much their own that the audience is able to buy into it all. For a play that gives tribute to television shows such as “Lost?...
...that these men lacked the guts to put themselves in danger but that they worked in a system in which that sort of bravado wasn't necessary or even allowed. Hong Kong saw action realism as a badge of honor; Hollywood was the fantasy factory. And its action-film stars were such valuable commodities, they had to be handled like preemies. The studios were breeding these men for 20-to-30-year careers. Let them perform their most daring stunts? Nah, we have people who do that...
...translated into 27 languages and have become best-sellers in four continents. In addition, she said that she writes letters to her mother every day. Among her most noted works is her 1982 novel “The House of the Spirits,” an example of magical realism, a style incorporating magical elements often used by mid-20th century Latin America authors. She said that “Spirits” would be difficult for her to write today because she has evolved into a simpler, more precise writer. At last night’s event, which...