RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Celluloid conquistadors: images of the conquest of Mexico in "Captain from Castile" (1947)
A1 Colston, Stephen Allyn
K1 Critical article
K1 Ensayo
K1 Film
K1 Hollywood
K1 Conquest
K1 Mexico
K1 Cortés
K1 Aztecs
K1 Cine
K1 Conquista
K1 México
K1 Aztecas
K1 Humanidades
K1 Historia de América
K1 America-History
K1 Arte
K1 Art
K1 Literatura
K1 Literature
AB The Spanish conquest of Aztec Mexico (1519-21) forever transformed greaterNorth America, Europe, and regions beyond. In spite of this significance, there is onlyone extant motion picture that has attempted to portray features of this epic event. Releasedin 1947 by Twentieth Century-Fox, Captain from Castile was based on a novel ofthe same title and offers images of the conquest that are intertwined with fact and fiction.Drawing upon the novel and elements of the conquest story itself, this study separatesand examines the threads of fact and fantasy that form the fundamental fabricof this film’s recounting of the Spanish conquest. This analysis is enhanced by informationfound in unpublished documents from several collections of motion picture productionmaterials. Ultimately, the images of the Spanish conquest that emerge inCaptain from Castile reveal some elements of genuine historicity but they more oftenreflect, in typical Hollywood fashion, the aspirations of a studio more concerned withachieving box office success than historical accuracy.
PB Instituto B. Flanklin de Estudios Norteamericanos. Universidad de Alcalá de Henares
YR 2010
FD 2010
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/8346
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/8346
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 25-abr-2024