Objetivo
| Categories | Film magazine |
|---|---|
| Founder | Luis Garcia Berlanga Juan Antonio Bardem |
| Founded | 1953 |
| First issue | July 1953 |
| Final issue | 1956 |
| Country | Spain |
| Based in | Madrid |
| Language | Spanish |
Objetivo was a Spanish film magazine published between 1953 and 1956. The magazine was based in Madrid, Spain. It was one of the significant publications, which contributed to the struggle for censorship-free cinema in Francoist Spain.[1] Spanish author Marvin D'Lugo argues that the magazine was very influential during its lifetime despite its short existence and lower levels of circulation.[2]
History and profile
Objetivo was founded in 1953.[3][4] Based in Madrid, the first issue of the magazine appeared in July 1953.[5] Objetivo was modeled on Italian film magazine Cinema Nuovo.[2] The founders were Luis Garcia Berlanga and Juan Antonio Bardem.[4] They were both influenced from Italian neorealism.[4] The financier of the magazine was José Ángel Ezcurra, who owned the cultural and political magazine, Triunfo.[1]
Objetivo did not conform to Franco's cultural politics.[6] The magazine adopted a social realist approach, which was concerned to the highest ideal of cinema.[2] It mostly featured articles about Italian neorealism.[6][7] It did not covered Hollywood films, but contained articles on independent American films.[2] Eduardo Ducay published film critics in Objetivo.[8] The other significant contributors included Ricardo Muñoz Suay and Paulino Garagorri.[2] The magazine folded in 1956[7] after publishing just nine issues[6] due to the crackdown of the Francoist State.[2][8]
See also
References
- ^ a b Nuria Triana-Toribio (2014). "Film Cultures in Spain's Transition: The "Other" Transition in the Film Magazine Nuevo Fotogramas (1968-1978)". Cultural Studies. 15 (4). Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Marvin D'Lugo (1991). The Films of Carlos Saura: The Practice of Seeing. Princeton University Press. p. 20. ISBN 0-691-00855-8. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Fernando Ramos Arenas (2017). "Film Clubs and Film Cultural Policies in Spain and the GDR around 1960". Communication and Society. 30 (1). Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ a b c S. Marsh (15 December 2005). Popular Spanish Film Under Franco: Comedy and the Weakening of the State. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-230-51187-3. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Jo Labanyi (21 December 2015). A Companion to Spanish Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. p. 456. ISBN 978-1-119-17013-6. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ a b c Virginia Higginbotham (27 January 2014). Spanish Film Under Franco. University of Texas Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-292-76147-6. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ a b Rosanna Maule (2008). Beyond Auteurism: New Directions in Authorial Film Practices in France, Italy and Spain Since the 1980s. Intellect Books. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-84150-204-5. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ a b Marvin D'Lugo (1997). Guide to the Cinema of Spain. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-313-29474-7. Retrieved 4 February 2017.