Fernando de Fuentes
Fernando de Fuentes ( born December 13, 1894 in Vera Cruz, † July 4, 1958 in Mexico City) was a Mexican film director, film producer and screenwriter. He was one of the first Mexican directors who turned talkies. After a few melodramas he turned his attention increasingly to the subject of the Mexican Revolution. With El compadre Mendoza in 1933 and Allá en el Rancho Grande from 1936 turned Fernando de Fuentes two films which are regarded as masterpieces of the early Mexican cinema. With the latter, he founded the genre of Comedia ranchera.
Life and work
Fernando de Fuentes began his career as an editor and assistant director in the 1920s. In 1932 he made his first film, El anónimo. He was the first Mexican who got the opportunity to make a film for the Compañia Nacional de Peliculas Productora. With the rotated the following year prisonero El trece de Fuentes devoted the Mexican Revolution, which was not previously rezipiert in this way, the first time a feature film. Also in 1933 he made El compadre Mendoza, with whom he further deepened the revolution theme. The film had a great thematic significance for Mexico, for he addressed the disillusionment with the corrupt ideals of the revolution. Although El compadre Mendoza was not respected internationally at the time of its release, but received in later years as well as Fernando de Fuentes positive reception by the international criticism. 1935 was de Fuentes Vámonos con Pancho Villa ( Let's go with Poncho Villa ) followed by another film about the revolution. In the film he directed this as a cataclysmic event that overwhelms his uncomprehending participants. He made the conflict between the ideals of the revolution and its chaotic, contradictory phenomenon clearly. While filming this movie Fernando de Fuentes was supported by the state. This represented approximately a complete Train, a regiment of regular troops, artillery, uniforms, horses and other military material. In addition, the State was ultimately the high production costs of the film.
With Allá en el Rancho Grande (Back on the big yard ) Fernando de Fuentes turned the first internationally successful film from Mexico. It was the most popular film of this director and marked a turning point in the orientation of the Mexican film industry. In this film de Fuentes involved While on the Hollywood Western, caught in his film but typical Mexican images and moods. In addition, he did not copy the American Cowboy, but was referring to the Mexican Charros. He also pointed out other filmmakers the way to emancipate themselves from the adaptations of foreign films and themes and rotate original Mexican films. Fernando de Fuentes founded with this film also the genre Comedia ranchera, in which many more films to follow on this topic. With the film La gallina clueca de Fuentes also worked in the Mexican films widespread theme of the mother in an exceptional way. However, after the success of Allá en el Rancho Grande, he turned increasingly films with commercial cutting and less focus on the artistic value. In 1942 he became a director and producer for the newly founded film studio Jesús Grovas. In 1945 he was involved in founding the production company Diana film.