El norte = The North
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Movie (Entertainment) - North Wing BasementNotes, VideoFL SPA 1162notesOn Shelf
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Format
DVD, Notes, Video
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm).
Language
Spanish
UPC
715515034722

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General Note
Series numbering from container spine.
General Note
El norte: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983.
General Note
The journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva: Originally released as a motion picture in 1972.
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"Enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs"--Container.
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Container insert features an essay : Promised land / by novelist Héctor Tobar and Roger Ebert's 1983 review of the film.
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Special features (disc 1): optional director's audio commentary; theatrical trailer (2 min.).
General Note
Special features (disc 2): "In the service of the shadows : the making of 'El norte'" interview featurette with Nava, producer and co-writer Anna Thomas, actors Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and David Villalpando, and set designer David Wasco (60 min.); "Scouting in Chiapas" gallery of Chiapas location-scouting photographs; "The journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva" Nava's award-winning student film with optional director introduction (1972, 31 min.).
General Note
Booklet inserted in container.
General Note
Filmed on location in Chiapas, Morelos, Mexicali in Mexico and in Los Angeles, San Diego in California.
Creation/Production Credits
El norte: Cinematography, James Glennon ; film editor, Betsy Blankett ; traditional and original music composed and performed by Los Folkloristas ; traditional original harop music composed and performed by Melecio Martinez ; mariachi music arranged and performed by Mariachi Nuevo Uclatlan ; DVD producer, Abbey Lustgarten.
Creation/Production Credits
The journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva: A film by Gregory Nava ; music, W.A. Mozart.
Participants/Performers
El norte: Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Alicia del Lago, Miguel Gomez Giron, Jose Martín Ruano, Stella Quan, Eraclio Zepeda.
Participants/Performers
The journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva: Marco Antonio Rubio, Daniel Salazar, Leonel Torres, Salvador Ornelas, Abel Bustos, José María Angel, Alberto Trejo Cardos, Fernando Armas ; narration: Daniel Gabadón.
Description
El norte: Enrique and Rosa are brother and sister Mayan Indian peasants, living in the mountains of Guatemala. When the village attempts to organize for better treatment, Enrique and Rosa are forced to flee as the Guatemalan army is sent in to punish the townspeople. Receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant, they make their way to Los Angeles, hoping to make a new life as young, uneducated, and illegal immigrants.
Description
The journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva: Nava's 1972 award-winning thirty-minute student film, based on the life of Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca, depicting the life of a fictional poet caught in the Spanish Civil War and jailed, but then set free on the condition he leaves his country and never returns.
System Details
DVD ; anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) ; Dolby Digital mono ; NTSC, region 1.
Language
In Spanish, K'iché and English with optional English and English SDH subtitles.
Language
Soundtrack in Quiché, Spanish and English; subtitles available in English.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Thomas, A., Nava, G., Lustgarten, A., Gutiérrez, Z. S., Villalpando, D., Gómez Cruz, E., Lago, A. d., Tobar, H., Ebert, R., Glennon, J., Blankett, B., & Martinez, M. (2008). El norte =: The North (Director-approved special edition.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Anna, Thomas et al.. 2008. El Norte =: The North. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Anna, Thomas et al.. El Norte =: The North Criterion Collection, 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Thomas, Anna,, et al. El Norte =: The North Director-approved special edition., Criterion Collection, 2008.

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