Lucrecia Martel

"Gerd GemÜnden's Lucrecia Martel . . . offers the most comprehensive survey of her filmography to date. . . . GemÜnden swiftly and effectively introduces the historical and cultural context that gave rise to the New Argentine Cinema of the 1990s." --Cineaste "Martel consistently defies trends and expectations. . . . GemÜnden's book shows clearly by example that Martel's work needs the time and space to dwell and to breathe, and deserves the rewards that her practice garners." --Film Quarterly "Journalists discovered Lucrecia Martel with her last film, but scholars like Gerd GemÜnden were already paying attention to her extraordinary body of work. Now, GemÜnden analyzes the complexities of the Martel universe with a combination of cinematic precision and historical knowledge, unpacking her references and delineating her acute specificity of place. A welcome volume and likely an instant classic."--B. Ruby Rich, editor, Film Quarterly "In a superb and richly documented in-depth reading of Lucrecia Martel's filmic oeuvre, Gerd GemÜnden places her firmly within the context of Argentina's vibrant New Cinema of the last twenty years, while also making a convincing case for her to be considered a leading filmmaker of our time."-Jens Andermann, author of New Argentine Cinema