[Aztlan] Portrayal of Mesoamericans through film...

[Matthew H. Robb]

Per Justin's note about the Tarzan films, I found an informe in INAH's Archivo Tecnico written by Jorge Acosta from the mid-1960s, when scenes from Tarzan and the Valley of Gold were filmed in Teotihuacan's Plaza of the Moon. Apparently the SEP in Mexico City had decided the script was denigrating to Mexico and so should not be allowed to shoot on location. In the informe Acosta wrote that he did in fact receive a telegram from the SEP telling him to stop the film shoot .  . . but it was in the afternoon, and it was the last day of shooting. So, it was too late to make them stop!

One wonders how he would have evaded this in the age of email and cell phones.

Matthew Robb



----- Original Message ----
From: Chris Wright <wrightc at au1.ibm.com>
To: Eric Wahlstrom <eswahlstrom at gmail.com>
Cc: AZTLAN <aztlan at lists.famsi.org>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 1:54:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Aztlan] Portrayal of Mesoamericans through film...

I believe the "Chac" film being referred to here is "Chac: Dios de la
lluvia" (english title "Chac: The Rain God"), the 1975 film by Rolando
Klein. It's supposed to be shot largely in Tzotzil. Its IMDB entry may be
found here: http://imdb.com/title/tt0251629/

The 1935 film serial "The New Adventures of Tarzan" was filmed in Guatemala
with a plotline involving a lost Maya city and some shenanigans in
retrieving a "green goddess" totem from the inhabitants; it's in the Public
Domain and freely viewable online at the Internet archive:
http://www.archive.org/details/new_adventures_of_tarzan

Chris Wright


"Justin Kerr" <mayavase at verizon.net>  wrote on 23/02/2007 02:06:27 PM:

> Among the many films that should be studied is "Chac", a fictional story
of
> the Maya of Chiapas available on CD. I would not leave out films such as
> "Tarzan at Teotihucán" and other representations of treasure movies where
> the Pre-Columbian theme is used.
> Justin Kerr
>

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