Marxismo y socialismo mexicano en Redes, de Paul Strand y Carlos Chávez, con música de Silvestre Revueltas
Redes (1934-1935), a Mexican film conceived and shot by the modernist photographer Paul Strand, is recognized as a fundamental work of Mexican cinema, albeit considered a propagandistic one by some. Among musicians, it is known for the soundtrack composed by Silvestre Revueltas. Redes was produced i...
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| description | Redes (1934-1935), a Mexican film conceived and shot by the modernist photographer Paul Strand, is recognized as a fundamental work of Mexican cinema, albeit considered a propagandistic one by some. Among musicians, it is known for the soundtrack composed by Silvestre Revueltas. Redes was produced in accordance with the educational guidelines laid down by the Public Education Secretariat under Narciso Bassols (1931-1934) and the Department of Fine Arts under Carlos Chávez (1933-1934). The film follows the tribulations of a group of poor, exploited fishermen in Veracruz, but Redes was designed to be not just about, but for the workers. The purpose of this article is to place the intellectual and physical creation of Redes within the context of the social and political ideas of Bassols, Chávez and, due to his closeness with the former two, Strand. More specifically, it will show how the film’s story and its very cinematography faithfully follow classical Marxist theory on capitalism and the exploitation and alienation of the worker, in accordance with Bassols’s collectivist vision. Using archival documentation, this article recounts Strand’s political radicalization in Mexico, proving the photographer’s clear intellectual authorship (even though the film is credited to the director Fred Zinnemann), discusses the educational guidelines under which Strand worked and makes a Marxist reading of the film in order to show its specific political message. Eduardo Contreras Soto and James Krippner have shown that Revueltas’s association with the Redes project came late and that the music was written after its filming. Here I only discuss the use of musical signifiers in the soundtrack that facilitate the political reading of the film by the worker-spectator by channeling their emotional responses and anchoring their perceptions in a specifically Mexican context. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.historiamexicana.colmex.mx:article-42492025-07-10T19:12:40Z Marxism and Mexican Socialism in Redes by Paul Stand and Carlos Chávez, with Music by Silvestre Revueltas Marxismo y socialismo mexicano en Redes, de Paul Strand y Carlos Chávez, con música de Silvestre Revueltas Saavedra, Leonora Mexico cinema of Mexico political ideas socialist education working class Mexican revolution México cine mexicano ideas políticas educación socialista clase trabajadora Revolución mexicana Redes (1934-1935), a Mexican film conceived and shot by the modernist photographer Paul Strand, is recognized as a fundamental work of Mexican cinema, albeit considered a propagandistic one by some. Among musicians, it is known for the soundtrack composed by Silvestre Revueltas. Redes was produced in accordance with the educational guidelines laid down by the Public Education Secretariat under Narciso Bassols (1931-1934) and the Department of Fine Arts under Carlos Chávez (1933-1934). The film follows the tribulations of a group of poor, exploited fishermen in Veracruz, but Redes was designed to be not just about, but for the workers. The purpose of this article is to place the intellectual and physical creation of Redes within the context of the social and political ideas of Bassols, Chávez and, due to his closeness with the former two, Strand. More specifically, it will show how the film’s story and its very cinematography faithfully follow classical Marxist theory on capitalism and the exploitation and alienation of the worker, in accordance with Bassols’s collectivist vision. Using archival documentation, this article recounts Strand’s political radicalization in Mexico, proving the photographer’s clear intellectual authorship (even though the film is credited to the director Fred Zinnemann), discusses the educational guidelines under which Strand worked and makes a Marxist reading of the film in order to show its specific political message. Eduardo Contreras Soto and James Krippner have shown that Revueltas’s association with the Redes project came late and that the music was written after its filming. Here I only discuss the use of musical signifiers in the soundtrack that facilitate the political reading of the film by the worker-spectator by channeling their emotional responses and anchoring their perceptions in a specifically Mexican context. Redes (1934-1935), película mexicana ideada y filmada por el fotógrafo modernista Paul Strand, es reconocida como obra fundamental –panfletaria para algunos– del cine mexicano. Entre músicos se le conoce por la música que para la banda sonora compuso Silvestre Revueltas. Redes fue producida de acuerdo a lineamientos educativos generados en la SEP por Narciso Bassols (1931-1934), secretario, y Carlos Chávez, director del Departamento de Bellas Artes (1933-1934). La película se ocupa de las tribulaciones de un grupo de pescadores pobres y explotados de Veracruz; pero Redes es un film no sólo sobre sino, sobre todo, para los trabajadores. El objetivo de este trabajo consiste en colocar la creación intelectual y física de Redes en el contexto de las ideas políticas y sociales de Bassols, Chávez y, como resultado de su cercanía con éstos, Strand. Más particularmente, mostraré cómo el argumento de la película y su misma cinematografía siguen fielmente la teoría clásica marxista sobre el capitalismo y la explotación y enajenación del trabajador en él, atendiendo a la visión colectivista de la SEP de Bassols. Utilizando documentos de archivo, hago un recuento de la radicalización política de Strand en México, muestro la clara autoría intelectual del fotógrafo (a pesar de que el film se presenta en los créditos como obra del director Fred Zinnemann), discuto los lineamientos de la SEP dentro de los cuales Strand trabajó y hago una lectura marxista del film para señalar su mensaje político específico. Eduardo Contreras Soto y James Krippner han mostrado que la asociación de Revueltas con el proyecto de Redes fue tardía y la música, creada a posteriori. Aquí discuto solamente la utilización en la banda sonora de significadores musicales que facilitan la lectura política del filme por parte del espectador-trabajador, canalizan su respuesta emocional y anclan su percepción en un contexto específicamente mexicano. El Colegio de México, A.C. 2021-03-24 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/xml https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/4249 10.24201/hm.v70i4.4249 Historia Mexicana; Vol. 70, Núm. 4 (280) abril-junio 2021; 1987-2036 2448-6531 0185-0172 spa https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/4249/4440 https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/4249/4452 Derechos de autor 2021 Historia Mexicana |
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| title | Marxismo y socialismo mexicano en Redes, de Paul Strand y Carlos Chávez, con música de Silvestre Revueltas |
| title_alt | Marxism and Mexican Socialism in Redes by Paul Stand and Carlos Chávez, with Music by Silvestre Revueltas |
| title_full | Marxismo y socialismo mexicano en Redes, de Paul Strand y Carlos Chávez, con música de Silvestre Revueltas |
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| title_sort | marxismo y socialismo mexicano en redes de paul strand y carlos chavez con musica de silvestre revueltas |
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