Cines periféricos. Arte y sociedad tras la ideología dominante de Hollywood

Abstract

This article analyzes the different relationships between art and society inside cinema, using the principles of materialist aesthetics that come from the theoretical positions of Marx and Engels. This reading recovers discussions mass culture, ideology and the capitalist model, elements that hinder the artistic understanding of cinema when underlines its industrial dimension. Starting from the idea that art is an immaterial labor, which opposes to societies of their respective time, we analyze the combative role of some cinemas called peripherals. To show the artwork, capable of question the dominant ideological order, we review four cases: the avant-garde cinema, underground cinema, the new Latin American cinema, and Northamerican independent film.