Gustavo Bernstein (born 5 October 1966 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine writer, filmmaker, and cultural critic.[1]

Career

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Literature

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Bernstein's early publications include Maradona, Iconography of the Motherland (1997); Ten Cinema Stories (1998); and Sarrasani, Between the Fable and the Epic (2000), a novel centered on the history of the Sarrasani Circus and the Stosch-Sarrasani family.[2][3] He subsequently published The Pilgrim Homeland (2001); Exercises of Faith (2003); and Mutatis Mutandis (2015).[4]

In 2019 he published The Face of Christ in Cinema. A Cinematic Reading of the Gospel, an essay examining representations of Christ in film history.[5][6][7] That same year he published the novel De Ronde. Portrait of a Stateless Person, a literary reconstruction of the life of Dutch chess player Chris de Ronde.[8][9] He also published Prompt Proses (2021), a compilation of journalistic writings.[10]

Film

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Bernstein has written extensively on the legacy of Argentine filmmaker and writer Jorge Luis Acha. He compiled and edited Posthumous Writings, volumes I and II (2012–2014), and the collective volume Jorge Acha: una eztetyka sudaka (2017).[11][12] Bernstein has directed the films Sudacas (1997) and Thálassa, a Self-Portrait of Jorge Acha (2017).[13][14][15]

References

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  1. "Gustavo Bernstein" (in Spanish). Resonancias.
  2. "Sarrasani" (in Spanish). Página/12.
  3. "Sarrasani, entre la fábula y la epopeya" (in Spanish). Zirkólika.
  4. "Claves de una vigorosa melancolía" (in Spanish). La Gaceta Salta.
  5. "Un libro de Gustavo Bernstein recorre la filmografía universal sobre Jesucristo" (in Spanish). Diario de Cultura.
  6. "El rostro de Cristo en el cine" (in Spanish). Imagofagia.
  7. "Representación cinematográfica de Cristo" (in Spanish). La Gaceta.
  8. "Trebejos y resonancias políticas" (in Spanish). Diario de Cultura.
  9. "Biografie Christiaan de Ronde" (in Dutch). Revu.
  10. "Prosas intempestivas" (in Spanish). Periódico Irreverentes.
  11. "Reseña: Jorge Acha, una eztetyka sudaka" (in Spanish). Revista 24 Cuadros.
  12. "La escritura de los sueños" (in Spanish). Página/12.
  13. "Thálassa" (in Spanish). Centro de Cultura Digital.
  14. "Thálassa" (in Spanish). Hacerse la Crítica.
  15. "Thálassa" (in Spanish). Cine Documental.