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Fernando Martín Peña

Nascimento : 1968-11-12, Buenos Aires, Argentina

História

Fernando Martín Peña is an Argentine teacher, film critic, researcher and collector. He has published several books on film topics since 1991. Since December 2006, he has been conducting "Filmoteca, temas de cine" at midnight on Argentine Public TV. As a researcher, Peña has been responsible for the recovery of several films that were deemed lost or incomplete, such as an unknown 16mm copy of the Fritz Lang classic film Metropolis.

Perfil

Filmes

La tara

A Movie Man

Self

Fernando Martín Peña: La proyección del mundo

Self

After almost 20 years, Fernando Martín Peña returns to the Faculty of Arts of the National University of La Plata to teach the subject History of Cinema II. Little by little, the reflections, questions and contradictions of the students who wonder about the study of the history of cinema begin.

An Important Premiere

For many years, Buenos Aires, Argentina, was one of the best places in the world for a film buff; but from the mid-sixties onwards, successive authoritarian governments shaped the will of the spectators, dictating what could be seen and what could not, so that the true cinema lovers, in their desire to watch films, had no choice but to embark on the most extraordinary and strange adventures.

Alfredo Li Gotti. Una pasión cinéfila

Self

Documentary about Argentine film collector Alfredo Li Gotti.

Metropolis Refound

Himself

Argentinian film historians find a complete print of Fritz Lang's “Metropolis” (1927) at Buenos Aires Film Museum and take it to Germany for its restoration.

Voyage to 'Metropolis'

Self

A documentary about the making of the final version of "Metropolis" by restoring all material from different sources.

Cómo se hizo "El exilio de Gardel"

Writer

Cómo se hizo "El exilio de Gardel"

Director

Flesh on Flesh

Documentary on Argentine actress and sex symbol Isabel Sarli, including clips from her films and interviews with her and other actors.

Cómo se hizo "La hora de los hornos"

Director

An extensive interview with Fernando Solanas and an important amount of unpublished material, the documentary describes the process of making the most influential film of Latin American cinema. It was done exclusively to accompany its home release.