'It's a wonderful life' (Frank Capra) 60 years later

Authors

  • Alejandro Machacuay Universidad de Piura

Keywords:

Films and society, films as a means of education, author cinema, film language

Abstract

On December 20th 1946 debuted one of film history’s most optimistic production It’s a wonderful life, directed by Frank Capra. Those were post war times and initially the film was a box office failure. The once director of positive movies of the thirties had converted himself in a director of different epoch. In 1974, because copyrights were not renewed, that work passed to public dominion and started to be broadcasted on television during Christmas time, transforming itself in the classic that is nowadays. 60 years later, It’s a wonderful life as well as Frank Capra have acquired a special space among society, not only due to the film’s message but because of its author’s humanism. It is a proper moment to review this piece of work and its creator, which though time have been underestimated by some critics.

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Author Biography

  • Alejandro Machacuay, Universidad de Piura

    Licenciado en Comunicación por la Universidad de Piura. Actualmente, es Profesor Principal de Apreciaciónc del Arte Cinematográfico e Historia del Cine en la Facultad de Comunicación de la citada Universidad, donde también es responsable del Cine Forum, de Seminarios de cine y del Taller de Realización de Cortos de Ficción

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Published

2022-06-03

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2007)

Section

Working papers

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Machacuay, A. . (2022). ’It’s a wonderful life’ (Frank Capra) 60 years later. Revista De Comunicación, 6(1), 123-130. https://revistadecomunicacion.com/article/view/2833