A historical novel by the Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, published in 1962 as La muerte de Artemio Cruz. Told in fragmented, shifting narrative voices across the final day in the life of its title character, a corrupt and dying tycoon who rose from the Mexican Revolution, it traces his moral compromises against the broader arc of Mexico's revolutionary and post-revolutionary history and is regarded as one of the foundational novels of the Latin American Boom. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Which film influenced the structure of The Death of Artemio Cruz?
Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, whose deathbed opening and flashbacks the novel echoes.
The novel is heavily influenced by Orson Welles' film Citizen Kane. Like that film, it begins with its title character on his deathbed and then fills in the story of his life through flashbacks as it moves between past and present. It also tries to match Welles' techniques, including close-up, cross-cutting, deep focus and flashback.
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The Death of Artemio Cruz (original Spanish title: La muerte de Artemio Cruz) is a historical novel published in 1962 by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes.
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is a historical novel published in 1962 by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes.
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The Death of Artemio Cruz (original Spanish title: La muerte de Artemio Cruz, pronounced [aɾˈtemjo ˈkɾus]) is a historical novel published in 1962 by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes. An English translation by Sam Hileman was published in 1964, and a new translation by Alfred MacAdam in 1991. It is considered to be a milestone in the Latin American Boom.
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The Death of Artemio Cruz (original Spanish title: La muerte de Artemio Cruz) is a historical novel published in 1962 by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes.
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A historical novel by the Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, published in 1962 as La muerte de Artemio Cruz.
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