Cinema arrived in Argentina soon after being launched in Paris and, in a short time, the first national productions started to be shot. Among other attractions, there were world-class pioneers in scientific and animation movies. But the true industry started only in 1933, with the establishment of sound film.
The good times, when the Argentine movies were watched all over Hispanic-America, lasted until the early 1950s. Afterwards, the gradual closure of the big studios, the growth of television, the stagnation of popular cinema and the isolation of auteur cinema imposed other rules. On the basis of these new rules, present-day Argentina cinema has been reduced as to quantity and market, but it retains a special quality, which has been acknowledged worldwide.
Source: El Sur del Sur - The Southernmost South - Argentine Cinema History
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