Objetivo

Objetivo was founded in 1953.^[3][4] Based in Madrid, the first issue of the magazine appeared in July 1953.^[5] Objetivo was modeled on Italian film magazine Cinema Nuovo.^[2][6] The founders were Luis Garcia Berlanga and Juan Antonio Bardem.^[4] They were both influenced from Italian neorealism.^[4] The financier of the magazine which was linked to the illegal Communist Party^[5] was José Ángel Ezcurra, who owned a cultural and political magazine entitled Triunfo.^[1]

Objetivo did not conform to Franco's cultural politics.^[7] The magazine adopted a social realist approach, which was concerned with the highest ideal of cinema.^[2] It mostly featured articles about the Italian neorealism.^[7][8] It did not covered Hollywood films, but contained articles on independent American films.^[2] Eduardo Ducay published film critics in Objetivo.^[9] The other significant contributors included Ricardo Muñoz Suay and Paulino Garagorri.^[2] The magazine folded after the publication of the September-October 1955 issue^[6] due to the crackdown of the Francoist State.^[2][9] Most of its contributors were arrested following the closure of the magazine.^[6] During its lifetime Objetivo produced just nine issues.^[7]

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