The iconic Estanquillo Museum reopened its doors and invites us to immerse ourselves in the life and work of one of the most prolific creators of national cinematography: the director, screenwriter and photographer Gilberto Martínez Solares, author of a varied legacy consisting of nearly 160 films.
The exhibition The photo-film ingenuity of Gilberto Martínez Solares. 70 years of creation, is made up of nearly 700 pieces and tells us about the relevance of this pillar of Mexican cinema. Since his beginnings as a studio photographer in the 1930s, where he quickly stood out thanks to his innovative lighting technique; to the dumbbell he had with German Valdes Tin Tan, whom he directed, among others, in The king of the neighborhood Y Tender zucchini, two of his most iconic films.
Hence his career was not alien to box office successes and the love of a multigenerational audience, since other films he directed, many must-sees from the golden age of Mexican cinema, are: Boarding school for young ladies, Cantolla’s balloon, Resurrection The His last adventure.
Author of most of his scripts, the great director had among his collaborators Emilio Indio Fernández and writers such as Rodolfo Usigli and Mauricio Magdaleno. Apart from Tin Tan, directed actors from different periods such as Lupita Tovar, Arturo de Córdova, Miroslava, Carmen Montejo, Clavillazo, Piporro, Angélica María, Fernando Luján, Fanny Cano and Julio Alemán. The movies of wrestlers with Santo and Blue Demon were not alien to him either.
Great connoisseur of his work, Carlos Monsivais defined Gilberto Martínez Solares as a “filmmaker of spontaneity”. The chronicler compiled a rich memorabilia of titles and their early images that today are exhibited for the first time together with materials from public and private collections, among which are: the Martínez Solares Family Archive, UNAM Film Library, Cineteca Nacional, Archivo Fílmico Agrasánchez, Collection and Archive of Fundación Televisa, among others.
Curated by Elisa Lozano in collaboration with film scholars Rosario Vidal, Eduardo de la Vega, Xóchitl Fernández, Roberto Fiesco, Héctor Orozco, Rafael Aviña and Hugo Lara, this exhibition can be visited from Wednesday to Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m., until June 30. Admission is free, the use of face masks is mandatory, likewise a healthy distance must be kept and the use of a mask is recommended.
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