Now, he's helped to usher the first co-production between Guatemala and the United States with Rita, a movie that embraces magical realism by blending fantastical elements with real events.
García Márquez never wanted Hollywood to make a movie from his book ... And then there was the matter of magical realism, which the author used to conjure his experience of Latin America ...
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