CINEMA, THE OTHER GABRIEL GARCiA MaRQUEZ' PASSION

Gabriel Garcia Marquez considered that literature and film were two inseparable aspects, two sides of the same coin in which everything flowed and intertwined. For the Co- lombian Nobel Prize winner, the most important thing was to tell a story, regardless of the medium used. He was not preju- diced towards the different formats, since the main thing was to reach as many viewers as possible if the story was good. This article highlights the intertextuality between his written and cinematographic works, the latter being an integral part of his literary aesthetics.