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Allegories Of Underdevelopment - Aesthetics and Politics in Modern Brazilian Cinema (Paperback)
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"A camera in the hand and ideas in the head" was the primary axiom
of the young originators of Brazil's Cinema Novo. This movement of
the late 1960s and 1970s overcame technical constraints and
produced films made on practically non-existent budgets. This work
examines a number of these films, arguing that they served to
represent a nation undergoing a political and social transformation
into modernity. Film maker Glauber Rocha claimed that Cinema Novo
was driven by an "aesthetics of hunger". This scarcity of means
demanded new cinematic approaches which eventually gave rise to a
legitimate and unique Third World cinema. This text presents and
interprets revolutionary films - from the works of Rocha to the
experiments of Julio Bressane, Rogerio Sganzerla, Andrea Tonaci and
Arthur Omar. Focusing on each film maker's use of narrative
allegories for the "conservative modernization" Brazil and other
nations underwent in the 1960s and 1970s, the author asks questions
relating to the connection between film and history. He examines
the way in which Cinema Novo transformed Brazil's cultural memory
and charts the reactionary roles which Marginal Cinema and
Tropicalism played in this process. Among the films he discusses
are "Brazil: Year 2000", "Black God White Devil", "Land in
Anguish", "Red Light Bandit", "Macunaima", "Antonio das Mortes",
"The Angel is Born", and "Killed the Family and went to the
Movies". A history of modern Brazilian cinema, this book brings to
light the work of many film makers who are virtually unknown in the
English-speaking world.
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Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 1997 |
First published: |
August 1997 |
Authors: |
Ismail Xavier
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Dimensions: |
229 x 149 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
296 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8166-2677-9 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-8166-2677-4 |
Barcode: |
9780816626779 |
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