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The image and its “dialogues”: languages, instabilities, insurgencies
Leites, Bruno; Tavares, Denise; Gonçalves, Osmar
Naturalism and its dispersions in 2000s Brazilian films
Leites, BrunoThe literary Naturalism is an aesthetic frequently repulsed in analyses of Naturalism and Realism in the cinema. In this work, I take an alternative course, recovering the characteristics of Naturalism to analyse a wave of films in the 2000s Brazilian cinema. Over the decade, a series of films has actualized the characteristics of the Naturalist project, among which I highlight the objective of making studies o...
Making film theory from filmakers - interview with Manuela Penafria
Leites, Bruno; Baggio, Eduardo; Carvalho, MarceloIn this interview, the researcher and professor Manuela Penafria (University of Beira Interior, Portugal) exposes the current scenario of the academic field Filmmakers Theory, highlighting the pertinence of renewing film theory from the thoughts expressed in images, sounds and words of filmmakers themselves. Penafria discusses relevant issues for researching and theorizing films, such as the research sources; t...
The image that makes a symptom: On the naturalistic method of Cláudio Assis
Leites, BrunoIn this article, I investigate statements enunciated and images produced by Cláudio Assis, seeking to understand the conception that the filmmaker makes about his own cinema and the spectator he aims to reach. Assis’ combination in image of the need to discomfort and the need to satisfy the spectator indicates that the filmmaker understands the image as a materiality that should provoke symptom experiences in s...