Notes on Uma dramaturgia da violência: os filmes de João Canijo

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-7114.sig.2020.160357

Keywords:

Portuguese cinema, Violence, Melodrama, Realism, Cultural studies

Abstract

Focused on representations of Portugal in the films directed by João Canijo, the reviewed book offers a literature review on the field of Portuguese identity studies, focusing on contributions by philosophers Eduardo Lourenço and José Gil. Subsequently, the author analyzes the narrative and aesthetic of Canijo’s body of work (including eight fiction feature films and one documentary) to theorize a “dramaturgy of violence” that would reflect contemporary Portugal.

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Author Biography

  • Eduardo Prado Cardoso, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

    Graduado em Audiovisual pela ECA-USP (2011). Mestre em Realização Cinematográfica (2017), com bolsa da Comissão Europeia em Portugal (Universidade Lusófona), Reino Unido (Edinburgh Napier University) e Estônia (Tallinn University). Doutorando em Estudos de Cultura na Universidade Católica Portuguesa, pesquisa representações cibernéticas de assassinatos no Brasil dos anos 2010, financiado pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.

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RIBAS, D. Uma dramaturgia da violência: os filmes de João Canijo. Lisboa: Imprensa de História Contemporânea, 2019.

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Published

2020-07-09

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 54 (2020): The scenic space in audiovisual media: transits between theater and cinema

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Reviews

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Cardoso, E. P. (2020). Notes on Uma dramaturgia da violência: os filmes de João Canijo. Significação: Journal of Audiovisual Culture, 47(54), 352-364. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-7114.sig.2020.160357