"Picture yourself in my place": Fitzgerald em Hollywood

Esta dissertação estuda a intertextualidade entre as obras literárias de F. Scott Fitzgerald e a escrita para cinema nos anos formativos de Hollywood das décadas de 1920 e 30, assim como a influência da sétima arte não só nos romances de Fitzgerald, como em alguma literatura norte-americana da época. Por outro lado, considerando o trabalho de Fitzgerald como argumentista em Hollywood, analisa-se alguns dos guiões em que colaborou, comparando a linguagem cinematográfica da sua prosa com a literária do seu cinema. Na experiência e obra de Fitzgerald está representada uma questão paradigmática sobre a eterna relação de amor e ódio, influência e angústia, ou “angústia da influência” (para tomar emprestado o conceito de Harold Bloom), entre a literatura e o cinema, ao mesmo tempo que nos leva a parafrasear a pergunta de Michel Foucault: o que é um autor no cinema?

1948-1965: o declínio do paradigma clássico e a emergência do maneirismo de Hollywood

O presente trabalho, investiga as origens históricas e as características formais do maneirismo de Hollywood, através de uma análise da produção cinematográfica dos estúdios de Hollywood, entre o final da década de 1920 e o fim do chamado studio system (em meados da década de 1960). Tal como o maneirismo histórico, o maneirismo hollywoodiano constitui um fenómeno artístico complexo e contraditório, cujas origens remontam ao estilo germânico introduzido no cinema dos estúdios em final dos anos vinte, por cineastas europeus como F.W. Murnau, Paul Leni, Rouben Mamoulian e James Whale. Tendo eclodido no final da II Guerra Mundial, período que assinala o início crise do sistema social, cultural e industrial que havia originado o cinema clássico, o maneirismo de Hollywood nasceu de uma consciência do cinema em relação ao seu passado. Obrigado a concorrer com a chamada “modernidade” cinematográfica europeia e com a ficção televisiva (que se apropriara do modelo clássico), o cinema de Hollywood explorou novos temas e géneros cinematográficos e investiu na exibição da técnica e do aparato tecnológico, forçando os limites do paradigma clássico, através de uma retórica de efeitos maneiristas que, não implicando um corte radical com o classicismo, representou uma clara tentativa de renovação formal, levada a cabo por cineastas como Alfred Hitchcock, Vincente Minnelli, Douglas Sirk, Stanley Donen e Jerry Lewis. A coexistência de varias correntes estéticas no cinema do pós-guerra (1945-1968), período em que, a par das últimas grandes obras clássicas, o maneirismo enquanto manifestação estética emergiu como modelo dominante, permite-nos concluir que o chamado cinema “clássico” (do estúdios de Hollywood) incluiu também, desde cedo, um cinema maneirista.

Hollywood and world cinema influences: tracing intertextuality in the works of two contemporary filmmakers from Francophone Africa; Mahamat Saleh Haroun and Abderrahmane Sissako

Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass Anton Chekhov Representations of Africa in cinema are almost as old as cinema itself and date back to Hollywood’s silent era. Most early examples feature the continent as a mere exotic backdrop and include The Sheik (Melford 1921), soon followed, in 1926, by George Fitzmaurice’s Son of the Sheik starring Rudolph Valentino. The next decade brought Van Dyke’s Tarzan movies, Robert Stevenson’s King Solomon’s Mines (1937), and, on the European side, Duvivier’s Pépé le Moko (1936). For representations of Francophone Africa by Africans themselves, the viewing public more or less had to wait, however, until decolonisation in the 1960s (with, for example, Sembene Ousmane’s Borom Sarret and La Noire de…, both released in 1966 and, in 1968, Mandabi). Since then Francophone African cinema has come a long way and has diversified into various strands. Between Borom Sarret and Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s 2006 Daratt, Saison sèche - or the same director’s Un homme qui crie, almost half a century has elapsed. Over this period, films inevitably have addressed a spectrum of visual, ideological and political tropes. They range from unadorned depictions of the newly independent states and their societies to highly aestheticised productions, not to mention surreal and poetic visions as displayed for instance in Djibril Diop Mambéty’s Touki Bouki (1973). Most of the early films send an overt socio-political message which is a clear and explicit denunciation of a corrupt state of affairs (Souleymane Cissé’s Baara, 1977). They aim to trigger strong emotional and political responses from the viewer, in unambiguous support for the film-maker’s stand. Sembene himself declared: “I consider cinema a means of political action” (Murphy 2000: 221). Similarly, the Mauritanian director Med Hondo wishes to “take up this technical medium and to make it a mouthpiece on behalf of [his] fellow Africans and Arabs” (Jeffries 2002: 11). All this echoes the claims of the Fédération Panafricaine des Cinéastes (FEPACI, founded in 1969), an organisation “dedicated to the liberation of Africa”. In sharp contrast to the incipient momentum given Francophonie by Bourguiba, the Nigerien Hamani Diori and the Senegalese Senghor, who invoked a worldwide communauté organique francophone, FEPACI called for “the creation of an aesthetics of disalienation… [using] didactic... forms to denounce the alienation of countries that were politically independent but culturally and economically dependent on the West” (Diawara 1996: 40). Sembene’s Xala (1974) became the blueprint for this, to this day the best-known vein of Francophone African cinema. Thus considered, this pedigree seems a million miles from mainstream global cinema with its overriding mission to entertain. A question therefore arises: to what extent can a cinema that sprang from such beginnings be seen to interface in any meaningful way with a global film industry that, overwhelmingly and for a century, has indeed entertained the world – with Hollywood at its centre?

O cinema ibérico e os óscares: razões para a não selecção dos filmes portugueses ao óscar de melhor filme em língua estrangeira, através da análise comparativa entre as cinematografias de Espanha, Portugal e o modelo de produção de Hollywood

Dissertação apresentada à Escola Superior de Comunicação Social como parte dos requisitos para obtenção de grau de mestre em Audiovisual e Multimédia.

Representações Masculinas Afro-americanas no Cinema: do Filme Liberal de Hollywood a “Boyz n the Hood”

O objecto de estudo deste trabalho é a construção da identidade masculina afro-americana, e representação desta no cinema liberal de Hollywood. Isolam-se três momentos de particular relevo: o período do cinema mudo antes da Primeira Guerra Mundial, os anos 1960-70 e por fim, a década de 1990. Traçar-se-á um percurso analítico que examina obras-chave da história do cinema comercial de Hollywood bem como manifestações do cinema independente afro-americano entabulando um diálogo permanente com o contexto histórico e social, nomeadamente a luta pelos direitos civis, a afirmação do Black Power, traduzida cinematograficamente na Blaxploitation, para finalmente se concentrar em Boyz n the Hood escolhido como sintomático de um impulso regenerativo das representações masculinas afro-americanas, sob forte ataque dos media populares nas últimas décadas do século XX.

Caso Zio Studios CCB 2012

Desarrollo empresarial y creación de empresa

Slackers, slashers and sticklers : Hollywood films and audience reception /

This thesis examines the processes through which identity is acquired and the processes that Hollywood :films employ to facilitate audience identification in order to determine the extent to which individuality is possible within postmodem society. Opposing views of identity formation are considered: on the one hand, that of the Frankfurt School which envisions the mass audience controlled by the culture industry and on the other, that of John Fiske which places control in the hands of the individual. The thesis takes a mediating approach, conceding that while the mass media do provide and influence identity formation, individuals can and do decode a variety of meanings from the material made available to them in accordance with the text's use-value in relation to the individual's circumstances. The analysis conducted in this thesis operates on the assumption that audiences acquire identity components in exchange for paying to see a particular film. Reality Bites (Ben Stiller 1994) and Scream (Wes Craven 1996) are analyzed as examples of mainstream 1990s films whose material circumstances encourage audience identification and whose popularity suggest that audiences did indeed identify with them. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson 2001) is considered for its art film sensibilities and is examined in order to determine to what extent this film can be considered a counter example. The analysis consists of a combination of textual analysis and reception study in an attempt to avoid the problems associated with each approach when employed alone. My interpretation of the filmmakers' and marketers' messages will be compared with online reviews posted by film viewers to determine how audiences received and made use of the material available to them. Viewer-posted reviews, both unsolicited and unrestricted, as found online, will be consulted and will represent a segment of the popular audience for the three films to be analyzed.

Chapman Family Home Movie

Excerpts from home movies taken of various Chapman family members, including Charles C. Chapman, during the 1930s and 1940s.

The new blockbuster film sequel : changing cultural and economic conditions within the film industry

Film sequels are a pervasive part of film consumption practices and have become an important part of the decision making process for Hollywood studios and producers. This thesis indicates that sequels are not homogenous groups of films, as they are often considered, but offer a variety of story construction and utilize a variety of production methods. Three types of blockbuster sequel sets are identified and discussed in this thesis. The Traditional Blockbuster Sequel Set, as exemplified by Back to the Future (1985, 1989, 1990) films, is the most conventional type of sequel set and capitalizes on the winning formula of the first film in the franchise. The MultiMedia Sequel Set, such as The Matrix (1999,2003) trilogy, allows the user/viewer to experience and consume the story as well as the world of the film through many different media. The Lord a/ the Rings (2001, 2002, 2003) set of films is an illustration of The Saga Sequel Set where plot lines are continuous over the entire franchise thus allowing the viewer to see the entire set as a unified work. The thesis also demonstrates how the blockbuster sequel sets, such as the Pirates a/ the Caribbean (2003, 2006, 2007) franchise, restructure the production process of the Hollywood film industry.

L'utopie numérique : discours et réalités sur la numérisation des salles de cinéma illustrés par le cas de l'entreprise DigiScreen

Pour respecter les droits d’auteur, la version électronique de ce mémoire a été dépouillée de ses documents visuels et audio-visuels. La version intégrale du mémoire a été déposée au Service de la gestion des documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal.

Road novel, road movie : approche chronotopique du récit de la route

Thèse réalisée en cotutelle, sous la direction de M. Philippe Despoix (Université de Montréal) et de M. Michel Marie (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3)

INFO2009 2012-13 Resource Group 19 Video "Movie Tech: Fantasy or Reality?"

Directory containing a teaching resource titled Movie Tech: Fantasy or Reality?, as well as a flyer promoting this resource and a file readme.txt which contains further information

De Casablanca a Lo que el viento se llevó, una mirada al consumo de cine de Hollywood en Bogotá durante 1935 hasta 1946

Este trabajo pretendió retomar la idea del consumo de productos culturales al preguntarse específicamente por el consumo de cine de Hollywood en Bogotá entre 1925 y 1946. Se trata de mirar cómo fue el consumo del cine de Hollywood de los bogotanos de las primeras décadas del siglo XX y se centra en todas aquellas películas producidas en Estados Unidos de carácter comercial. Para mostrar cómo ese consumo de cine no es pasivo, este trabajo se enfocó en cómo entendieron y vieron cine de Hollywood dos grupos de personas, teniendo en cuenta una tipología que establece Ricardo Arias, en las cuales se divide a parte de la población bogotana en individuos católicos radicales e individuos de tendencia laica liberal. Lo que se propone mostrar es que a pesar de las diferencias existentes entre los dos grupos, la visión que construyeron con respecto a estas películas no fue tan diferente, pues ambos grupos descalificaron al cine por ser una tecnología degradante que estaba supeditada a los intereses de una industria.

La implicació de Hollywood en la Segona Guerra Mundial: el cas "Why we fight"

La tesi analitza set pel·lícules documentals de propoganda que sota el títol genèric de "Why We Fight" va produir el director Frank Capra per a l'exèrcit nord-americà, durant la Segona Guerra Mundial. La seva anàlisi permet d'establir quins són els trets ideològics bàsics dels Estats Units i fer un recorregut per la producció cinematogràfica nord-americana de finals dels anys 30 i principis del quaranta.