Foundational films : early cinema and modernity in Brazil /
Maite Conde.
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource
Introduction : the modern foundations of Brazilian cinema -- Locating Brazil's early cinema. Early cinema and national identity ; mapping out a space of analysis ; cinematic vistas of Rio de Janeiro's worldly modernity ; alternative urban projections in early narrative films -- Hollywood revisions. Film and fandom in Cinearte Magazine ; Beyond Hollywood : reading slave relations in Lost treasure -- The Rondon Commission : producing new visions of the Amazon. Picturing the tropics ; forging a national territory through photography and film ; the expedition films of Major Luiz Thomas Reis -- Modernism and the movies. Modernismo's literary engagements with film ; the cine-poetry of Mário Peixoto's Limite ; fabricating a city of discipline and order in São Paulo : symphony of a metropolis -- Postscript: towards new cinematic foundations.
"In her authoritative new book, Maite Conde introduces readers to the crucial early years of Brazilian cinema. Focusing on silent film released during the First Republic (1889-1930), Foundational films explores how the medium became implicated in a larger project to transform Brazil into a modern nation. Analyzing an array of cinematic forms, from depictions of contemporary life, to fan magazines, to experimental avant-garde productions, Conde demonstrates the distinct ways in which Brazil's early film culture helped to project a new image of the country"--Provided by publisher.