Expressionist acting resonances in Brazilian rodriguean cinema

Poetics of decay and excess

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https://doi.org/10.46391/ALCEU.v24.ed53.2024.397

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Expressionism, Nelson Rodrigues, Movie acting, Brazilian Cinema

Abstract

From Boca de Ouro (1963) to Perdoa-me por me Traíres (1983), the cinema produced in Rio de Janeiro presented a wave of productions with, according to a certain criticism of the time, a heavy and uncomfortable mise-en-scène. These films based on the work of Nelson Rodrigues proposed an expressionist acting style that caused some misunderstanding for its creative ethos at the same time convulsive and excessive, revealing an inherited style with European historical avant-garde.

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Sandro de Oliveira, Universidade Estadual de Goiás - UEG

Professor no Curso de Cinema e Audiovisual da Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG). Doutor em Multimeios pela Unicamp (Universidade de Campinas). Mestre em Comunição e Semiótica pela PUC-SP. Coautor do livro Helena Ignez - Actrice Expérimentale, com Pedro Maciel Guimarães Jr.

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2024-10-03

How to Cite

de Oliveira, S. (2024). Expressionist acting resonances in Brazilian rodriguean cinema: Poetics of decay and excess. Revista ALCEU, 24(53), 85–104. https://doi.org/10.46391/ALCEU.v24.ed53.2024.397

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