Title: Um salve por São Paulo: narrativas da cidade e da violência em três obras recentes
Abstract:Tenants -Don't Like It, Leave (Os Inquilinos, Sérgio Bianchi, 2009) and Inversão (Edu Felistoque, 2010).All three movies strengthen the multiple filmic representations of Sao Paulo, and not only diffe...Tenants -Don't Like It, Leave (Os Inquilinos, Sérgio Bianchi, 2009) and Inversão (Edu Felistoque, 2010).All three movies strengthen the multiple filmic representations of Sao Paulo, and not only differ from each other, but also when compared to recent movies that deal with urban violence, specially box-office hits shot in Rio de Janeiro like City of God (Cidade de Deus, Fernando Meirelles, 2002) and Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite, José Padilha, 2007).Through its multiple narrative and formal choices, we see among the three movies possibilities that escape a sensationalistic appeal of the event.In an interesting way the three movies not only include the attacks but also the mediatic reverberations, pointing the implication of the many narratives in the building of the phenomenon of violence and encouraging a reflective thought about is own construction.Read More