Le voyage en Amazonie dans le cinéma contemporain: un regard exotique?

This article examines the question of the exotic gaze and its reproduction in Latin America’s travel imaginary. On the basis of two fiction films that approach the theme of expeditions through the Amazon rainforest, namely The Lost City of Z (James Gray, 2015) and Embrace of the Serpent (Ciro Guerra...

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Autor: Bassotti, Catarina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)
Repositorio:Revista Téssera (Uberlândia)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.seer.ufu.br:article/57149
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/tessera/article/view/57149
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cinéma
Esthétique
Amazonie (répresentations)
Exotisme
Paysage
Film studies
Aesthetics
Amazon rainforest (representation)
Exotism
Landscape
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Sumario:This article examines the question of the exotic gaze and its reproduction in Latin America’s travel imaginary. On the basis of two fiction films that approach the theme of expeditions through the Amazon rainforest, namely The Lost City of Z (James Gray, 2015) and Embrace of the Serpent (Ciro Guerra, 2014), we will first explore the distancing effect between spectator and represented landscape, and its connection to an exotic discourse. Then we will argue that the depiction of a troubled gaze may introduce, paradoxically, a sensitive assimilation of the body by the explored space.