Aesthetic of improvisation in periphery’s cinema

The analysis of the documentary Super gato contra o apagão (Kinoforum, 2002) and Como se rouba a cena no cinema (Kinoforum, 2006) reveal a significant presence of improvisation – the making, the production conditions of existence – that is what we’ll call the aesthetics of improvisation, an importan...

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Autor: Souza, Gustavo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologia
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/11005
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistafamecos/article/view/11005
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Palabra clave:Cinema of the periphery
aesthetic
improvisation
Cine de Periferia
Estética
Improviso
Cinema de periferia
estética
improviso
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Sumario:The analysis of the documentary Super gato contra o apagão (Kinoforum, 2002) and Como se rouba a cena no cinema (Kinoforum, 2006) reveal a significant presence of improvisation – the making, the production conditions of existence – that is what we’ll call the aesthetics of improvisation, an important aesthetic feature film production in the periphery. This discussion is anchored in Mikhail Bakhtin´s concept of aesthetics. When considering the aesthetic activity as part of a whole socio-historical circumscribed, the author points to two aspects: the rejection of the idea of “art for art’s sake” and the refusal of artistic production as a mere reflection of the filmmaker´s psychic and subjective activity. This postulate is beneficial, therefore, to understand the aesthetic organization in films made in outlying communities.