Böcker av Ismail Xavier

"Encontros, a arte da entrevista"--Cover p. 4.

Cadernos Ultramares seeks to present Brazilian culture and thought in a qualified way, through volumes bringing together important essays by renowned authors in different areas of knowledge. In the essays contained in this volume, Ismail Xavier, considered to be the main active thinker of Brazilian cinema, makes a broad reflection on allegory in contemporary culture and presents a panorama of modern Brazilian cinema, with emphasis on Cinema Novo and Cinema Marginal of the 1960s and 1970s.

Examines the centrality of Cinema Novo to film-making in Brazil. Focusing on film makers' use of narrative allegories for the "conservative modernization" Brazil and other nations underwent in the 1960s and 1970s, the author asks questions relating to the connection between film and history.