
Exploring Images of an Intercultural Europe: A Semantic...
Noversa, D., & Ribeiro, R. (2024). Exploring images of an intercultural Europe: a semantic approach...
0This paper explores the relationship between cinema and history, questioning the role of films in conveying political ideologies (propaganda cinema) or hegemonic discourses in society in both dictatorial and democratic regimes. It also focuses on the role of cinema in deconstructing these same representations. We look at the films produced after the Carnation Revolution, listing the most relevant moments and concerns that marked this cinematography suddenly detached from a dictatorial past. Moreover, we explain our choices for mapping the period selected for analysis (2000–2022), especially regarding the relationship between cinema and the historical past. Finally, we look into the selected films: The Fifth Empire – Yesterday as Today (2004) by Manoel de Oliveira, 48 (2010) by Susana de Sousa Dias and Letters from War (2016) by Ivo Ferreira.
Reference:
Vieira da Silva, T., & Macedo, I. (2023). The Shape of History in Portuguese Contemporary Cinema: War, Mythology, and the Memory of Struggles. Quarterly Review of Film and Video, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509208.2023.2285683. https://hdl.handle.net/1822/87659