Photography and Films: Representations of Madeira Island between Journalism, Ethnography and Tourist Propaganda in the First Decades of the 20th Century. The Case of Madeira Film and its Man with the Camera
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Resumo: | Taking the visual representation of Madeira island as a key issue, we will focus our attention on the analysis of the cinema produced in Funchal by Madeira Film in the 1920s, under the direction of Manuel Luiz Vieira’s camera. Reflecting on the methodological challenges placed by the study of both the first films in the History of Cinema and the cinematography produced in peripheral spaces such as Madeira, we will defend: (1) the need to return to the Archive; (2) the non-restriction of the corpus of analysis to films (many of them meanwhile disappeared), extending it to other visual and written discourses, in particular those preserved in periodical publications; and (3) the adoption of comparative approaches, which allow the study both of the role cinema assumed in Madeiran Cultural System and its relation with other cinematographic and non-cinematographic phenomena situated in national context and other international ones. National and international phenomena in which, after all, Madeiran Cultural System and Madeira Film’s cinematographic production were also involved.Therefore, we will relate Madeira Film’s cinema either with the broader work of its cameraman, with the Madeiran tradition of visual representation of the island (particularly relevant since the advent of photography in the 19th Century), with the nationalist tendency then dominant in the Portuguese Cinematographic System, and even with the local dynamics of regionalist affirmation since the 1910s. We will argue that the Madeira Film repertoire, oscillating between journalistic discourse, the search for the ethnographic portrait and the investment in the island’s propaganda, experimented the invention of a typically Madeiran cinema, which not only contributed to the imagination and projection of Madeira as a community endowed with its own identity (in clear alignment with the regionalist proposals of the Cenáculo regionalist group), but also continued the process of imagining Madeira as a tourist island intensified in the 19th century with the invention of photography and the popularization of the illustrated postcard. Keywords Photography; Cinema; Madeira Film; Regionalism/Nationalism; Tourism; Identity Construction. |
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Photography and Films: Representations of Madeira Island between Journalism, Ethnography and Tourist Propaganda in the First Decades of the 20th Century. The Case of Madeira Film and its Man with the CameraFotografia e Cinema: Representações da Madeira entre Jornalismo, Etnografia e Propaganda Turística nas Primeiras Décadas do Século XX. O Caso da Madeira Film e do seu Homem da CâmaraTaking the visual representation of Madeira island as a key issue, we will focus our attention on the analysis of the cinema produced in Funchal by Madeira Film in the 1920s, under the direction of Manuel Luiz Vieira’s camera. Reflecting on the methodological challenges placed by the study of both the first films in the History of Cinema and the cinematography produced in peripheral spaces such as Madeira, we will defend: (1) the need to return to the Archive; (2) the non-restriction of the corpus of analysis to films (many of them meanwhile disappeared), extending it to other visual and written discourses, in particular those preserved in periodical publications; and (3) the adoption of comparative approaches, which allow the study both of the role cinema assumed in Madeiran Cultural System and its relation with other cinematographic and non-cinematographic phenomena situated in national context and other international ones. National and international phenomena in which, after all, Madeiran Cultural System and Madeira Film’s cinematographic production were also involved.Therefore, we will relate Madeira Film’s cinema either with the broader work of its cameraman, with the Madeiran tradition of visual representation of the island (particularly relevant since the advent of photography in the 19th Century), with the nationalist tendency then dominant in the Portuguese Cinematographic System, and even with the local dynamics of regionalist affirmation since the 1910s. We will argue that the Madeira Film repertoire, oscillating between journalistic discourse, the search for the ethnographic portrait and the investment in the island’s propaganda, experimented the invention of a typically Madeiran cinema, which not only contributed to the imagination and projection of Madeira as a community endowed with its own identity (in clear alignment with the regionalist proposals of the Cenáculo regionalist group), but also continued the process of imagining Madeira as a tourist island intensified in the 19th century with the invention of photography and the popularization of the illustrated postcard. Keywords Photography; Cinema; Madeira Film; Regionalism/Nationalism; Tourism; Identity Construction.Tomando a representação visual da Madeira como questão de fundo e centrando a nossa atenção na análise do cinema produzido no Funchal pela Madeira Film na década de 1920, sob a direção de câmara de Manuel Luiz Vieira, começaremos por refletir sobre os desafios metodológicos colocados à investigação sobre os primeiros filmes da História do Cinema e sobre a cinematografia produzida em espaços periféricos como a Madeira. Acompanhando trabalhos recentes desenvolvidos por vários autores na área dos Estudos de Cinema Português, defenderemos: (1) a necessidade de um regresso ao trabalho em arquivo; (2) a não restrição do corpus de análise aos filmes (muitos deles entretanto desaparecidos), alargando-o a outros discursos visuais e escritos onde merecem especial destaque as publicações periódicas coevas; e (3) a adoção de abordagens comparatistas, que permitam o conhecimento fundamentado do sistema cultural madeirense e do papel que o cinema aí assumiu, sem, contudo, deixar de relacionar os fenómenos cinematográficos (e não só) insulares com outros situáveis em contextos nacionais e internacionais mais amplos, em que, afinal, também aqueles estiveram implicados.Por outro lado, enquadrando a produção cinematográfica da Madeira Film quer na obra mais vasta do seu homem da câmara, quer numa tradição visual de representação da ilha que ganharia especial fulgor com a invenção da fotografia no século XIX, quer na tendência nacionalista então dominante no sistema cinematográfico português, quer ainda nas dinâmicas de afirmação regionalista experienciadas na ilha desde a década de 1910, procuraremos demonstrar como o repertório da Madeira Film, oscilando entre o discurso jornalístico, a busca do retrato etnográfico e o investimento na propaganda da ilha, ensaiando a invenção de um cinema tipicamente madeirense, não só contribuiu para a imaginação e para a projeção da Madeira como comunidade dotada de uma identidade própria (em claro alinhamento com as propostas regionalistas do grupo do Cenáculo, de que fez parte Francisco Bento de Gouveia, o proprietário da produtora), como também deu continuidade ao processo de imaginação da Madeira como ilha turística, intensificado com a invenção da fotografia e a vulgarização do bilhete-postal ilustrado. Palavras-chave Fotografia; Cinema; Madeira Film; Regionalismo/Nacionalismo; Turismo; Construção Identitária.DRABM – Direção Regional do Arquivo e Biblioteca da Madeira2021-07-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ahm-abm.madeira.gov.pt/index.php/ahm/article/view/68Arquivo Histórico da Madeira, Nova Série; No. 3 (2021); 421-512Arquivo Histórico da Madeira, Nova Série; N.º 3 (2021); 421-5122184-5743reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPporhttps://ahm-abm.madeira.gov.pt/index.php/ahm/article/view/68https://ahm-abm.madeira.gov.pt/index.php/ahm/article/view/68/59Direitos de Autor (c) 2021 Arquivo Histórico da Madeira, Nova Sérieinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSalgueiro, Ana2024-03-16T09:51:15Zoai::article/68Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T04:01:40.134306Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Photography and Films: Representations of Madeira Island between Journalism, Ethnography and Tourist Propaganda in the First Decades of the 20th Century. The Case of Madeira Film and its Man with the Camera Fotografia e Cinema: Representações da Madeira entre Jornalismo, Etnografia e Propaganda Turística nas Primeiras Décadas do Século XX. O Caso da Madeira Film e do seu Homem da Câmara |
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Taking the visual representation of Madeira island as a key issue, we will focus our attention on the analysis of the cinema produced in Funchal by Madeira Film in the 1920s, under the direction of Manuel Luiz Vieira’s camera. Reflecting on the methodological challenges placed by the study of both the first films in the History of Cinema and the cinematography produced in peripheral spaces such as Madeira, we will defend: (1) the need to return to the Archive; (2) the non-restriction of the corpus of analysis to films (many of them meanwhile disappeared), extending it to other visual and written discourses, in particular those preserved in periodical publications; and (3) the adoption of comparative approaches, which allow the study both of the role cinema assumed in Madeiran Cultural System and its relation with other cinematographic and non-cinematographic phenomena situated in national context and other international ones. National and international phenomena in which, after all, Madeiran Cultural System and Madeira Film’s cinematographic production were also involved.Therefore, we will relate Madeira Film’s cinema either with the broader work of its cameraman, with the Madeiran tradition of visual representation of the island (particularly relevant since the advent of photography in the 19th Century), with the nationalist tendency then dominant in the Portuguese Cinematographic System, and even with the local dynamics of regionalist affirmation since the 1910s. We will argue that the Madeira Film repertoire, oscillating between journalistic discourse, the search for the ethnographic portrait and the investment in the island’s propaganda, experimented the invention of a typically Madeiran cinema, which not only contributed to the imagination and projection of Madeira as a community endowed with its own identity (in clear alignment with the regionalist proposals of the Cenáculo regionalist group), but also continued the process of imagining Madeira as a tourist island intensified in the 19th century with the invention of photography and the popularization of the illustrated postcard. Keywords Photography; Cinema; Madeira Film; Regionalism/Nationalism; Tourism; Identity Construction. |
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