On the (Fantastic) Strangeness of the Cinema Produced by Manuel Luiz Vieira on Madeira Island in the 1920s
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Resumo: | O Fauno das Montanhas (The Faun of the Mountains) is considered one of the first fantastic Portuguese films. Directed by Manuel Luiz Vieira (1926-1927), it aroused some perplexity since its debut.In 1925, Vieira established the Empreza Cinegráfica Atlântida, where he experimented a new cinema genre: A Calúnia (The Calumny) (1926) was his first fictional film, followed by O Fauno das Montanhas and A Indigestão (The Indigestion), in 1927. Nonetheless, in May 1927, the island cinephiles were surprised by the strangeness of O Fauno das Montanhas, that has not been properly understood. The same surprise was felt by the few authors who has published on this film since then: why and how did an insular filmmaker directed and produced such a film in Madeira Island in the 1920s?In our analysis we will focus on Madeiran and continental Portuguese periodical press, as well as on the existing film copy in the Arquivo Nacional das Imagens em Movimento (ANIM). Our aim is to find some answers to that question.In 1927, Manuel Luiz Vieira did not abandon the production of films of facts, highly applauded by both the local public and the madeiran diaspora: in this cinema genre that Vieira was practicing since 1922, they looked for a (supposed) transparent representation of the beauties of the island, as well as the novelties of the Madeiran everyday life. However, O Fauno das Montanhas was written, directed and produced under the (new) influence of the French cinema avant-garde of the 1920s. Thus, Vieira has now another challenge: question the mimetic and regionalist cinema till then produced in Madeira; discuss the idyllic and reassuring image of Madeira created by those films. In this context, the effect of the fantastic was an efficient film strategy to create a new and disturbing image of Madeira Island, displaying realities which quite often have been disregarded by the reality itself. Keywords: Silent Cinema; 1920s; Manuel Luiz Vieira; Fantastic; Madeira Island; Empreza Cinegráfica Atlântida; O Fauno das Montanhas. |
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On the (Fantastic) Strangeness of the Cinema Produced by Manuel Luiz Vieira on Madeira Island in the 1920sDa Estranheza (do Fantástico) no Cinema de Manuel Luiz Vieira Produzido na Madeira na Década de 1920O Fauno das Montanhas (The Faun of the Mountains) is considered one of the first fantastic Portuguese films. Directed by Manuel Luiz Vieira (1926-1927), it aroused some perplexity since its debut.In 1925, Vieira established the Empreza Cinegráfica Atlântida, where he experimented a new cinema genre: A Calúnia (The Calumny) (1926) was his first fictional film, followed by O Fauno das Montanhas and A Indigestão (The Indigestion), in 1927. Nonetheless, in May 1927, the island cinephiles were surprised by the strangeness of O Fauno das Montanhas, that has not been properly understood. The same surprise was felt by the few authors who has published on this film since then: why and how did an insular filmmaker directed and produced such a film in Madeira Island in the 1920s?In our analysis we will focus on Madeiran and continental Portuguese periodical press, as well as on the existing film copy in the Arquivo Nacional das Imagens em Movimento (ANIM). Our aim is to find some answers to that question.In 1927, Manuel Luiz Vieira did not abandon the production of films of facts, highly applauded by both the local public and the madeiran diaspora: in this cinema genre that Vieira was practicing since 1922, they looked for a (supposed) transparent representation of the beauties of the island, as well as the novelties of the Madeiran everyday life. However, O Fauno das Montanhas was written, directed and produced under the (new) influence of the French cinema avant-garde of the 1920s. Thus, Vieira has now another challenge: question the mimetic and regionalist cinema till then produced in Madeira; discuss the idyllic and reassuring image of Madeira created by those films. In this context, the effect of the fantastic was an efficient film strategy to create a new and disturbing image of Madeira Island, displaying realities which quite often have been disregarded by the reality itself. Keywords: Silent Cinema; 1920s; Manuel Luiz Vieira; Fantastic; Madeira Island; Empreza Cinegráfica Atlântida; O Fauno das Montanhas.Considerado um dos primeiros filmes fantásticos portugueses, O Fauno das Montanhas, realizado por Manuel Luiz Vieira entre 1926 e 1927, suscitou, desde a sua estreia, algumas perplexidades. Dando continuidade à experimentação do cinema ficcional que o cineasta madeirense encetara em 1925-1926 com o filme A Calúnia, sob a chancela da sua nova produtora Empreza Cinegráfica Atlântida (ECA), em maio de 1927 a nova fita de Manuel Luiz Vieira surpreendia os cinéfilos insulares com a estranheza (então mal compreendida) de um novo tipo de cinema de ficção. Surpresa ainda hoje manifestada pelos poucos autores que se têm debruçado sobre O Fauno das Montanhas: o que terá levado um cineasta insular a realizar e a produzir, na Madeira dos anos 1920, um filme como este?Centrando a nossa análise quer na imprensa periódica coeva (madeirense e nacional), quer numa cópia da fita existente no Arquivo Nacional das Imagens em Movimento (ANIM), procurámos os fatores que terão motivado Vieira à experimentação deste novo cinema, bem distinto daquele que antes realizara ao serviço da regionalista Madeira Film. Embora não abandonando os filmes de factos que o público local e a diáspora madeirense continuavam a aplaudir, buscando no cinema a representação supostamente transparente das belezas da ilha e das novidades da vida insular quotidiana, Manuel Luiz Vieira escreve, realiza e produz O Fauno das Montanhas já sob a influência da vanguarda cinematográfica francesa com que contactava pelo menos desde 1922. Os desafios eram agora outros: pensar e fazer cinema como criação subjetiva e artística e já não apenas como registo mimético e jornalístico do mundo; questionar o cinema mimético e regionalista até então produzido na Madeira, assim como a imagem idílica e tranquilizadora que nessas fitas se construía da ilha. A opção pelo efeito fantástico permitia, assim, conceber uma nova e perturbadora imagem da Madeira, trazendo à superfície realidades muitas vezes ignoradas pela própria realidade e, assim, problematizando o próprio conceito de real. Palavras-chave: Cinema Mudo; Década de 1920; Manuel Luiz Vieira; Fantástico; Madeira; Empreza Cinegráfica Atlântida; O Fauno das Montanhas.DRABM – Direção Regional do Arquivo e Biblioteca da Madeira2022-05-02info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ahm-abm.madeira.gov.pt/index.php/ahm/article/view/87Arquivo Histórico da Madeira, Nova Série; No. 4 (2022); 381-406Arquivo Histórico da Madeira, Nova Série; N.º 4 (2022); 381-4062184-5743reponame: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/87https://ahm-abm.madeira.gov.pt/index.php/ahm/article/view/87/71Direitos de Autor (c) 2022 Arquivo Histórico da Madeira, Nova Sérieinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSalgueiro, Ana2024-03-16T09:51:20Zoai::article/87Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T04:01:40.859264Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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On the (Fantastic) Strangeness of the Cinema Produced by Manuel Luiz Vieira on Madeira Island in the 1920s Da Estranheza (do Fantástico) no Cinema de Manuel Luiz Vieira Produzido na Madeira na Década de 1920 |
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O Fauno das Montanhas (The Faun of the Mountains) is considered one of the first fantastic Portuguese films. Directed by Manuel Luiz Vieira (1926-1927), it aroused some perplexity since its debut.In 1925, Vieira established the Empreza Cinegráfica Atlântida, where he experimented a new cinema genre: A Calúnia (The Calumny) (1926) was his first fictional film, followed by O Fauno das Montanhas and A Indigestão (The Indigestion), in 1927. Nonetheless, in May 1927, the island cinephiles were surprised by the strangeness of O Fauno das Montanhas, that has not been properly understood. The same surprise was felt by the few authors who has published on this film since then: why and how did an insular filmmaker directed and produced such a film in Madeira Island in the 1920s?In our analysis we will focus on Madeiran and continental Portuguese periodical press, as well as on the existing film copy in the Arquivo Nacional das Imagens em Movimento (ANIM). Our aim is to find some answers to that question.In 1927, Manuel Luiz Vieira did not abandon the production of films of facts, highly applauded by both the local public and the madeiran diaspora: in this cinema genre that Vieira was practicing since 1922, they looked for a (supposed) transparent representation of the beauties of the island, as well as the novelties of the Madeiran everyday life. However, O Fauno das Montanhas was written, directed and produced under the (new) influence of the French cinema avant-garde of the 1920s. Thus, Vieira has now another challenge: question the mimetic and regionalist cinema till then produced in Madeira; discuss the idyllic and reassuring image of Madeira created by those films. In this context, the effect of the fantastic was an efficient film strategy to create a new and disturbing image of Madeira Island, displaying realities which quite often have been disregarded by the reality itself. Keywords: Silent Cinema; 1920s; Manuel Luiz Vieira; Fantastic; Madeira Island; Empreza Cinegráfica Atlântida; O Fauno das Montanhas. |
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