Monografia (especialização)
Nova York dos anos 70 : os filmes "Taxi Driver" e "Perdidos na Noite" como fontes históricas da cidade
Fecha
2007-12-12Autor
Roberto Ângelo de Oliveira Souza
Institución
Resumen
This article analyzes the situation of the american cinema in the late 60’s and early 70’s, also it makes a parallel between the social e political turmoil that engulfed New York City and the content of the movies produced at this time. Besides, the article examines briefly the notion of cinema as a historical document defended by Marc Ferro and the idea of realism in movies explained by Jaques Aumont. Finally, New York City and its inhabitants are analyzed using as objects the movies Taxi Driver (1976) directed by Martin Scorsese and
Midnight Cowboy (1969) directed by John Schlesinger.