Theater and film: the reinvention of the epic in american cinema

• Grant number: 11/12351-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: February 01, 2012
• End date: July 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Cinema
• Principal Investigator: Marcos César de Paula Soares
• Grantee: Marcos César de Paula Soares
• Host Investigator: Jaine Gaines
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Columbia University in the City of New York, United States

Abstract

This research project intends to study part of the production by some key American filmmakers (Buster Keaton,Orson Welles, Jules Dassin, Robert Altman and John Sayles) in order to identify a tradition in American film that is characterized by: (1) the attempt to establish productive relationships with elements of the epic theater within the institutional, political and artistic pressures of the American industrial production; and (2) the attempt to modify working procedures in order to accomplish those goals. (AU)