Allegories of Underdevelopment: From the "Aesthetics of Hunger" to the "Aesthetics of Garbage" |
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action agent aggressive allegory ambivalence Angel is Born Antônio das Mortes Bang Bang basic black bandit Boca do Lixo Brazil Brazilian Cinema Bressane's camera movements cangaceiro cangaço carnival chanchada characters Cinema Novo codes commentary concerning context cordel literature Corisco coup cultural destiny dialogue Diaz Diaz's diegesis diegetic discourse display dominant Eldorado episode evokes experience expression figure film's filmmaker fragments gangster garbage gesture historical imagery irony Jorginho Killed the Family Land in Anguish leftist long take Manuel and Rosa mediation metaphor narration narrative Paulo Photo play political popular present protagonist radical radio announcers Red Light Bandit reference representation represented Rio de Janeiro ritual Rocha's film São Paulo Sara scene Sebastião seen sequence sertão Sganzerla's shanty-town shot social song sound space specific spectator strategies structure style symbolic teleology Third World throughout the film Tonacci's typical underdevelopment Vieira violence white bandit White Devil Women in Love