Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar a incursão de José Mojica Marins no cinema, bem como o processo pelo qual o diretor e seu personagem Zé do Caixão adquiriram relevância cultural por meio de intensa promoção midiática. Para tanto, concentramonos no estudo do modo de produção e da recepção dos quatro primeiros longasmetragens do autor A Sina do Aventureiro (1959), Meu Destino em Tuas Mãos (1963), À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma (1964) e Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cadáver (1967) , isto não sem passar por Reino Sangrento, realizado ainda quando adolescente, e pelo inacabado Sentença de Deus. A partir da reconstituição do modo de produção do cineasta, buscamos compreender de que forma ele se filia à tradição do cinema amador paulista. Nesse sentido, sua trajetória também pode ser tomada como metonímia dos entraves econômicos que caracterizam a atividade cinematográfica em nosso país. Paralelamente, tratamos da recepção por meio da articulação de dados de produção, da avaliação da Censura, da comercialização e do circuito de lançamento das fitas, com informações a respeito do comportamento desempenhado pela mídia impressa, em especial, por críticos, cronistas, jornalistas e publicistas, sob uma perspectiva cronológica. Assim pudemos compreender todas as etapas envolvidas na realização dos respectivos filmes, bem como a relação simbiótica estabelecida entre o cineasta e a mídia, que se tornou fundamental para a consolidação tanto deste criador quanto de sua criatura como entidades culturais. / The objective of this study is to analyze José Mojica Marins excursion into cinema, as well as the process by which the director and his character Zé do Caixão have become culturally relevant through strong media promotion. In order to do so, we focus on the study of the mode of production and the reception of the authors four feature movies A Sina do Aventureiro (Adventurers Fate, 1959), Meu Destino em Tuas Mãos (My Destiny in Your Hands, 1963), À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma (At Midnight Ill Take Your Soul, 1964) and Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cadáver (Tonight Ill Enter Your Corpse, 1967) , not forgetting Reino Sangrento (Bloody Kingdom), made when he was still an adolescent, and his unfinished movie Sentença de Deus (Gods Sentence). By reconstructing Mojicas mode of production, we try to understand how the moviemaker is affiliated with the tradition of São Paulos amateur cinema. In this sense, his trajectory can also be seen as a metonymy of the economic obstacles that mark the cinematographic activity in Brazil. Additionally, we approach the issue of reception by presenting production data and the analysis of censorship, as well as the commercialization and release of the films, based on information regarding the role played by press media especially reviewers, columnists, journalists and publicists under a chronological perspective. Thus, we are able to comprehend all the stages involved in the process of making the respective movies, and also the symbiotic relationship established between the director and the media, which has become crucial for the consolidation of both creator and creature as cultural entities.

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar a incursão de José Mojica Marins no cinema, bem como o processo pelo qual o diretor e seu personagem Zé do Caixão adquiriram relevância cultural por meio de intensa promoção midiática. Para tanto, concentramonos no estudo do modo de produção e da recepção dos quatro primeiros longasmetragens do autor A Sina do Aventureiro (1959), Meu Destino em Tuas Mãos (1963), À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma (1964) e Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cadáver (1967) , isto não sem passar por Reino Sangrento, realizado ainda quando adolescente, e pelo inacabado Sentença de Deus. A partir da reconstituição do modo de produção do cineasta, buscamos compreender de que forma ele se filia à tradição do cinema amador paulista. Nesse sentido, sua trajetória também pode ser tomada como metonímia dos entraves econômicos que caracterizam a atividade cinematográfica em nosso país. Paralelamente, tratamos da recepção por meio da articulação de dados de produção, da avaliação da Censura, da comercialização e do circuito de lançamento das fitas, com informações a respeito do comportamento desempenhado pela mídia impressa, em especial, por críticos, cronistas, jornalistas e publicistas, sob uma perspectiva cronológica. Assim pudemos compreender todas as etapas envolvidas na realização dos respectivos filmes, bem como a relação simbiótica estabelecida entre o cineasta e a mídia, que se tornou fundamental para a consolidação tanto deste criador quanto de sua criatura como entidades culturais. / The objective of this study is to analyze José Mojica Marins excursion into cinema, as well as the process by which the director and his character Zé do Caixão have become culturally relevant through strong media promotion. In order to do so, we focus on the study of the mode of production and the reception of the authors four feature movies A Sina do Aventureiro (Adventurers Fate, 1959), Meu Destino em Tuas Mãos (My Destiny in Your Hands, 1963), À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma (At Midnight Ill Take Your Soul, 1964) and Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cadáver (Tonight Ill Enter Your Corpse, 1967) , not forgetting Reino Sangrento (Bloody Kingdom), made when he was still an adolescent, and his unfinished movie Sentença de Deus (Gods Sentence). By reconstructing Mojicas mode of production, we try to understand how the moviemaker is affiliated with the tradition of São Paulos amateur cinema. In this sense, his trajectory can also be seen as a metonymy of the economic obstacles that mark the cinematographic activity in Brazil. Additionally, we approach the issue of reception by presenting production data and the analysis of censorship, as well as the commercialization and release of the films, based on information regarding the role played by press media especially reviewers, columnists, journalists and publicists under a chronological perspective. Thus, we are able to comprehend all the stages involved in the process of making the respective movies, and also the symbiotic relationship established between the director and the media, which has become crucial for the consolidation of both creator and creature as cultural entities.

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[pt] Esta dissertação faz uma leitura do terror na obra do cineasta José Mojica Marins. A condição - instável - e a trajetória - incomum - deste cineasta maldito na história do cinema nacional passa por uma lógica de esfumaçamento compulsório, onde o diretor se viu obrigado a investir em novos campos: o texto, a televisão, o rádio e, mais recentemente, a Internet, para poder continuar insistindo/investindo na árdua tarefa de roteirizar, produzir e lançar seus mais de 30 filmes. A intenção é entender porque sua história se deu desta forma. Que semelhanças e diferenças guarda com os clássicos de terror? Até que ponto pode ser considerado um descendente do teatro francês do Grand Guignol? Muito mais do que desfiar conceitos fechados sobre a literatura do fantástico abordando os ingredientes das ficções, a idéia é fazer uma análise do terror em seus aspectos contemporâneos e culturais, traçando um paralelo com a biografia do diretor. / [en] This dissertation reads the horror in the film maker s José Mojica Marins work. The unstable condition and the uncommon career of this dammed film maker in the history of the Brazilian movie industry passes as a compulsory evanescence logic, where the director was forced to explore new fields: text, television, radio and, more recently, the Internet, in order to keep on insisting/investing in the arduous task of making scripts, producing and releasing his more than 30 films. The intention is to understand why his history happened this way. What similarities and differences does it keep with the classics? To what extent can he be considered as a descendent of the French theatre of the Grand Guignol? Much more than analyse narrow concepts about the fantastic literature approaching fictions ingredients, the idea is to make an analysis of the horror in its contemporary and cultural aspects relating it to the director s biography.

[pt] A dissertação analisa o cinema de horror brasileiro a partir de 2008, momento em que José Mojica Marins, criador do icônico Zé do Caixão, lança sua última obra, Encarnação do Demônio. A produção que segue daí é bastante heterogênea e diversa, além de crescente em número de filmes. Para se ter uma ideia, em 2008 foram lançados três filmes, incluindo o de Mojica, já em 2018, foram lançadas nove obras. Do conjunto me interessa e destaco aquelas que, de alguma forma, mobilizam o gênero narrativo enquanto crítica ou comentário social. Discuto na dissertação, além de Encarnação do Demônio, os filmes Trabalhar Cansa (2011), As Boas Maneiras (2017), Mormaço (2018) e Bacurau (2019). Partindo desse corpus, desenvolvo uma reflexão sobre os usos dos gêneros narrativos no cinema brasileiro das primeiras décadas do século XXI. / [en] This work analyses Brazilian horror cinema from 2008, when José Mojica Marins, creator of the iconic Coffin Joe, launched his latest film, Encarnação do Demônio. The set of movies that follows is not only heterogeneous and diverse but also growing in number of films. To get an idea, in 2008 three films were released, including Mojica s, as opposed to nine films in 2018. From this set of movies, what interests me and what I highlight are those films that somehow mobilizes the genre as a critic or social comment. I discuss in this work, besides Encarnação do Demônio, the films Trabalhar Cansa (2011), As Boas Maneiras (2017), Mormaço (2018) and Bacurau (2019). By this corpus, I develop a reflection on the uses of the narrative genres in Brazilian cinema of the first decades of the 21st century.

This research examines Native Performance Culture (NPC), a unique practice in Native theatre that returns Aboriginal people to the sources of Aboriginal knowledge, and interrupts the colonial fragmenting processes. By looking at the experiences of six collaborators involved in a specific art project, the artist-researcher shares her journey of healing through the arts, while interweaving the voices of artistic collaborators Monique Mojica, Floyd Favel, and Erika Iserhoff. This study takes a decolonizing framework, and places NPC as a form of Indigenous research while illuminating the methodological discourses of NPC, which are rooted in an inter-dialogue between self-in-relation to family, community, land, and embodied legacies. Finally, this research looks at the ways that artists work with Aboriginal communities and with Aboriginal knowledge, and makes recommendations to improve collaborative approaches.

This research examines Native Performance Culture (NPC), a unique practice in Native theatre that returns Aboriginal people to the sources of Aboriginal knowledge, and interrupts the colonial fragmenting processes. By looking at the experiences of six collaborators involved in a specific art project, the artist-researcher shares her journey of healing through the arts, while interweaving the voices of artistic collaborators Monique Mojica, Floyd Favel, and Erika Iserhoff. This study takes a decolonizing framework, and places NPC as a form of Indigenous research while illuminating the methodological discourses of NPC, which are rooted in an inter-dialogue between self-in-relation to family, community, land, and embodied legacies. Finally, this research looks at the ways that artists work with Aboriginal communities and with Aboriginal knowledge, and makes recommendations to improve collaborative approaches.

In order to establish a working understanding of borders, the critical conversation must be conscious of how the border is being used politically, theoretically, and socially. This thesis focuses on the border as forcibly ensuring the performance of identity as individuals, within the context of borderlands, become embodiments of the border, and their performance of identity is created by the influence of external borders that become internalized. The internalized border can be read both as infection, a problematic divide needing to be removed, as well as an opportunity for bridging, crossing that divide. I bring together Charles Bowden (Blue Desert), Monique Mojica (Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots), Leslie Marmon Silko (Ceremony, Almanac of the Dead), and Guillermo Verdecchia (Fronteras Americanas) in order to develop a comprehensive analysis of the border and border identity development. In these texts, individuals are forced to negotiate their sense of self according to pre-existing cultural and social expectations on either side of the border, performing identity according to how they want to be socially perceived. The result can often be read as a fragmentation of identity, a discrepancy between how the individual feels and how they are read. I examine how identity performance occurs within the context of the border, brought on by violence and exemplified through the division between the spirit world and the material world, the manipulation of costuming and uniforms, and the body. / Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master’s Award).