Horror as a performance of death: José Mojica Marins and the tradition of the Grand Guignol

Horror as a performance of death: José Mojica Marins and the tradition of the Grand Guignol

This paper discusses aspects of the “Coffin Joe” trilogy directed by José Mojica Marins (At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul, 1964; This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse, 1967; Embodiment of Evil, 2008), taking as its starting point the French tradition of the Theatre of the Grand Guignol (1897-1962)...

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Veröffentlicht in:Galáxia (São Paulo, Brazil) Brazil), 2014-12, Vol.14 (28)
Hauptverfasser: Lucio De Franciscis dos Reis Piedade, Laura Loguercio Canepa
Format: Artikel
Sprache:por
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Cinema brasileiro
Cinema de horror
Grand Guignol
José Mojica Marins
Torture porn
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Zusammenfassung:This paper discusses aspects of the “Coffin Joe” trilogy directed by José Mojica Marins (At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul, 1964; This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse, 1967; Embodiment of Evil, 2008), taking as its starting point the French tradition of the Theatre of the Grand Guignol (1897-1962). We also discuss how the graphic elements of horror were inserted and recycled in these films, according to paradigm shifts in the genre on the international scene since the 1960s.
ISSN:1519-311X
1982-2553