The bereavements in Heart of a dog: the instrumentalization of the self in the essay film

Authors

  • Ana Paula de Aquino Caixeta Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp
  • Rafael de Almeida Universidade Estadual de Goiás - UEG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/fem.2019.213.09

Abstract

The objective of this article is to analyze the film Heart of Dog (Laurie Anderson, 2015), considering its stylistic-formal characteristics in dialogue with perspectives that resonate with first-person films, such as autobiography and autofiction, aiming at situating it in the essays domain. We consider that the filmmaker instrumentalizes the self based on the formal freedom provided by the essay films and, in this way, manages to elaborate and concretize reflections that would only be possible if anchored in an individual who is immersed in experiences common to the collective. The film then overflows the staff and achieves dialectical behavior with its audience.

Keywords: Essay film. Dog Heart. Subjectivity.

Author Biographies

Ana Paula de Aquino Caixeta, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp

Mestranda em Multimeios pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp. Graduada em Cinema e Audiovisual pela Universidade Estadual de Goiás - UEG.

Rafael de Almeida, Universidade Estadual de Goiás - UEG

Doutor em Multimeios pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp. Professor do curso de Cinema e Audiovisual da Universidade Estadual de Goiás - UEG.

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Published

2019-11-01

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 3 (2019): September/December

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Articles

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