Tentacular cinema: poetics of the depths and the Octopuses’ image

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2019.3.32730

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Octopuses. Cinema. Posthumanism.

Abstract

This article examines a series of different works in which octopuses and cephalopods in general can be though of as particularly “cinematographic”. From popular representations in films like Tentacles (1977) to documentaries such as Amours de la Pieuvre (1965) or experimental works, like Mon Homme (Poulpe) (2016), the goal of this essay is to explore the reasons why animality constitutes one of the privileged roads to access cinema, according to André Bazin and Raymond Bellour.

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Author Biography

Erick Felinto, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)

Pesquisador do CNPq e professor do Programa de Pós Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro − UERJ. Pós-Doutorado em Teorias da Mídia Alemã, pela Universität der Kunste Berlin, e Doutorado em Letras pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro − UERJ.

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2019-12-27

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Felinto, E. (2019). Tentacular cinema: poetics of the depths and the Octopuses’ image. Revista FAMECOS, 26(3), e32730. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2019.3.32730

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Vol. 26 No. 3 (2019)

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