The cinema and the myth of the American democracy: Abraham Lincoln and John Ford

Authors

  • Eduardo Morettin Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2011.1.8794

Keywords:

cinema and history, cinema history, John Ford

Abstract

The article discusses the relationship between cinema and history from the image of Abraham Lincoln in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), from John Ford. For such, it analyses the presence of this character in the field of iconography, historiography and arts to work with its filmic specificity. At the same time, it points out the issues of the context that better contribute to understand its allegoric dimension.

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Author Biography

Eduardo Morettin, Universidade de São Paulo

Professor no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Meios e Processos Audiovisuais da Universidade de São Paulo

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Morettin, E. (2011). The cinema and the myth of the American democracy: Abraham Lincoln and John Ford. Revista FAMECOS, 18(1), 11–22. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2011.1.8794

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Vol. 18 No. 1 (2011): Dossiê - cinema, televisão e história: perspectivas teóricas e empíricas.

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Movie

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