O cinema maravilhoso e a estética jodorowskiana: uma análise do filme a dança da realidade

Abstract

This work discusses the concept of Magical Realism and its relation to the film "The Dance of Reality" by Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky. Magical Realism is a Latin American artistic and literary movement that portrays everyday reality through magical, unusual, and supernatural elements. "The Dance of Reality" explores the director's childhood in Chile, blending biographical elements with allegories, magical representations, and social issues of the Chilean context in the 1930s/1940s, such as the severe economic crisis, poverty, fascist government, and mutilated mine workers. Jodorowsky illustrates family relationships, conflicts surrounding masculinity, authoritarianism, and religiousness. We employ Friedrich Jameson's theoretical framework to highlight the expressions of Magical Realism in the film, including its historical nature, distinctive coloration, and altered narrative dynamics that emphasize violence and, to a lesser extent, sexuality. The analysis of the film is grounded in sociological, aesthetic, and film theories, employing shot analysis as a technique of analysis.