Representações cinematográficas da Máfia norte-americana e suas relações com a história.

Abstract

The cinematic representations of a particular topic do not essentially treat about its formal and/or academic conception. Having as the main subject the American Mafia, it is possible to perceive nuances that project a traditional idea of organized crime governed by families, especially highlighted in “The Godfather” (Francis Ford Copolla, 1972). In “Scarface” (Brian De Palma, 1983), the movie perspective is based on drugs’ international cartel and also in the clashing relationship between the main character and its addiction in cocaine. The usage of stylized patterns at the cinema expresses a recurrent approach in these movies. In “Goodfellas” (Martin Scorsese, 1990), the focus is in the bohemian lifestyle of the characters. In “The Untouchables” (Brian De Palma, 1987), the focus is in the North-American Prohibition. In all these movies, released between 1972 and 1990, two questions demand to be highlitghted: the reccurent esthetic pattern of them, especially after the commercial success of “The Godfather”, and also the excess of violence as the main point in these audiovisual productions. This thesis intend to establish relations and analyse the way how American Mafias are represented in movies and also at the historiographical writing.