O cinema e a sua relação com a sociedade: um estudo de caso sobre o filme O Planeta dos Macacos (1968)

Abstract

This work is an analysis of one filmic source produced in 1968: Planet of the Apes. Such an analysis is not exempt from use of own tools for film analysis, like watching the positioning of cameras, the choice of background music, framing and photography. However, they were directed to us to understand in more detail the film in its historical context. The work holds up to understand the intentions of the producers every moment of the film, trying to report such motivations for political, ideological and economic momentum experienced in the 1960s social differences, religious and morality issues are exposed in the film and work to maintain their relationship with the historical issues involved. The Cold War, therefore, is the imagination that guides us to the shooting script of the film, being our purpose to show it as a production endowed with own historical characteristics to its time of production. While corroborate the importance of a cinematographic work as a historical source - a question which naturally arises with the production of this work - demonstrate features of its production decade to accomplish your analysis. In particular, we treat the film's relationship with the so-called nuclear fear. Fear exists in this decade about the possibility of a global nuclear conflict permeates the production of our chosen source, making her a representative of the expectations of their respected for the future of planet Earth. Our research uses as the main source of the film which worked through us for analysis. We also use the book by Pierre Boulle, in which production is based and documentary about the film, so we can have broad perspective to work with our analysis.