IDENTIDADE E CINEMA:UMA ANÁLISE SOBRE O PROCESSO DE IDENTIFICAÇÃO DO ESPECTADOR NA OBRA DE ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Abstract

Taking into consideration the theme of Identity and its importance to the current investigation matters of this Master’s program, this research aims to investigate Identity and its relation with cultural practices, specifying it to one of them: Cinema. Based on theorists like Hall, Bauman and Dubar among others, the extent and the relevance of the process of identification will be discussed as well as its influence on the viewer experience. The filmography of director Alfred Hitchcock is in fact the key part for problematizing and considering the relation between Identity and Cinema, since Hitchcock had a unique narrative style and a specific mise-en-scène. The definitions of Identity, the importance of the act of identifying to film for cinema appreciation and other matters will be debated. The selected movies for the study are Rope (1948) and North by Northwest (1959), pictures that bring a variety of identification possibilities, including the possibilities of feeling innocent or guilty. Using theorists like Baecque, Martin, Xavier, Mauerhofer, Munsterberg, Metz and Lacan – about psychology and psychoanalysis – the diverse experiences of the audience will be clarified, as well as an analysis of the viewers’ positions, of the relation between reality and representation, besides the problematization of Cinema experimentation itself.