About two commissioned films: a talk with José Fonseca e Costa

  • Sofia Sampaio Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA), ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
  • Gonçalo Mota Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA), ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
  • Sérgio Bordalo e Sá Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA), ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14591/aniki.v3n1.213
Keywords: portuguese cinema, documentary, tourism films

Abstract

An interview with filmmaker José Fonseca e Costa (1933-2015) about his two short films — ...E era o Mar (1966) and A Cidade (1968) — whose subjects are, respectively, the Hotel do Mar, in Sesimbra, designed by the architect Conceição Silva, and the city of Évora. The interview was conducted in February 24, 2015, in the context of the research project “Atrás da câmara: práticas de visualidade e mobilidade no filme turístico português” (EXPL/IVC-ANT/1706/2013), funded by FCT/MCTES.

Author Biographies

Sofia Sampaio, Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA), ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
Sofia Sampaio is a researcher at Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, do Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL). She holds a PhD in culture studies from Universidade de Lisboa and a MA in anglo-american studies from Universidade do Porto. She was and associate PhD-student at the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths College, University of London (2005), and a visiting researcher at the Department of Media and Cultural Studies at University of California, Riverside (2011). Her research interests include: tourism films in Portugal (1900-1980); movement and mobility in the history of cinema; the relation between cinema and anthopology; non-fiction cinema (educational movies, newsreels, amateur cinema and home movies).
Gonçalo Mota, Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA), ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
Anthropologist and filmmaker
Sérgio Bordalo e Sá, Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA), ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
PhD in artistic studies - cinema and audiovisual studies
Published
2016-01-29
Issue
Vol 3 No 1 (2016): What is Portuguese cinema?
Section
Interviews