Cinema as a site of memory: thoughts from amateur Super-8 films re-edited in the short film 'Supermemórias'

Abstract

This paper aims to study amateur films, made in a private context, as a powerful way of creating memory. To do so, we first present a theoretical analisys on the idea of “sites os memory” (Nora 1984) and also on the desire to protect memory, that calls to action the amateur filmmaker. At least, we analyze two Super-8 amateur films produced in Fortaleza (Brazil), in 1978, which were re-edited in the short movie Supermemorias (Danilo Carvalho, 2010). This analysis evidences to us the editing process as a way of constructing new sites of memory and also allow us to reafirm that the amateur film production can instigate interesting and relevant contemporary investigations.

Keywords

• cinema amador
• lugares de memória
• Super-8