The genius and the new forms of cinematic representation of the subject of knowledge

Abstract

Aimed at questioning new forms of cinematic representation of the genius, this article, in the wake of Foucault's theories, seeks to extend the understanding of the effects, operatting in contemporarily, of the social circulation of new figures of the subject of knowledge, emphasizing, thus, the silent assumptions that have come to inform the way in which viewers can and should imagine themselves and others as subjects capable of producing specific modalities of know-how. Therefore, this article relies on an empirical platform consisting of four films: My left foot (1989), Good Will Hunting (1997), Billy Elliot (2000) and Finding Forrester (2000).

Keywords

• cinema
• sujeito de conhecimento
• Foucault.