Geografia e cinema: outras imagens para se pensar a fronteira do fazer geográfico

Abstract

This work aims to discuss the concept of border in two Brazilian movies: “Amelia” (2000) and “Fronteira” (2008). The film aims to set new standards to support the debate on the concept of border, from the operation of a bibliographic database arising from the very geographical science, philosophy and film studies. The philosophical concept of rhizome, proposed by Deleuze and Guattari, connects these three planes, using cinema as intercessor, as potentiator of thoughts on the subject studied here. The border hegemonic conceptions as separation and meeting the humanities appear in both films, but mostly are reaffirmed in “Amelia” in which encounters between the protagonists are always emphasize their differences. What arises again in this film is the boundary delimited by the sister of the dead protagonists, which is imposed as presence, even outside of the frame. In the film “Fronteira” are discussed geographical categories for understanding that the border is the limit where people build their reference of orientation and location.