Histórias de convivência no cinema Western: perspectivas da relação com o outro nos filmes Rastros de Ódio e Flechas de Fogo.

Abstract

This research analyzes the representations of coexistence and interracial relations in the films "The Searchers" (1956) by John Ford and "Fire Arrow" (1950) by Delmer Daves. Through a focus on the representation of indigenous people as a figure of the "other", this work seeks to understand how the main categories, stereotypes and characterizations emerge in the western, whose main development will be carried out in the first chapter entitled "The Other in the Western: Representations and Perspectives Between Whites and Indigenous People in the Western". The second chapter entitled "The Other in the Films The Searchers (1956) and Broken Arrow (1950)" will aim to carry out film analyses, first with Broken Arrow (1950) and its optimistic perspective on racial relations between whites and indigenous people, focusing on the protagonist Tom Jeffords' mediation in the search for peace. In its final half, The Searchers (1956) will be analyzed, along with its paranoid and complex perspective on the journey of the morally ambiguous and spiteful Ethan Edwards to rescue his niece. The Marxist Douglas Kellner will be used as the main theoretical framework for this research, with the aim of exploring the nuances and limitations of the historical and social context of the films. The film analysis developed by Goliot-Leté and Vanoyé will also be used as the main methodological tool. The work aims to bring new perspectives and reflections on the field of historical-cinematographic analysis, especially Western cinema and the study of authors John Ford and Delmer Daves. Through the analyses, the parallels of similarities will be observed, as well as the differences, whether in the themes, execution, objectives or contexts of the works analyzed.