Mythification historique et prolifération identitaire dans le biopic Evita
Films that lend themselves to “biography” let us ponder the truthfulness of their representation. The case of the film Evita is of particular interest, because of the several ambiguities upon which it is built: the life of Evita, largely mythologized, as is her interpreter’s, the singer Madonna. The...
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| description | Films that lend themselves to “biography” let us ponder the truthfulness of their representation. The case of the film Evita is of particular interest, because of the several ambiguities upon which it is built: the life of Evita, largely mythologized, as is her interpreter’s, the singer Madonna. The somewhat frivolous approach of the film seems acknowledged by its chosen stylistic mode, that of the musical. This perspective suggests that all biographical narratives invent, edit, cut the linear logic of a life, so that the truth first appears to be dependant upon the author-interpreter or, in Evita, on the author-performer. |
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