RIO THE CAPITAL AS IMAGINED BY FILM CRITICISM: the cases of Rio fantasia and Rio, 40 graus

This article seeks to investigate how Brazilian film critics imagined Rio de Janeiro, “the capital city”. Through criticism of the movies Rio fantasia [Fantasy Rio] (1957), by Watson Macedo, and Rio, 40 graus [Rio Forty Degrees], by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, the article intends to understand how certain agents described and legitimized Rio, the federal capital at that time, while judging it – perhaps for posterity.

Keywords:
Rio de Janeiro; Capitality; Movie theater; Film criticism