Introduction -- Writers, film, and the visual landscape of Rio de Janeiro. Documenting new urban experiences: the cinematic work of the Crônica -- Comic visions of the new city: writers and film production during the Belle Époque -- Writers, film, and alternative visions of Rio de Janeiro. Envisioning a new political landscape: writers, anarchism, and film in Martins Fontes's Fantastic screenplay -- Rio, modernity, and film's visual pleasures: Benjamin Costallat's Mademoiselle cinema -- Conclusion. Reviving the lettered city: Brazilian modernism and the art of the movies
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