MASCULINIDADES NO CINEMA EM RECORTE:

MASCULINITIES IN CUT-OUT CINEMA: BRANDON & KOWALSKI

Abstract

This text analyzes characters from two films: Shame (2012), by Steve McQueen and Gran Torino (2008), by Clint Eastwood. The choice of these films is due to the fact that both have as protagonists male characters with different nuances of masculinities. The focus of analysis is the characters of Michael Fassbender (Brandon), Shame and Clint Eastwood (Walt Kowalski) in Gran Torino. It was established as objectives for the development of this text to think through two points: 1st) Seduction, loneliness, shame, fear and male sexuality for Brandon. And for the character Kowalski: 2°) Inheritances of War, loneliness, old age and fear in the construction of a virile masculinity. These questions are thought here with other, more general, analyzed with thetheories of authors such as Connell, Fabris, Louro, among others. Thus, it can be concluded that the two protagonists have complex identities, they are circumspect and respond to the events of their lives acting more fairly or unfairly, however, with variations in shades moved by feelings such as fear or loneliness. Kowalski and Brandon also show feelings of incompleteness in family relationships.

Keywords: Cinema. Masculinities. Loneliness. Fear. Sexuality.