“The Freemasons are useful to the regime”:An analysis of the representations of Freemasonry in cinema and its utility on reinforcing or criticizing the establishment

Abstract This article addresses the relations between the language of cinema and some representations that this media may show on Freemasonry. The three chosen movies deserve attention for their representativeness. Freemasonry has become a recurrent theme in historical studies and combined with this phenomenon the Fraternity has been going through a greater public exposure. This public image is formed, mainly, by works of fiction, and through its leading vehicle, the cinema. On analysing in three movies a commonality in their approach is sought for, between images presented -about and by- Freemasonry in this social product of cinema.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Côrte Real de Camargo,Felipe
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2019
Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1659-42232019000100006
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!