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El Cine Y La Literatura Medieval EL CINE Y LA LITERATURA MEDIEVAL Alfonso Boix Jovaní La fascinación que el medievo ha despertado durante décadas en diferentes manifestaciones artísticas iba a perpetuarse con la aparición del séptimo arte. Ya Méliès, a principios del siglo XX, le dedicó un par de películas (“Un miracle sous l’inquisition” y “La bruja Carabosse”) que suponían las primeras incursiones cinematográficas en la representación de la Edad Media, la cual acabaría constituyéndose en una fuente de inspiración que no solo no ha desaparecido, sino que parece cobrar fuerza con el paso de los años. En ese aspecto, es necesario reflejar que la relación entre cine y medievo parece ser recíproca ya que, si la época medieval se ha convertido en una verdadera mina en la que guionistas y productores hallan múltiples fuentes de inspiración, este arte, a su vez, ha influido de manera decisiva en el modo en que mucha gente imagina aquellos tiempos, afectando al imaginario colectivo de manera fundamental. A la hora de hallar tramas medievales que plasmar en sus creaciones, el mundo del cine halla una de sus mayores fuentes de recursos en la literatura. Si se repasa el dossier adjunto, resulta abrumadora la cantidad de películas basadas en obras literarias, tanto medievales como contemporáneas (pero también inspiradas en el medievo). Ello ha dado pie a la aparición de verdaderos ciclos cinematográficos dedicados a temas profundamente arraigados en la literatura medieval, como son la Materia de Bretaña y Robin Hood, que se presentan por separado en el dossier adjunto para así advertir mejor su riqueza y diversidad, así como su longevidad. Pero, es necesario tenerlo en cuenta, no cabe duda de que la literatura constituye el eje fundamental sobre el que se levantan los guiones de muchísimas películas, por lo que, en ese aspecto, es evidente que el estudio de la literatura medieval no solo tiene una aplicación intelectual, sino también para el mundo del entretenimiento, donde halla un modo de acercarse al gran público al que, a la vez, enriquece con su variedad de tramas, cumpliendo con el lema clásico de enseñar deleitando. Obviamente, directores y guionistas pueden -y deben- aprovechar los conocimientos de los especialistas en tales obras a fin de lograr que su obra alcance la máxima calidad. En ese aspecto, destaca el caso de la película El Cid, que contó con el asesoramiento de D. Ramón Menéndez Pidal, el gran maestro de los estudios medievales hispánicos. El atractivo del medievo, qué duda cabe, radica también en la asociación de aquel período con lo irracional, lo supersticioso e incluso lo mágico. Ello permite, además de plasmar películas inspiradas en hechos históricos -como las invasiones vikingas, por ejemplo-, crear películas con tramas imaginativas que resultan especialmente atractivas para el público. En ese aspecto, junto al aspecto lúdico del cine, resulta obvio que la Edad Media constituye un campo muy moldeable a los gustos del público, pues las películas pueden incluir elementos sobrenaturales o tramas fantasiosas que han llevado a que la fantasía épica, propia de la literatura artúrica o de textos como El señor de los anillos, de Tolkien, haya trascendido a la gran pantalla, logrando el mismo impacto o incluso mayor del que estas obras tuvieron publicadas. Sólo hay que pensar en el éxito de las películas sobre el universo de Tolkien dirigidas por Peter Jackson y sus recaudaciones multimillonarias en todo el mundo para apreciar que el medievo ha logrado, por medio del cine, mantener un atractivo para el público actual que también repercute en un beneficio económico para los creadores de estas obras. Las últimas tecnologías informáticas están permitiendo plasmar mundos que, hasta hace poco, resultaba inviable reflejar por las dificultades técnicas que ello implicaba. Esto ha afectado especialmente al mundo de la animación, donde los populares dibujos animados que acercaron la Edad Media a los niños durante décadas se han visto afectados por la revolución informática, la cual, aplicada a la tendencia cada vez mayor de crear películas de animación para adultos, permite recrear escenarios, tramas y seres atractivos para el público de todas las edades. Por supuesto, la animación no ha perdido de vista a los más pequeños, para quienes también se crean películas de una calidad excepcional gracias a estos nuevos medios: el ejemplo paradigmático lo constituye Brave (Indomable), ganadora del Oscar a la mejor película de animación 2012, cuyo éxito de público resultó extraordinario. No cabe duda, a la vista del evidente éxito de la temática medieval en el mundo del cine, de que se trata de una temática apasionante que atrae al gran público, lo cual asegura la presencia de caballeros y heroínas medievales en nuestras grandes pantallas durante mucho tiempo. De hecho, la tendencia que se observa -y remitimos de nuevo al dossier adjunto, donde se evidencia tal hecho- es que la producción de películas basadas en el mundo medieval no sólo va en aumento sino que, incluso, está superando fronteras y ampliando su campo de influencia: durante décadas, los EEUU dominaron ampliamente la cinematografía de tinte medieval, seguida de cerca por Italia (especialmente en los años ‘60 del pasado siglo). Pero, si bien los EEUU siguen ofreciendo obras de una calidad extraordinaria, países que tradicionalmente no destacaban por su producción de películas medievales han irrumpido con fuerza en el siglo XXI, destacando especialmente los países escandinavos. El medievo, resulta evidente, parece algo más que una moda, pues lleva décadas en el cine y su popularidad solo crece y crece. Y, con él, íntimamente unidos, avanza la literatura medieval, que nutre a guionistas y directores de múltiples fuentes de inspiración que, aparte de entretener al público, supone una fuente de ingresos para los productores y las arcas de sus respectivos países. Así, por medio del cine, el medievo trasciende su aspecto erudito para convertirse en un valor seguro en el que invertir tanto cultural como económicamente. DOSSIER DE PELÍCULAS Incluye: -Películas de temática variada. -Películas de animación (temática variada) -Películas sobre la materia de Bretaña -Películas sobre Robin Hood Fuentes: www.filmaffinity.com The Movie Database (www.themoviedb.org) PELÍCULAS DE TEMÁTICA VARIADA UN MIRACLE SOUS L’INQUISITION Título original Un miracle sous l’inquisition Dirección Georges Méliès Guión Georges Méliès Reparto País Francia Año 1904 Duración 3 minutos LA BRUJA CARABOSSE Título original La fée Carabosse (Le poignard fatal) Dirección Georges Méliès Guión Georges Méliès Reparto Georges Méliès País Francia Año 1906 Duración 12 minutos LADY GODIVA Título original Lady Godiva Dirección J. Stuart Blackton Guión Eugene Mullin sobre el poema de Sir Alfred, Lord Tennyson Reparto Julia Swayne Gordon, Robert Gaillard, Kate Price, Harry Ward País Estados Unidos Año 1911 Duración 10 minutos NATHAN EL SABIO Título original Nathan der Weise Dirección Manfred Noa Guión Hans Kyser Reparto Fritz Greiner,Carl de Vogt, Lia Eibenschütz, Werner Krauss, Bella Muzsnay, Margarete Kupfer, Rudolf Lettinger País Alemania Año 1922 Duración 128 minutos LOS NIBELUNGOS: LA MUERTE DE SIGFRIDO (LOS NIBELUNGOS PARTE I) Título original Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Siegfrieds Tod) (Die Nibelungen - Teil I) Dirección Fritz Lang Guión Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou sobre la leyenda medieval germana Reparto Paul Richter, Margarete Schön, Hanna Ralph, Theodor Loos País Alemania Año 1924 Duración 150 minutos LOS NIBELUNGOS: LA VENGANZA DE KRIMILDA (LOS NIBELUNGOS PARTE II) Título original Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (Die Nibelungen - Teil II) Dirección Fritz Lang Guión Thea von Harbou sobre la leyenda medieval germana Reparto Margarete Schön, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Georg John, Theodor Loos País Alemania Año 1924 Duración 130 minutos THE VIKING Título original The Viking Dirección Roy William Neill Guión Jack Cunningham, Randolph Bartlett sobre la novela de Ottilie A. Liljencrantz Reparto Donald Crisp, Pauline Starke, LeRoy Mason, Anders Randolf País Estados Unidos Año 1928 Duración 90 minutos LAS CRUZADAS Título original The Crusades Dirección Cecil B. DeMille Guión Harold Lamb, Waldemar Young, Dudley Nichols Reparto Loretta Young, Henry Wilcoxon, Ian Keith,C. Aubrey Smith, Katherine DeMille, Joseph Schildkraut, Alan Hale País Estados Unidos Año 1935 Duración 125 minutos ESMERALDA, LA ZÍNGARA Título original The Hunchback of Notre Dame Dirección William Dieterle Guión Sonya Levien sobre la novela de Víctor Hugo Reparto Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell País Estados Unidos Año 1939 Duración 116 minutos CONJURA EN FLORENCIA Título original Giuliano de’ Medici Dirección Ladislao Vajda Guión Ferruccio Cerio, Andrea Di Robilant, Carlo Rolva, Luigi Ugolini Reparto Conchita Montenegro, Leonardo Cortese, OsvaldoValenti, Juan de Landa, Carlo Tamberlani País Italia Año 1941 Duración 84 minutos LA CORONA DE HIERRO Título original La corona di ferro Dirección Alessandro Blasetti Guión Alessandro Blasetti, Renato Castellani, Corrado Pavolini, Giuseppe Zucca, Guglielmo Zorzi, Mario Chiari, Armandeo Macaluso Reparto Elisa Cegani, Luisa Ferida, Rina Morelli, Gino Cervi, Osvaldo Valenti País Italia Año 1941 Duración 108 minutos MACBETH Título original Macbeth Dirección Orson Welles Guión Orson Welles sobre la obra de William Shakespeare Reparto Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O’Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier País Estados Unidos Año 1948 Duración 105 minutos IVANHOE Título original Ivanhoe Dirección Richard Thorpe Guión Noel
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