A Paris de Woody Allen: narrações sobre a cidade e suas apropriações midiáticas pelo turismo

Abstract

The present work seeks to analyze the representation of the city and the media appropriations through the movie Midnight in Paris, by Woody Allen, released in 2011. Besides being the highest grossing work in the director’s career, the film also stands out as part of the artist’s recent European tour. The city is characterized by its polyphony and its multiplicity, and for keeping itself in a constant process of construction. In turn, cultural products perform diverse representations of the metropolis, chronicling the city-text in various ways. Different media also narrate journeys and allow symbolic displacements. Thus, the travels and the urban are devised by the media and these ideals are then reused by various touristic destinations for the purpose of self-promotion. The film fits into the presented context by bringing out, among several other possibilities, a city capable of generating diverse interests. In order to identify Mr. Allen’s Paris and the appropriations made by tourism, the Content Analysis method was used. Through this methodology, it was reached a conclusion indicating that the city-product is revealed by a mythical image, which highlights characters and iconic locations, resulting in great emotional appeal.