Now I know that when it comes to cinema there is more (much much more) that I have NOT seen than I have. Glaring omissions in my film history knowledge. Filmmakers such as De Sica ( Bicycle Thief , one of my favourite films aside), early Ozu and Douglas Sirk immediately come to mind. So much to see and only a finite space to do so, but I am trying my damnest to catch up. There are those filmmakers...
News: Mr. Bongo Films have announced the UK DVD release of Entranced Earth (Terra Em Transe) on 23rd February 2009 priced at £9.99 RRP. Political drama from Brazilian director Glauber Rocha (Black God, White Devil), Entranced Earth asks a series of questio...
DVD Video Review: Back in 1964, Glauber Rocha's Black God White Devil brought Brazilian cinema to the attention to cinemagoers worldwide. It gets a welcome release on DVD from Mr Bongo, and Gary Couzens takes a look.
Left-wing Brazilian film critic and director Glauber Rocha (1938-81) died aged 43. A political revolutionary and a revolutionary film-maker, he launched Brazil's Cinema Novo with this complex, mythical movie about Manuel, a peasant farmer who kills his exploitative boss and goes on the run with his wife. He first joins a messianic black preacher, who compels him to off er up a baby to be sacrificed,...
Glauber_Rocha em 1981 (nascido em 14 de Março de 1939) e Arthur Duarte (nascido em 17 de Outubro de 1895) um ano depois, faleceram neste dia 22 de Agosto. Ambos realizadores de cinema o primeiro brasileiro e o segundo português, tiveram grande influência na cinematografia de cada um dos países. Praticamente despediram-se da vida na mesma cidade: Lisboa. Glauber Rocha que vivia...
Film Reviews: An alchemic tone poem about her long-dead husband, Brazilian Cinema Novo pioneer Glauber Rocha, Paula Gaitan's experimental "Days in Sintra" explores the outer limits of memory. Fitting memorial to a neglected maestro reps prime fest fare.
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