Black Orpheus Orfeu negro
DVD - 2010
"Against a background of the Rio carnival, a black tram driver accidentally kills his girlfriend, and after seeking her in the nether regions kills himself to be with her"--Halliwell's Film and video guide, 5th ed.
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- Genres
- Feature films
Film adaptations
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[Irvington, NY] :
Criterion Collection
©2010.
- Language
- Portuguese
English - Other Authors
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- Edition
- Two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition ; full screen
- Item Description
- Originally produced as motion picture in 1959.
Based on the play: Orfeu da conçeicão / Vinicius de Moraes.
Special features: archival interviews with director Marcel Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn; new video interviews with Brazilian film scholar Robert Stam, jazz historian Gary Giddins, and Brazilian author Ruy Castro; Looking for Black Orpheus, a French documentary about the making of Black Orpheus and its cultural and musical roots, as well as its resonance in Brazil today; theatrical trailer.
Accompanying booklet contains an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson. - Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4
- Format
- DVD, Region 1, NTSC; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono.
- Awards
- Academy Award, Best Foreign Film ; Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival.
- Production Credits
- Photography, Jean Bourgoin ; editor, Andrée Feix ; music, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luis Bonfa.
- ISBN
- 9781604652871
0715515059213 - Access
- Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.
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