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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Subjects
Genres
Feature films
Film adaptations
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection ©2010.
Language
Portuguese
English
Other Authors
Marcel Camus, 1912-1982 (film director), Sacha Gordine (film producer), Jacques Viot (screenwriter), Breno Mello (actor), Marpessa Dawn (-), Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia, 1933, Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, 192-, Vinícius de Moraes
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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