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Black Orpheus [videorecording] = Orfeu negro / Janus Films ; une production Sacha Gordine ; un film de Marcel Camus ; scénario original de Jacques Viot ; adaptation et dialogues, Jacques Viot et Marcel Camus.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781604652871
- ISBN: 160465287X
- Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 + 1 booklet ([16] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
- Edition: Special ed.
- Publisher: [New York] : Criterion, c2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally produced as motion picture in 1959. Based on the play: Orfeu da concȩicão / 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. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Photography, Jean Bourgoin ; editor, Andrée Feix ; music, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luis Bonfa. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Breno Melo, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia, Adhemar Ferreira da Silva. |
| System Details Note: | DVD, Region 1, NTSC; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono. |
| Language Note: | Dialogue in Portuguese or English; optional English subtitles. |
| Awards Note: | Academy Award, Best Foreign Film ; Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival. |
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| Genre: | Feature films. Feature films > Brazil. Drama. Feature films. |
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| Hood River County Library | DVD FIC BLA (Text) | 33892100307397 | Adult DVDs | Available | - |
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