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Black Orpheus Orfeu negro  Cover Image DVD DVD

Black Orpheus Orfeu negro

Camus, Marcel, 1912-1982 (Director). Gordine, Sacha. (Producer). Viot, Jacques. (Screenwriter). Jobim, Antonio Carlos. (Composer). Bonfá, Luiz. (Composer). Bourgoin, Jean, 1913-1991 (Cinematographer). Feix, Andrée. (Editor of moving image work). Mello, Breno. (Actor). Dawn, Marpessa. (Actor). Oliveira, Lourdes de. (Actor). Garcia, Léa, 1933- (Actor). Silva, Adhemar Ferreira da, 1927- (Actor). Moraes, Vinícius de. Orfeu da Conceição. (Added Author). Janus Films. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Breno Melo, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia, Adhemar Ferreira da Silva. (Cast).

Summary: "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: 160465287X
  • ISBN: 9781604652871
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 + 1 booklet ([16] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
    videodisc
    videorecording]
  • 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.
Subject: Brazil Rio de Janeiro
Orpheus (Greek mythological character)
Carnival
Bossa nova (Music)
Bossa nova (Music) Drama
Carnival Brazil Rio de Janeiro Drama
Orpheus (Greek mythological character) Drama
Genre: Feature films.
Drama.
Feature films -- Brazil.
Feature films.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library.

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  • 1 current hold with 1 total copy.
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Hood River County Library DVD FIC BLA (Text) 33892100307397 Adult DVDs Available -

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