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Rocha: On Brazilian Cinema

2008-04-13 17:18:00 by Pacze Moj in Critical Culture
 
...Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, intellectual leader of the Cinema Novo, from the Winter 1970 issue of The Drama Review . Translation by Joanne Pottlitzer Beginning at Zero Notes on Cinema and Society Like every other culture in this technology-dominated world, Brazilian culture shows the influence of cinema. Film arbitrates life-styles,...
 
Tags: cinema novo, cinema novo movement, cinema novo begins, cinema novo prestige, cinema, cinema novo propose, film, film industry, white film
 
 
 
 
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LENT DAY 37 FOME DE FILM - A Retrospective of Brazilian Cinema

2008-03-13 21:14:17 by Editor in CinemaDave
 
...Brazilian Cinema is highlighted through "Fome de Film" (which translates to Hunger of Film). The retrospective includes film screenings, seminars, and guest speakers. Many of the films are accompanied by post- screening discussions with special guests, and either receptions or parties to encourage casual conversation will take place at Cinema...
 
Tags: film, annual film retrospective, film retrospective, 7pm film, portuguese wenglish subtitles, 8pm film, south florida, florida, independent film
 
 
 
 
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Love and Music

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2007-12-29 14:39:00 by Sachin G. in Scribbles and Ramblings
...Brazilian spotlight this year, Love for Sale was one movie too much. The story is reflected in other Brazilian films I saw this year, especially in Deserto Feliz In Deserto Feliz , a girl leaves her village for Sao Paulo. But in the big cruel city, she is forced into prostitution to make ends meet and longs for an escape from Sao Paulo. In...
 
Tags: recent brazilian films, brazilian films, karim ainouz, ainouz, sale hermila returns, sale, films, city, cruel city
 
 
 
 
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KBT Presents: TROPA DE ELITE

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2008-02-26 00:01:00 by Kurt Halfyard in Kurt's Film Blog
...Brazilian crime saga Elite Squad makes even the toughest recent US cop dramas look like Hilary Duff romcoms. Hyper-macho, with a steely ring of well-researched realism, the first fiction venture ... is pitched somewhere between the full-on flash of Brazilian hit City Of God and the narrative complexity of TV's The Wire." (Screen International...
 
Tags: elite, international, film, special international treat, expensive movie, movie, elite squad, corruption, north america
 
 
 
 
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Euro 2008 Film Festival: Group D, Russia

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2008-01-19 19:18:00 by Sachin G. in Scribbles and Ramblings
...Brazilian soccer players in various Russian teams a few years ago. 10 years ago no Brazilian would have gone to play professional football in Russia because of two reasons The cold Russian weather Low salaries compared to those offered by Western European teams Now, despite what people say about global warming, Russia still has chilly...
 
Tags: film, previous film nightwatch, nightwatch, russian film industry, russian, cold russian weather, russian teams, russian soccer, soccer
 
 
 
 
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The return of the Champions League

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2008-02-19 07:11:00 by Sachin G. in Scribbles and Ramblings
...Brazilians 15 of the 16 European teams have atleast one registered Brazilian player on their squad. The only exception is Celtic. While some teams revolve around their Brazilian players, other teams such as Arsenal have only been using their Brazilian players when the first team players have been injured
 
Tags: cup, european cup exploits, italian league title, league title, league, team, team players, skilful parma team, stylish milan team
 
 
 
 
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Director Jose Padiha Calls Out Critics

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2008-02-19 19:48:12 by John Campea in The Movie Blog
...Brazilian police drama Elite Squad! We get the scoop from the fabled caves of yahoo Brazilian director Jose Padilha, winner of the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival for his movie Elite Squad, hit back at critics on Monday with all the force of its antihero, police captain Nascimento. Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite) tells the story of a...
 
Tags: variety critic stupid, variety critic, berlin, berlin film festival, film festival, film fascist, fascist, movie elite squad, elite
 
 
 
 
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On Fascism: Tropa de Elite

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2008-03-02 15:47:00 by Pacze Moj in Critical Culture
...Brazilian film in Brazil's history long before it ever actually played on the big screen Then there's its style: an inventive and smart amalgam of war film, documentary, and melodrama that drips irony even as most critics seem not to notice. That the film contains a measured, obtrusive voice-over narration is, for example, part of the...
 
Tags: fascist leader, leader, film, war film, fascist film, fascist leader seeks, fascism, well-made action film, recruitment film
 
 
 
 
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SXSW Review: They Killed Sister Dorothy

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2008-03-14 00:00:00 by Kim Voynar in Cinematical
...Brazilian rainforest in which she had lived and worked for over 30 years. The trials of the gunmen and the rancher accused of arranging for her murder sent shockwaves through the environmental community, exposing the politics surrouding the battle over the future of the rain forest and the plight of the peasant farmers who live there. Stang,...
 
Tags: sister dorothy, stang, sister dorothy stang, sister dorothy permalink, peasant farmers, farmers, sxsw, sxsw review, brazilian government
 
 
 
 
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Euro 2008: Ethnicities Ball

2008-05-31 21:35:00 by Pacze Moj in Critical Culture
 
...Brazilian whose citizenship was sped up so that he could play football for the national team. Previously, Poland also poached the Nigerian striker Emmanuel Olisadebe, and was recently on the hunt for Serbia's Aleksander Vukovic, Argentina's Mauro Cantoro, and Italy's Robert Acquafresca. Another neat parallel between Poland and Germany: both...