Orfeu negro [videorecording] = Black Orpheus / Dispatfilm ; Gemma Cinematografica ; Tupan Filmes ; produced by Sacha Gordine ; directed by Marcel Camus ; original screenplay, Jacques Viot ; adaptation and dialogue, Jacques Viot and Marcel Camus.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781604652871
- ISBN: 160465287X
- Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4.
- Edition: Special ed.
- Publisher: [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Criterion, c2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally produced as motion picture in 1959. Based on the play: Orfeu da conıeicô / Vinicius de Moraes. "New, restored high-definition digital transfer"--Container. Special features: archival interviews with director Marcel Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn; new video interviews with Brazilian cinema scholar Robert Stam, jazz historical Gary Giddins, and Brazilian author Ruy Castro; Looking for Black Orpheus, a French documentary about Black Orpheus's cultural and musical roots and its resonance in Brazil today; theatrical trailer. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Photography, Jean Bourgoin ; editor, Andrě Feix, music, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luis Bonfa. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Breno Melo, Marpessa Dawn, Lea Garcia, Adhemar Ferreura da Silva, Lourdes de Oliviera. |
| Summary, etc.: | "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. |
| System Details Note: | DVD, region 1; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono.; NTSC. |
| Language Note: | Dialogue in Portuguese or English, English subtitles. |
| Awards Note: | Academy Award, Best Foreign Film ; Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival. |
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| Subject: | Orpheus (Greek mythology) > Drama. Carnival > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > Drama. Bossa nova (Music) > Drama. Foreign films > Brazil. |
| Genre: | Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
