Black Orpheus
[New York] : Criterion, [2010]
Format: DVD
Edition: Special ed.
Description: 2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 + 1 booklet (16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
"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.
Series: Criterion collection ; 48.
Other Authors:
Camus, Marcel, 1912-1982.
Gordine, Sacha.
Viot, Jacques.
Jobim, Antonio Carlos.
Bonfá, Luiz.
Mello, Breno.
Dawn, Marpessa.
Oliveira, Lourdes de.
Garcia, Léa, 1933-
Moraes, Vinícius de. Orfeu da Conceição.
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Camus, Marcel, 1912-1982.
Gordine, Sacha.
Viot, Jacques.
Jobim, Antonio Carlos.
Bonfá, Luiz.
Mello, Breno.
Dawn, Marpessa.
Oliveira, Lourdes de.
Garcia, Léa, 1933-
Moraes, Vinícius de. Orfeu da Conceição.
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Subjects:
Orpheus (Greek mythological character) -- Drama.
Carnival -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- Drama.
Bossa nova (Music) -- Drama.
Orpheus (Greek mythological character) -- Drama.
Carnival -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- Drama.
Bossa nova (Music) -- Drama.
ISBN:
9781604652871
UPC: 715515059213
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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.
Videorecording.
Photography, Jean Bourgoin ; editor, Andrée Feix ; music, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luis Bonfa.
Breno Melo, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia, Adhemar Ferreira da Silva.
DVD, Region 1, NTSC; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono.
Dialogue in Portuguese or English; optional English subtitles.
Academy Award, International Feature Film, 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.
Videorecording.
Photography, Jean Bourgoin ; editor, Andrée Feix ; music, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luis Bonfa.
Breno Melo, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia, Adhemar Ferreira da Silva.
DVD, Region 1, NTSC; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono.
Dialogue in Portuguese or English; optional English subtitles.
Academy Award, International Feature Film, 1959