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Black Orpheus = Orfeu negro

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Special ed. ; Full screen version.

Languages

Dialogue in Portuguese or English, English subtitles.

Performers

Breno Melo, Marpessa Dawn, Lea Garcia, Adhemar Ferreura da Silva, Lourdes de Oliviera.

Publication Information

[Los Angeles, Calif.] : Criterion, c2010.

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4.

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.

Notes

Originally produced as motion picture in 1959.

Based on the play: Orfeu da conȩicão / 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 historian 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.

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