Directory of world cinema. Volume 21 : Brazil / edited by Louis Bayman and Natália Pinazza.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bayman, Louis, editor.

Pinazza, Natália, editor.

Series:

Directory of World Cinema

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Brazil--History.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Brazil.

Film.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England ; Chicago, Illinois : Intellect, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Best known to international audiences for its carnivalesque irreverence and recent gangster blockbusters, Brazilian cinema is gaining prominence with critics, at global film festivals and on DVD shelves.

Contents:

FrontCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Film of the Year; Star Study; Film-makers; Cultural Crossover; The Re-emergence of Brazilian Cinema: A Brief History; Festival Focus; Early Years; Aves sem ninho; Caiçara; Fragmentos davida; Ganga bruta; Hello, Hello, Carnival!; In the Land of the Amazons; Limite; Mulher; São Paulo, Symphony of a Metropolis; Song of the Sea; Cinema Novo; Barren Lives; The Brave Warrior; The Dare; The Given Word; The Guns; Macunaíma; Porto das Caixas; A Public Opinion; São Bernardo; The Turning Wind; Gender; At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul

Black God, White Devil Giselle; If I Were You; The Lawyer's Daughter; Neither Samson Nor Delilah; Possible Loves; Super Woman; Vera; Women in Fury; Music; Antônia; Antônio das Mortes; Black Orpheus; Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop; Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands; It's Over For You, 1970's; Maids, The Film; Me, You, Them; Rio, Northern Zone; The Two Sons of Francisco; Afro-Brazilian Identity; Almost Brothers; Besouro; Carandiru; City of God; Jubiabá; Madame Satan; Orfeu; The Plantation Owner's Daughter; Quilombo; Xica da Silva; The Representation of the Brazilian Indian; Ajuricaba

At Play in the Fields of the Lord Brave New Land; Birdwatchers; Caramuru - a invenção do Brasil; The Discovery of Brazil; Hans Staden; The Hills of Disorder; How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman; Iracema; Diaspora; Desmundo; Gaijin: A Brazilian Odyssey; O Homem que virou suco; Jean Charles; Now Boarding; Olga; O Quatrilho; Saudate for the Future; Two Lost in a Dirty Night; The Year My Parents Went on Vacation; Documentary; ABC of Strike; Bus 174; Di/Glauber; Garrincha, Joy of the People; Playing; Prisoner of the Iron Bars; Rio, 40 Degrees; Santiago; Twenty Years Later; Viramundo; Adaptation

Bocage - The Triumph of Love The Deceased; Hour of the Star; Mutum; Prison Memories; Tent of Miracles; To the Left of the Father; The Trespasser; Turbulence; What's the Price Or Is It by Kilo?; Comedy; All Is Well; Candinho; Carlota Joaquina: Princess of Brazil; The Deviant Baroness; A Dog's Will; The Man Who Copied; The Sputnik Man; Stories That Our Baby Sitters Would Not Tell Us; The Street Acrobats; The Three Outlaws; Road Movie; Bye Bye Brazil; Central Station; Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures; Foreign Land; A Hungarian Passport; I Travel Because I Have to, I Come back Because I Love You

The Middle of the World Pachamama; Suely in the Sky; Recommended Reading; Brazilian Cinema Online; Test Your Knowledge; Notes on Contributors; Filmography; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 7, 2014).

ISBN:

1-78320-230-0

OCLC:

884647458