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| Glauber
Rocha |
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| Director
/ Screenwriter / Producer / Production Designer / Editor |
| 1938 - 1981 |
| Born March 14,
Vitoria da Conquista, BA, Brazil |
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Production Country: Brazil |
| Key Genres: Drama,
Political Drama, Adventure Drama |
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Collaborators: Mauricio
do Valle (Leading Player), Hugo Carvana (Leading Character Player), Eduardo Escorel
(Editor), Geraldo Del Rey (Leading Player), Othon
Bastos (Leading Character Player), Sergio Ricardo (Composer), Jofre
Soares (Character Player), Danuza Leao (Character Player), Rosa Maria
Penna (Character Player) |
| Recommended: Black
God, White Devil (1964), Terra em Transe (1967), Antonio das Mortes (1969) |
| Links: [
IMDB ] [ All-Movie
Guide ] [ Senses
of Cinema: Great Directors ]
[
Film Reference ]
[ Tempo
Glauber ] [ Homage
to Glauber Rocha ] [ Glauber
Rocha Profile ]
[
Art and Culture Profile ] |
| DVD's:
[ Amazon
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Greatest Films: Black God,
White Devil (1964), Terra em Transe (1967), Antonio das Mortes (1969),
The Age of the Earth (1980) |
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"Rocha's
concern with thematic dialectics is most apparent in his
explorations of Brazilian popular culture, which he perceived as
representing both a permanent rebellion against oppression and
the evasion of social problems...Rocha's efforts to form a
genuinely Brazilian cinema, founded on authentic themes and
expressed through an idiom peculiar to Latin America, led him to
make beautiful and moving films which continue to speak for his
ideals." -
John Mraz (International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers,
1991) |
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"The radical
films of Glauber Rocha draw on the cultural traditions of
Brazil. Often contrasting primitive and modern facets of his
country, Rocha uses ritualized theatrical techniques and
political texts. Rocha was the leader of the group Cinema Novo,
a cooperative set up in the late 1950s, whose aim was to free
Brazilian films of American influence." -
Ronald Bergan (Film - Eyewitness Companions, 2006) |
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"He studied law before becoming a theatre director and film
critic, the helped to create the Brazilian cinema novo, a
movement concerned with the underdeveloped status of the country
and the search for Brazilian identity. He made his debut as a
director with the short Pátio (1959), and was known for
his radical, provocative approach to directing and his
preference for using non-actors in his films." -
(Chambers Film Factfinder, 2006) |
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"Perhaps the premier Brazilian filmmaker, Rocha is an
artist with a social conscience who makes films reflecting the
barbarity, beauty, earthiness, and inequality in the culture of
his country. Sometimes he illustrates truths through myths." -
William R. Meyer (The Film Buff's Catalog, 1978) |
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