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Orfeu negro Black Orpheus
Title:
Orfeu negro Black Orpheus
Uniform Title:
Orfeu negro (Motion picture)
ISBN:
9781604652871
Edition:
Special ed.
Publication Information:
[Los Angeles, Calif.] : Criterion, c2010.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 + 1 booklet (16 p. : ill. ; 18.5 cm.)
General Note:
Originally produced as motion picture in 1959.

Based on the play: Orfeu da conȩicão / 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.
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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.
System Details:
DVD, REGION 1, NTSC; 1.33:1 ASPECT RATIO; DOLBY DIGITAL MONO.
Language Note:
DIALOGUE IN PORTUGUESE OR ENGLISH; OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
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