| Title |
Black Orpheus / director, Marcel Camus ; producer, Sacha Gordine ; adaptation and dialogue, Jacques Viot, Marcel Camus. |
| Edition |
[Special edição]. |
| OCLC |
642218432 |
| ISBN |
9781604652864 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
715515059114 |
| Publisher |
[United States] : The Criterion Collection : Janus Films, [2010] |
| Description |
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Orpheus (Greek mythological character) -- Drama.
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Carnival -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- Drama.
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Bossa nova (Music) -- Drama.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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| Cast |
Breno Melo, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliviera, Lea Garcia, Adhemar Ferreira da Silva. |
| Summary |
The legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set in Rio de Janeiro at Carnival time. |
| NOTE |
No public performance rights included. |
| Language note |
Portuguese or dubbed English dialogue, English subtitles. |
| General note |
Title from container. |
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Director of photography, Jean Bourgoin ; editor, Andrée Feix ; music, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luis Boneá. |
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Originally released in as a motion picture in 1959. |
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Inspired by the play Orfeu de Coneicão by Vinicius de Moraes. |
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Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; 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; a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson. |
| System details note |
Blu-ray. |
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