| Edition |
Special edição. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 + 1 booklet ([16] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
The Criterion Collection ; 48 |
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Criterion collection ; 48.
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| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, NTSC; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono. |
| Cast |
Breno Melo, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia, Adhemar Ferreira da Silva. |
| Credits |
Photography, Jean Bourgoin ; editor, Andrée Feix ; music, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luis Bonfa. |
| Note |
Originally produced as motion picture in 1959. |
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Based on the play: Orfeu da conçeicão / Vinicius de Moraes. |
| Awards |
Academy Award, Best Foreign Film ; Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival. |
| 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. |
| Note |
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. |
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Accompanying booklet contains an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson. |
| Language |
Dialogue in Portuguese or English; optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Orpheus (Greek mythology) -- Drama.
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Carnival -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- Drama.
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Bossa nova (Music) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Camus, Marcel, 1912-1982. Director.
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Gordine, Sacha. Producer.
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Viot, Jacques. Screenwriter.
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Jobim, Antonio Carlos. Composer.
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Bonfá, Luiz. Composer.
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Mello, Breno. Actor.
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Dawn, Marpessa. Actor.
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Oliveira, Lourdes de. Actor.
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Garcia, Léa, 1933- Actor.
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Moraes, Vinícius de.
Orfeu da Conceição.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Title from disc surface: Black Orpheus |
| ISBN |
9781604652871 |
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160465287X |
| Standard No. |
715515059213 |
| Music No. |
CC1905D Criterion |
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