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Reply | Forward Message #48799 of 48934 |
I wonder if I may trouble our Brazilian contingent once again to post any
comments on MOMA's annual series of new Brazilian films:

http://press.moma.org/images/press/premierebrazil/PremiereBrazil09RELEASE_FINAL.\
pdf


or:

http://moma.org/visit/calendar/films/978

Thanks, as always. - Dan




Sat Jun 20, 2009 2:34 pm

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I wonder if I may trouble our Brazilian contingent once again to post any comments on MOMA's annual series of new Brazilian films: ...
Dan Sallitt
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Jun 20, 2009
2:34 pm

Way better than usual thanks for Eduardo Coutinho's retro. Coutinho is one of my favorite filmmakers current working, so it's great to hear his getting a retro...
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Jun 20, 2009
5:14 pm

I would second Filipe´s comments, only adding that IMHO Coutinho´s Playing should also not be missed, and reinforce that every film not mentioned by Filipe...
Eduardo Valente
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Jun 20, 2009
8:22 pm

It's raining Brazilian films in NYC. Does anyone have any thoughts on the films in this new series? I know that Bressane has a reputation, though I haven't...
Dan Sallitt
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Aug 3, 2009
1:46 am

I would vehemently reccomend against any fiction except for the Bressane and ROMANCE (which I haven't seen, but some good people seem to like). But I don't...
Ruy Gardnier
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Aug 3, 2009
3:06 am

... Um, them's fighting words w/r/t THE BOSS OF IT ALL, which I consider to be one of the more underrated films of the past few years. I'd be curious to see...
Bilge Ebiri
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Aug 3, 2009
4:30 am

I think the ideas you talk about were quite visible, Ruy: they are even announced at that roundtable discussion near the beginning, when Coutinho (I presume)...
Dan Sallitt
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Aug 3, 2009
3:00 pm

To put it shortly, I'd say that since DANCER IN THE DARK he has flattened his provocative approach on manipulation to meet some kind of mainstream standards of...
Ruy Gardnier
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Aug 3, 2009
3:02 pm

... I'm not entirely sure what you mean with that last sentence. THE BOSS OF IT ALL, as you seem to have also ascertained, is a film that's entirely about the...
Bilge Ebiri
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Aug 3, 2009
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That's an interesting, almost odd reaction to the film, Dan. I don't think anyone in Brazil would come with the expression "audience friendliness" to describe...
Ruy Gardnier
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Aug 3, 2009
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