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 should definitely be missed.

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 2:13 PM, filipefurtado<filipefurtado@...> wrote:
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> 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 in NY. Coutinho is a unusual documentary filmmaker in so far as his
> work is a method more than an actual a subject, all but the earliest (A Man
> Labeled to Die) and his most recent (Moscow) are talking heads docs in which
> Coutinho, who is a great talker, interviews people who have being previously
> interviewed by a reserach tean, so both parties are already somewhat aware
> of both questions and answers which highlights how much people are usually
> given a performance for his camera. His more recent work has being much more
> meta abou that (Playing mixes the actual interviews with staged versions of
> the same interviews, Moscow has him hiring a theatrical group to rehearse
> Chekov's Three Sisters with a stege director of their choosing for three
> weeks). I'd reccomend all 8 films except Babilonia 2000 (which is good bu t
> by far
> his least interesting work), but if one has to choose just a few I'd say go
> for A Man Labeled to Die, Master, Playing and Moscow.
>
> Except for the Coutinho films, I like Should Nothing Else Work Out, like
> most of Jose Eduardo Belmonte's films it's uneven, but the highs are worth
> it. December is an annoyng Cassavetes/Martel pastiche that has some fans
> around here, some friens of mine think the laziness in Youth's direction is
> charming and That's It (which I haven't seen yet) got some positive reviews
> but I suspect the writers are more interested in the director being 19 year
> old than the actual movie. Also, avoid Bruno Barreto latest crime against
> cinema at all costs.
>
> Filipe
>
> Em 20/06/2009 11:34, Dan Sallitt &lt; sallitt@... &gt;
> escreveu:
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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:
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>
http://press.moma.org/images/press/premierebrazil/PremiereBrazil09RELEASE_FINAL.\
pdf
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> or:
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> http://moma.org/visit/calendar/films/978
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> Thanks, as always. - Dan
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