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Posted by tinear on September 21, 2009 at 07:38:08:
From a blogger:
"Firstly, you have to know Cinema Novo (Brazilian New Cinema) in the 60â€™s and 70â€™s headed by Glauber Rocha. His major films (Black God White Evil, Antonio das Mortes, Earth Entranced, The Turning Wind and The Age of the Earth) are available on DVD. Other important directors were Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (Macunaima and The Priest and the Girl); Leon Hirszman (SÃ£o Bernardo and They Donâ€™t Wear Black Tie), Ruy Guerra, Maurice Capovilla and Paulo Cesar Saraceni.
Nelson Pereira dos Santos is one of the greatest Brazilian director who had with some envolvement with Cinema Novo. His masterpiece is Barren Lives (1962).
Other important wave was Cinema Marginal or Underground Cinema from 70s. The main names were Ozualdo Candeais, Rogerio Sganzerla e Julio Bressane. The films are very rare and fews were released recently on DVD. You can find The Red Light Bandit (1968) and Sem Essa, Aranha (1970) both by Sganzerla; Bang Bang (1971) by Andrea Tonacci; Meteorango Kid (1981) by Andre Luiz Oliveira. You can find Bressaneâ€™s recent films on DVD like Cleopatra (2007) and A Love Movie (2003).
Other great films:
SÃ£o Paulo Sociedade AnÃ´nima (1965) by Luiz SÃ©rgio Person
Todas as Mulheres do Mundo (1967) by Domingos Oliveira
Keeper of Promises (1962) by Anselmo Duarte â€“ Golden Palm Winner and Oscar nominated
All Nudity Shall Be Punished (1973) and Everythingâ€™s Alright (1978) both by Arnaldo Jabor
Pixote (1981) by Hector Babenco
Revival of Brazilian Cinema since 90s:
First of all, see: To the Left of the Father (2001) by Luiz Fernando Carvalho
then:
Mango Yellow (2003) by Claudio Assis
The Invader (2001) by Beto Brant
Carandiru (2003) by Hector Babenco
EstÃ´mago (2007) by Marcos Jorge
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006) by Cao Hamburger
The Man Who Copied (2003) by Jorge Furtado
Elite Squad (2007) by JosÃ© Padilha
Movies, Aspirin and Vultures (2004) by Marcelo Gomes
Useless to cite Fernando Meirelles and Walter Sallesâ€™s films
Some films that I cited here are available in Amazon.com.
Unfortunably, many other great films not cited here arenâ€™t available on DVD not even in Brazil. You may find them on Internet, but hardly you will find subtitles."