Of all the Cinema Novo classics, Vidas Secas is the only one I could

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In Reply to: Netflix search... posted by Jimmy NYC on February 12, 2007 at 14:24:29:

find at Netflix.
Since you live in NYC, I'd bet you could find a copy for US DVD at lots of stores that cater to Brasilians. I myself bought both Rocha films from a Brasilian guy who sells them off Amazon. Fantastic quality transfers with lots of goodies on the second DVD, also.
Terra em Transe is just as powerful and unsettling, telling a modern urban tale of political corruption, greed, and lost ideals.
Os Fuzis (The Guns0 rounds out the most lauded. There are many others and I strongly, strongly urge you and anyone else interested in great film in general and Brasilian society specifically to read the link: it's a brilliant essay on Brasilian culture.
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/04/31/rogerio_sganzerla.html

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thank you! nt - Jimmy NYC 16:41:05 02/12/07 (0)

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