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Rocha "isn't" Godard but, rather, employs some of his stylistic

Posted by tinear (A) on February 13, 2007 at 04:50:54

In Reply to: Re: You want to see a really superb Western? Without all the "romance?" posted by patrickU on February 13, 2007 at 03:36:03:

eccentricities.
The camera movements are "natural" though as the camera unrelentingly moves about the scene, one is not aware of it because of the framing of the characters. It produces an amazing effect, opening up the usually "squared" frame.
I was amazed, after hearing an interview with one of the film's principal actors, that Rocha didn't believe in multiple scene takes. He would have the actors go off to practice then call them together. He would stand beside or behind the cinematographer, calling out instructions, in turn cajoling, cursing, or complimenting: scenes were filmed in ONE take. This was the case for both Terra em Transe and the Devil and God. Amazing.
Rocha felt that second, third, fourth takes were worthless because the actor's energy became less after the initial expenditure.
Rocha is as much Eisenstein and Pasolini as he is Godard. In other words, he is an "original."

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