Actor : Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Adhemar da Silva, Lourdes de Oliveira, Lea Garcia Director: Marcel Camus Genre: Drama Year: 1958 Studio: Criterion Collection Length: 107 Released: August 17, 2010 Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating) Format: DVD Misc: NTSC, Color Language: Portuguese subtitles: English
DESCRIPTION:
Winner of both the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or, Marcel Camus’ Black Orpehus (Orfeu negro) brings the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the twentieth-century madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its eye-popping photography and ravishing, epochal soundtrack, Black Orpehus was a cultural event, kicking off the bossa nova craze that set hi-fis across America spinning.
Special Features
New, restored high-definition digital transfer Optional English-dubbed soundtrack Archival interviews with director Marcel Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn New video interviews with Robert Stam, Gary Giddins, and Ruy Castro A la recherche d' "Orfeu negro," a feature-length documentary Theatrical trailer A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson
Actor : Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Adhemar da Silva, Lourdes de Oliveira, Lea Garcia Director: Marcel Camus Genre: Drama Year: 1958 Studio: Criterion Collection Length: 107 Released: August 17, 2010 Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating) Format: DVD Misc: NTSC, Color Language: Portuguese subtitles: English
DESCRIPTION:
Winner of both the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or, Marcel Camus’ Black Orpehus (Orfeu negro) brings the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the twentieth-century madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its eye-popping photography and ravishing, epochal soundtrack, Black Orpehus was a cultural event, kicking off the bossa nova craze that set hi-fis across America spinning.
Special Features
New, restored high-definition digital transfer Optional English-dubbed soundtrack Archival interviews with director Marcel Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn New video interviews with Robert Stam, Gary Giddins, and Ruy Castro A la recherche d' "Orfeu negro," a feature-length documentary Theatrical trailer A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson
