Glauber Rocha
Glauber Rocha | |
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Born | Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil | 14 March 1939
Died | 22 August 1981 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (aged 42)
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1959–1981 |
Spouse |
: 1977 Di |
Glauber de Andrade Rocha (Portuguese pronunciation:
Rocha's film possess a staunch
Biography
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Rocha was born in
During his adolescence, he developed great interest in arts, especially theatre and cinema, and even joined a drama group. He was also very active in politics, a trait that would be strongly influential in his works. A member of the Brazilian radical left, he helped start a political party in the late 1950s that called for an anti-capitalist people's revolution and, among other things, advocated the abolition of money.
By the age of 16 he started
He is famous for his film trilogy, made up of
In 1969 he was a member of the jury at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.[5] In the following year, Rocha made a brief appearance in the Dziga Vertov Group film Wind from the East. After refusing an invitation by Jean-Luc Godard to shoot a segment of the film, Rocha appeared as a man in a crossway pointing the direction of the political cinema, namely, the Cinema Novo.[6]
In 1971, during the
Filmography
† | Indicates a documentary | ‡ | Indicates a short film |
Year | Original title | English release title(s) | Language(s) | Notes |
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1958 | Cruz na Praça ‡ | Unfinished silent short film. Lost. | ||
1959 | Pátio ‡ | Terrace | Silent | |
1962 | Barravento | Barravento / The Turning Wind | Portuguese | |
1964 | Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol | Black God, White Devil | Portuguese | |
1965 | Amazonas, Amazonas † | Portuguese | Short documentary on the Amazonas state in Brazil. | |
1966 | Maranhão 66 † | Portuguese | Short documentary on José Sarney's inaugural address as governor of Maranhão state in Brazil and its poor people's harsh life conditions. | |
1967 | Terra em Transe | Anguished Land / Land Entranced / Land in Anguish / Entranced Earth | Portuguese | |
1968 | 1968 † | Portuguese | Short documentary on the March of the One Hundred Thousand. | |
1969 | O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro | Antonio das Mortes | Portuguese | French-Brazilian-German-American co-production |
1970 | Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças | Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças, The Lion Has Seven Heads | Portuguese, French, German, English | Brazilian-Italian-French-Congolese co-production. |
1970 | Cabezas Cortadas
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Cutting Heads | Spanish | Spanish-Brazilian co-production. |
1972 | Paloma, Paloma † | Portuguese | A diary of a trip filmed by Glauber in Punta del Este that documents the reunion of the Rocha family. | |
1973 | História do Brasil † | History of Brazil | Portuguese | Co-directed with Marcos Medeiros. Cuban-Italian co-production. Documentary on the history of Brazil. |
1975 | Claro | Italian, French, English | Italian production. | |
1975 | As Armas e o Povo † | Portuguese | Collective film. Directed with Alberto Seixas Santos, António da Cunha Telles, Eduardo Geada, José de Sá Caetano and José Fonseca e Costa. Portuguese production. Documentary on the 1974 Carnation Revolution. | |
1977 | Di † | Portuguese | Also known as Di Cavalcanti and Di-Glauber. Short documentary on Di Cavalcanti during his wake and burial. | |
1977 | Jorge Amado no Cinema † | Portuguese | Also known as Jorjamado and Jorjamado no Cinema. Short documentary on Jorge Amado. | |
1980 | A Idade da Terra | The Age of the Earth | Portuguese | |
1982 | Câncer | Cancer | Portuguese | Filmed between 1968-1972. |
2015 | A Vida É Estranha † | Portuguese | Co-directed with Mossa Bildner. Filmed in 1973. Short documentary on Rocha and Bildner's trip to Essaouira city in Morocco. |
See also
- Cinema of Brazil
- List of awards and nominations for Brazilian films
- List of Brazilian films
- List of Brazilians
References
- ^ Tose, Juliano. "contracampo – revista de cinema" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2008-02-06.
- ^ "Abraccine organiza ranking dos 100 melhores filmes brasileiros" (in Portuguese). 27 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ Sidney Rezende :: Livros Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Horsley, Carter B. (23 August 1981). "Glauber Rocha is Dead at 42; Innovative Brazilian Director". The New York Times.
- ^ "6th Moscow International Film Festival (1969)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
- ^ Rocha, Gauber (31 January 1970). "Godard's latest scandal". Retrieved January 17, 2017.
- OCLC 61162208.
- ^ Vianna, Luiz Fernando (29 August 2016). "Filha de Glauber, cantora Ava Rocha encanta EUA e festivais brasileiros". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 16 March 2022.