Cover image for Black Orpheus
Title:
Black Orpheus
Author:
Camus, Marcel, 1912-1982.
Edition:
[Special edição].
Publication Information:
[United States] : The Criterion Collection : Janus Films, [2010]
Physical Description:
1 Blu-ray disc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
The legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set in Rio de Janeiro at Carnival time.
General Note:
Title from container.

Director of photography, Jean Bourgoin ; editor, Andrée Feix ; music, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luis Boneá.

Originally released in as a motion picture in 1959.

Inspired by the play Orfeu de Conȩicão by Vinicius de Moraes.

Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; archival interviews with director Marcel Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn; new video interviews with Brazilian cinema scholar Robert Stam, jazz historian Gary Giddins, and Brazilian author Ruy Castro; Looking for "Black Orpheus", a French documentary about Black Orpheus's cultural and musical roots and its resonance in Brazil today; theatrical trailer; a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson.
Language:
Portuguese
ISBN:
9781604652864
UPC:
715515059114
Format :
Blu-Ray