VERSÃO EM PORTUGUÊS Originally published at Cinética in December 2010. Fixating process At the time Ne Change Rien premiered at Cannes, Eduardo Valente wrote at Cinética that the film was about two essential components of cinema: light and sound. More than a disagreement, I would suggest taking a step back: Ne Change Rien is definitely […]
Archives for November 2019
Horse Money (Cavalo Dinheiro, 2014), Pedro Costa
VERSÃO EM PORTUGUÊS * Originally published at Cinética in January 2016. The inner outside Only a few minutes into Pedro Costa’s Horse Money (2014), a disembodied voice off-screen questions Ventura, who’s wearing a robe and socks. Perhaps because of the sparse furnishing, the white walls, and my own lack of imagination, I imagine it’s the voice […]
Vitalina Varela (2019), Pedro Costa: a conversation with Juliano Gomes
VERSÃO EM PORTUGUÊS My work on film and criticism intertwines with the work of filmmaker and critic Juliano Gomes in many ways. In 2005, we founded a film club together at our alma mater PUC-Rio, where we consolidated a habit and a practice of critical discussion. Since then, we have written for the same publications, […]
Copacabana Mon Amour (1970), Rogério Sganzerla
VERSÃO EM PORTUGUÊS * Originally written for a spoken introduction before the screening of Copacabana Mon Amour at Spectacle Theater, New York, November 6, 2019, and revised for this publication. Copacabana Mon Amour is, roughly, the fifth film directed by Rogério Sganzerla, following the shorts Documentary (Documentário, 1966) and HQ (1969), and the two brilliant features […]