Word: orpheus
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...portrayal of a Latin American life. A film like State of Siege by Costa-Gavras, however urgent the moral questions it poses, so completely lacks a human, social context that its political presentation collapses in a lifeless vacuum. At the other extreme, a director like Marcel Ophuls is Black Orpheus is so adept at capturing the vibrant rhythm and undulating color of life in the slums of Rio de Janeiro that his audiences are numbed to the excruciating reality of Brazil's urban poverty...
...fuller understanding of the tensions involved. But the film offers more to the American viewer, an added dimension to which the native Latin American would probably be oblivious. It is the same quality, though more muted, that is so impressive in the vibrant scenes of Brazilian life in Black Orpheus. The Traitors, with its filmed scenes in the crowded neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, captures the struggle of life waged by these impoverished workers so exploited by their leaders. Whether through a scene explicitly intended to demonstrate the plight of the lower class, or through the unconscious eloquence of Argentine faces...
...gift to those who were young in the 1960s was to provide a common means of expression-a common music, a common language, even a kind of cathartic theater in which a Janis Joplin assumed almost mythic dimensions as a tragic heroine and Dylan strolled the stage like an Orpheus. It is no secret that rock's classic era is gone forever, along with the social bonds that nurtured it. The current fragmentation of the rock audience certifies that. In fairness, it must be added that it also signifies a diversity of personal taste and musical style unknown previously...
...Black Orpheus, Thursday, April 25, 2:30, 5:55, 9:25; 400 Blows...
...Black Orpheus, Thursday, April 18, 2:30, 5:55, 9:25; 400 Blows...