By Foundation Library Rei Afonso Henriques
If the other day I talked about music and Julio Pereira, today I want to talk about film and cinema so Portuguese will always be related to Manuel de Oliveira. Manoel de Oliveira (1908 -) was born into a comfortable family socio-economic position in the Portuguese city of Oporto . In 1931, he directed his first short, Douro, faina fluvial , documentary film that showed clear the influence exerted on the director as Robert Flaherty documentary and Soviets. In this film describing a day's work of fishermen on the banks of the River Duero . This work has already revealed his particular sensibility and spirit akin to the European vanguard. Other documentaries are JA fabricam Automóveis in Portugal and Miramar, Praia de roses , both from 1938. His film production dedicated to fiction is characterized by a distinct theatricality and an almost constant reflection on the nature of art, entertainment and the essence of being human. In 1942 he directed Aniki Bobo, played by a bunch of children off the streets of Oporto , direct film, simple, vivid, which was a remarkable achievement, especially when you consider that preceded the Italian neorealism. In 1956 he directed The Painter and the City , movie from which its aesthetic and film language took a different path, minimizing the importance of assembling and prioritizing the long shots and more theatrical staging, sheltered by dense dialogue and carefully crafted text, which has brought him sharp criticism and enemies of his work, as well as hardcore fans.
This has led in many cases Manoel de Oliveira film sound like a far more intellectual-commercial and almost made for a small number of people. What is clear is that with 102 years no one can deny that it is one of the most universal Portuguese who has worked with leading actors on the international scene and performs a high-quality film. Here we have numerous films and even last year conducted a public screening of one of them, A talkie, in the intervening actors such as John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve, Irene Papas, etc ...
cinema means such as to meet Portugal
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