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Black Orpheus (Criterion Collection) (1958) On DVD

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Actor :    Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Adhemar da Silva, Lourdes de Oliveira, Lea Garcia
Director:  Marcel Camus
Genre:     Drama
Year:        1958
Studio:    Criterion Collection
Length:     107
Released: August 17, 2010
Rating:      Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:     DVD
Misc:          NTSC, Color
Language: Portuguese
subtitles:   English


DESCRIPTION:

Winner of both the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or, Marcel Camus’ Black Orpehus (Orfeu negro) brings the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the twentieth-century madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its eye-popping photography and ravishing, epochal soundtrack, Black Orpehus was a cultural event, kicking off the bossa nova craze that set hi-fis across America spinning.

Special Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
Archival interviews with director Marcel Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn
New video interviews with Robert Stam, Gary Giddins, and Ruy Castro
A la recherche d' "Orfeu negro," a feature-length documentary
Theatrical trailer
A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson

Actor :    Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Adhemar da Silva, Lourdes de Oliveira, Lea Garcia
Director:  Marcel Camus
Genre:     Drama
Year:        1958
Studio:    Criterion Collection
Length:     107
Released: August 17, 2010
Rating:      Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:     DVD
Misc:          NTSC, Color
Language: Portuguese
subtitles:   English


DESCRIPTION:

Winner of both the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or, Marcel Camus’ Black Orpehus (Orfeu negro) brings the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the twentieth-century madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its eye-popping photography and ravishing, epochal soundtrack, Black Orpehus was a cultural event, kicking off the bossa nova craze that set hi-fis across America spinning.

Special Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
Archival interviews with director Marcel Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn
New video interviews with Robert Stam, Gary Giddins, and Ruy Castro
A la recherche d' "Orfeu negro," a feature-length documentary
Theatrical trailer
A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson
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