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`ORPHEUS' BRINGS MUSIC TO A MYTH
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One problem with the romantic tragedy, historically speaking, was
that you couldn't dance to it. In 1959, that changed. Marcel Camus
delighted the world with "Black Orpheus," which relocated the Greek
myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro just in
time for Carnival. The movie, which is showing at the Brattle Theatre
through Tuesday, won the top prize at that year's Cannes Film
Festival and gave bossa nova, which was still in its infancy, to the
rest of the planet.
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'Black Orpheus': A Beautiful Frenzy of Color and Sound
The Washington Post
; If pink, as Diana Vreeland famously pronounced, is the navy blue of India, then blue is the pink of Brazil in "Black Orpheus," Marcel Camus's 1959 classic. A retelling of the Greek myth set during Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, "Black Orpheus" came out a few years ago as a beautifully remastered DVD,
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'Black Orpheus,' Restored to Cinematic Brilliance
The Washington Post
; If pink, as Diana Vreeland famously pronounced, is the navy blue of India, then blue is the pink of Brazil in "Black Orpheus," Marcel Camus' 1959 classic that opens for a week's run today at the AFI Silver. A retelling of the Greek myth set during Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, "Black Orpheus" came
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BLAME IT ON RIO ROBINSON DANCERS SAMBA WITH GREEK MYTH IN 'ORFEU'
Rocky Mountain News
; The gentle lilt of the samba filled the downstairs rehearsal studio at Cleo Parker Robinson's headquarters near Five Points, as a handful of her dancers glided around the room. It was the opening scene of a new, dancing version of Black Orpheus, the Brazilian film set in a carnival in Rio, that
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BLAME IT ON RIO ROBINSON DANCERS SAMBA WITH GREEK MYTH IN 'ORFEU'.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; Byline: Marc Shulgold ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS The gentle lilt of the samba filled the downstairs rehearsal studio at Cleo Parker Robinson's headquarters near Five Points, as ...
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Film: Black Orpheus Marcel Camus 106 mins, pg
The Independent on Sunday
; The winner of both the 1959 Palme d'Or and the 1960 best foreign film Oscar, Black Orpheus transposes the Greek myth to the clifftop slums of Rio De Janeiro. Orpheus (footballer Breno Mello) is now a tram conductor who can't sing his beguiling song until he gets his guitar back from the pawn shop,
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