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Black Orpheus - The Criterion Collection
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Winner of both the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, MARCEL CAMUS' Black Orpheus (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 Orpheus was a cultural event, kicking off the bossa nova craze that set hi-fis across America spinning.
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
- Archival interviews with director Marcel Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn
- New video interviews with Brazilian cinema scholar Robert Stam, jazz historian Gary Giddins, and Brazilian author Ruy Castro
- Looking for "Black Orpheus," a French documentary about Black Orpheus's cultural and musical roots and its resonance in Brazil today
- Theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson
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- CRITERION COLLECTION
- 107 mins approx.
- Marcel Camus
- 12
- Breno Mello
- Marpessa Dawn
- Marcel Camus
- Fausto Guerzoni
- Lourdes de Oliveira
- Léa Garcia
English
- 1959
- Portuguese
- 1
- 2
- CRITERION COLLECTION
Black Orpheus - The Criterion Collection
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Blu-ray
RRP: £27.99
£21.99
Save: £6.00
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Winner of both the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, MARCEL CAMUS' Black Orpheus (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 Orpheus was a cultural event, kicking off the bossa nova craze that set hi-fis across America spinning.
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
- Archival interviews with director Marcel Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn
- New video interviews with Brazilian cinema scholar Robert Stam, jazz historian Gary Giddins, and Brazilian author Ruy Castro
- Looking for "Black Orpheus," a French documentary about Black Orpheus's cultural and musical roots and its resonance in Brazil today
- Theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson
Click Images to Enlarge
- CRITERION COLLECTION
- 107 mins approx.
- Marcel Camus
- 12
- Breno Mello
- Marpessa Dawn
- Marcel Camus
- Fausto Guerzoni
- Lourdes de Oliveira
- Léa Garcia
English
- 1959
- Portuguese
- 1
- 2
- CRITERION COLLECTION
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Excellent
I still haven't seen the movie but the package came quick and well protected (as always). Bring more criterions! I'm so happy that Zavvi are selling them. I'm slowly building up my collection!
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Great disc with speedy international delivery
This review is for the Criterion blu ray. It looks stunning and is the best region B release avaliable. Shipping and delivery to my location outside the UK was faster than I'm used to which was a pleasant surprise
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