Antonio Das Mortes (1969)

"Antonio Das Mortes" (O Dragao da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro) (1969) (Glauber Rocha) 1969 / 100mins. / Portuguese w/ burned into the film print English Subtitles / Color / Brazil Picture Quality: C (Source: From a scratchy, somewhat faded film print.) a magician's creation this is one of the most beautiful films that i have come across. The beautifully changing styles of narration to get to a complete absurd or a rather dream like experience at the end of the film makes it one of the most beautiful essay on form. a must watch for anyone who is interested in understanding how a narrative style can change in the process of a film. glauber rocha is like a magician who brings out the pigeon from nowhere and turns into a rabbit and makes it into a formation of a cloud. it is pure poetry. The characters for Rocha are pure ideas, the movements and kinesics , takes them out of the fences of realism to the level of an oral narrative or a mythical one for that matter. As the movie progresses it turns, it can be best said, to take up the form of a folk dance. it is a normal phenomena to notice the drop outs in the first quarter of the film,before the turn over starts. the wrong percepti

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