About Cinema

Released
2015
1h 51min
6 votes
Documentary

Synopsis

An abandoned tumbledown theater in the outback of Paraíba state is the initial setting of a film about cinema, which explores the testimonials of the novelist and playwright Ariano Suassuna and other filmmakers such as Ruy Guerra, Julio Bressane, Ken Loach, Andrzej Wajda, Karim Ainouz, José Padilha, Hector Babenco, Vilmos Zsigmond, Béla Tarr, Gus Van Sant and Jia Zhangke. They all respond to two basic questions: why do they make movies and why do they serve the seventh art. The filmmakers share their thoughts about time, narrative, rhythm, light, movement, the meaning of tragedy, the audience‘s desires and the boundaries with other forms of art.

Détails techniques

Titre original

Um Filme de Cinema

Langue originale

PT

Langues parlées

Mandarin

English

Persian

Production

Compagnies de production

República Pureza Filmes

Pays de production

Brazil

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