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Brasil: Sao Paulo Bossa Not
unlike New York, most Brazilians view Sao Paulo as a land of neurotic
people and workaholics. The city has become a Portuguese-language
media capitol, developed a huge fashion industry and emerged as
the hottest gay scene in Latin America. (In June more than 120,000
people celebrated Gay Pride here.) This megalomaniac chaos is based
on the “antropofagia,” the culture of frenetically consuming the
latest international trends and appropriating them in an original
way. The program also presents Rio 2000, an ecstatic New Year’s
celebration in this wonderful city. Carta Aberta (Open Letter) • (Fabiana Prado, 1999, Brazil, in Portuguese, Super-8/video, b&w, sound, 3 min.) Two cute, young girls in love. Aww. After the Fox • (Duda Leite, 1999, Brazil, video, color, sound, 4 min.) Sing-a-long with this musical homage to Peter Sellers and Burt Bacharach. Lorna • • (Duda Leite, 1999, Brazil, video, color, sound, 4 min.) A very particular remake of Russ Meyer’s soft-porn cult classic, this is another tantalizing project about a woman. Or is it an animal? Starring Pier Balestrieri (The Queer Witch Project). A Bicha de Blair (The Queer Witch Project) • (Sandra Brognioni, 1999, Brazil, in Portuguese, video, color, sound, 10 min.) Winner of last Year’s Gong Show, this spoof was produced by the boys at MTV Brasil. Cereal Killer • • (Maria Andrade, 1999, Brazil, in Portuguese, video, color, sound, 6 min.) Cuckoo for Coco Puffs? A serial killer kills cereal-eating people. Uma Valsa Para Ela (A Waltz for Her) • • (Monica Sucupira and Tica Tiritilli, 1999, Brazil, in Portuguese, video, color, sound, 2 min.) Last year’s audience award winner, this video features senior lesbians ruminating about love. Os Clubbers Também Com Em (Clubbers’ Feast) • • (LuÌs Felipe Steffen, 1999, Brazil, in Portuguese, video, color, sound, 12 min). Get ready for the clubbers’ feast! You have never seen anything like this. Calma...Eu Posso Explicar (Easy...I can explain) • • • (Daniel Zanardi, 2000, Brazil, in Portuguese, video, color, sound, 4 min.). A mediation on the parties and chill sessions captured outside the clubs of Sao Paulo, since 1997. Edson Cordeiro (Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood) • • • (Thays Leite and Ivy Abujamra, 2000, Brazil, 16mm, color, sound, 4 min). Clip of the song “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood.” Cavalheiros (Gentlemen) • • (Nereu Cerdeira, 2000, Brazil, in Portuguese, 35mm, color, sound, 10 min.) Two cops want to revenge. A murder. A public rest room full of ordinary people. Are they all gentlemen? Rio 2000 • • • (Rick Castro, 2000, Brazil, video, color, sound, 12 min.) Ring in the new millennium at Rick’s non-stop celebration in Rio.
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