Marpessa Dawn on BLACK ORPHEUS
Black Orpheus • 5m 24s
This rare interview with Marpessa Dawn, who plays Eurydice in BLACK ORPHEUS, was recorded for the French television program “Nord actualités télé” and originally broadcast on March 20, 1963.
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The French-Brazilian-Italian coproduction BLACK ORPHEUS is often considered less a Brazilian film than one with a decidedly European perspective. In this 2010 interview, Brazilian film scholar Robert Stam discusses this criticism and BLACK ORPHEUS’s importance in film history.
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BLACK ORPHEUS and That Bossa Nova Sound!
BLACK ORPHEUS introduced an international audience to the sights and sounds of Rio de Janeiro. In the following program, produced in 2010, jazz historian Gary Giddins and Brazilian author Ruy Castro recall the roots of the film’s score and the role it played in popularizing the bossa nova sound.
