| | Black Orpheus DVD (2 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Criterion Collection Movies, Foreign Films Videos, Thriller, Suspense, Love Story, Mythology, Portuguese | | Director | Marcel Camus | | Composer | Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfa | | Director of Photography | Jean Bourgoin | | Editor | Andree Feix | | Featured | Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lea Garcia | | Producer | Sacha Gordine | | Screenwriter | Venitius De Moraes, Jacques Viot | | Source Writer | Marcel Camus |
This 107 minute DVD foreign feature film is an Oscar-winnin g adaptation of the Orphic legend of a tragic love story of a streetcar conductor and a shy country girl. Death pursue s the pair through the streets of Rio De Janiero and ultima tely one must join the other in the world beyond the living . Includes a Bossa Nova Sound score by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luis Bonfa. A modern retelling of the Orpheus legend, played out against the background of Rio de Janeiro's famous carnival. Frightened after she notices a mysterious man stalking her, Eurydice flees her hometown to take refuge with her cousin in Rio. There, she meets a young man named Orpheus, who wins her love with the beautiful sambas he plays on his guitar. But during the carnival festivities, they become separated when Eurydice bolts after spotting her pursuer in the crowd -- dressed as Death in his carnival costume. Once again, as in ancient Greece, it seems as if Orpheus will lose his beloved Eurydice... Camus' winner of the Palme d'Or winner at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival is a modern reinterpretation of the myth of Orpheus which simultaneously celebrates the beauty, music and people of Brazil. In this version of the ages-old tale, Orpheus is a streetcar conductor and star Carnival dancer who is betrothed to the determined Mira but is in love with Eurydice. As Mira and Death himself pursue the doomed Orpheus and his lover through the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Carnival literally brings the streets to life. Lush photography and the timeless and brilliant bossa nova sounds of Jobim give the film a distinct power and beauty. Filmed in Eastmancolor and CinemaScope.
Marpessa Dawn, the actress who plays Eurydice, was an American dancer who performed in the company of famed choreographer Katherine Dunham.
The video is also available in a dubbed version; the actors who redid the dialogue have a variety of Caribbean accents.
Shot on location in Rio de Janeiro, the film features actual footage of the city's 1959 carnival festivities.
Vinicius de Moraes, who wrote the play on which the film is based, and Luis Bonfa and Antonio Carlos Jobim, who wrote the music, are three of Brazil's most highly regarded musicians and composers. They helped develop and popularize bossa nova, the Brazilian musical style that combined traditional samba with American jazz.
Jobim is best known to Americans as the composer of "The Girl from Ipanema."
The print used for the Home Vision Cinema VHS version is from the Janus collection. Black Orpheus Reviews: "...[A] vivid, romantic reworking of the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice....BLACK ORPHEUS holds up amazingly well, its rich color and incessant samba beat as intoxicating as ever..."
-- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times "...Brilliant color, a dynamic score and attractive performers..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today 3 stars out of 5 -- "The carnival scenes are exhilarating, a riot of color, music and movement..."-- Philip Kemp, Total Film Black Orpheus | List Price | $29.95 (You save $6.56) | | Studio | Criterion Collection | | Orig Year | 1958 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  4253  | | CD Universe Part number | 1235709 | | Catalog number | 70 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 08, 1999 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Also Known As | Orfeu Negro | | Running Time | 107 Minutes | | Additional Info | Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Mono Sound; Dolby Noise Reduction; UnEdited Version; Collector's Edition; Subtitled; Criterion Collection |
Black Orpheus Movie Review Black Orpheus DVD Region 1 Encoding
Dual Layer
Available Audio Tracks: Portuguese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dubbed) (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
New Transfer with Four Minutes of Never Before Seen Footage
French Theatrical Trailer
New and Improved English Subtitle Translation
Option English Subtitles or Dubbed Track
Remastered Sound
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