FILM & VIDEO
AFS Avant Cinema 4.4: LIMITE
June 29, 2011
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Mention avant-garde cinema of the late 1920s and early 30s and the same familiar titles always come up: THE ANDALUCIAN DOG (Luis Buñuel, 1929), THE BLOOD OF A POET (Jean Cocteau, 1929), BERLIN, SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY (Walter Ruttman, 1927), and MAN WITH A CAMERA (Dziga Vertov, 1929). But there is a rarely seen film from Brazil which should be added to that pantheon – LIMITE (1931), directed by 22-year-old Mário Peixoto. Inspired by the films, photographs, and art he experienced during two trips to Europe in the late 20s, the scion of a wealthy Rio de Janeiro family decided to make his own feature-length film. But it would not be a traditional narrative film with folkloric elements like others coming out of Brazil at the time. Instead, it would be a foray into non-linear, story-free, experimental cinema of images, moods, shadows and sunlight, reflections, and brief moments in the lives of two women and a man. Time would be fluid, as past and present dissolve into one another. Peixoto and his well trained cinematographer captured a series of images which would resonate with an audience, find a place in the deeper levels of consciousness, free of psychological or narrative import. The result is a film which can be “felt” as much as seen.
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1901 East 51st Street
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June 29, 2011Times:
7-9 p.m.
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