Shortly after the first screening in 1895, film as an art began to proliferate in areas all over the world. Now, movies are carefully constructed works of art combining both the visual and aural realms of human perception. When discussing the history of Brazilian film, though, it is impossible to separate the art of film from the social and political text of Brazil’s history. Unlike the United States, Brazil historically confronted more problems with the new art form: financial difficulties affecting production and screening, as well as political problems like censorship. To examine where Brazilian cinema is today, one must go back further than the revolutionary Cinema Novo. One must begin with the Golden Age of early Brazilian film and move through the darker periods, when Brazil was invaded with foreign language films.
Still today, Brazil can not compete financially with the massive profit-hounding expertise of Hollywood. The interesting result of these difficulties is the constant dialogue between Brazilian film and the Brazilian people. While the United States also has its period movements: the studio years, the great depression films (giant monster movies), and anti-science – they are less focused. To a certain degree, censorship, while ultimately destructive, has actively directed the Brazilian cinematic text. “Brazilian filmmakers have never enjoyed the luxury of regarding themselves as “apolitical”.” (P.56 BC) Therefore, by looking at Brazil’s cinema history, it is impossible to ignore the drama occurring behind the scenes. On July 8, 1896, the first Brazilian film screening was held in Rio de Janeiro.
The Essay on Baz Luhrman Film Study: Red Curtain Cinema
Baz Luhrman was made famous by his three films that come under the title of the ‘Red curtain trilogy’. These three films are Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, and Moulin Rouge. Red curtain cinema is a term made up by Luhrman. It is about breaking cinematic rules and boundaries. It is a refreshingly new and unique style of movie making that gets the audience to take part and enjoy the ...
By 1898, Affonso Segreto began circulating films and film equipment. He filmed, much like France’s Lumier Brothers, public events and other similarly interesting occurrences. This early, many Brazilian one-reel films were made, and suffered very little competition from the foreign markets of Europe and the United States. It wasn’t until later that cinema became truly popular. In 1908 or late 1907, the Bela Epoca of Brazilian Cinema began. This Golden Age (owing much to the better electrical capacity of Brazil’s cities which allowed easier film screenings) brought in many upper class Brazilians. Giuseppe Labanca and Antonio Leal began the company Photo-Cinematographica Brasilera, which not only produced films in Brazil, but distributed film equipment.
The PCB’s (not to be confused with the Partido Communista Brasileiro) first major success was also Brazil’s first major success: Leal’s Os Estranguladores (“The Stranglers”)..
