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Format: VHS
May 1996
Not Rated
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90 min.
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Movie Description
Part documentary, part biography and part kitsch-fest, this profile of the Brazilian bombshell known for outrageous fruit-salad turbans uses film fragments, rare archival footage, and full-blown production re-enactments to tell her story.
Synopsis
A fascinating and personal account of the life of Carmen Miranda, the Brazilian singer/actress who became one of Hollywood's biggest stars.
Brazilian-born director Helena Solberg provides the narration herself, and she attempts to come to grips with both the fascination and the anger Miranda aroused in her countrymen -- and how this ambivalence affected Carmen, who stayed away from her beloved country for 14 years. Although Brazilians were initially proud of her success, and her role in representing the country and its culture, as Carmen's "Brazilian Bombshell" persona and fantastic costumes grew ever more outlandish, she lost her popularity at home.
Using interviews with Carmen's friends and co-stars, as well as rare documentary footage and staged fantasy numbers, Solberg explores the racial origins of Miranda's "tutti frutti" image and provides a trenchant (and poignant) analysis of Hollywood's ethnic stereotyping and its effect on one very talented performer.
Film Notes
Shown on PBS October 6, 1995.
Produced in association with The National Latino Communications Center and Riofilmes S.A.
The film includes many clips from Carmen Miranda's Brazilian and Hollywood movies. Among them are very rarely seen sequences from "Banana da Terra," the Brazilian film in which Miranda first appeared dressed in traditional northeast dress and hat (which later became her standard Hollywood costume), and "Alô Alô Carnaval," in which Carmen wore a gold lamé tuxedo and sang a duet with her sister Aurora.
Excerpts from her Hollywood movies include: "The Gang's All Here," "Down Argentine Way," "That Night in Rio," and "Weekend in Havana."
Copyright 1994 International Cinema, Inc.
Industry Reviews
"...[A] quirky, absorbing portrait....[Miranda performs] with a delirious, inimitable vitality..." -- Rating: B+
Purtell
"Complex and probing....[The film] provides a fascinating account of the onetime megastar..."
Variety - Godfrey Cheshire (07/10/1995)
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