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$79.95
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Format: VHS
Not Rated
Recording Mode: (unknown)
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Details
Movie Description
Visit Rio's seedy backstreets on the eve of Pearl Harbor and meet Max Overseas, a dapper hoodlum whose search for the American dream is thwarted by the schemes of a Brazilian dreamgirl.
Synopsis
Politics, nostalgia and pleasure mix in this very modernist look at the musical form. "Opera do Malandro" was based on Chico Buarque's stage play, which itself reworked Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's "Threepenny Opera".
The story takes place during World War II, just as Brazil was on the verge of deciding whether to support the Allies or the Axis powers. Max Overseas, a small-time thief and gambler, finds himself in way over his head when he becomes involved with Lu, the sharp, forward-looking teenage daughter of industrialist (and fascist) Otto Strüdell. Lu sees the future -- and it lies with the United States, capitalism, and a form of cheating beyond the dim-witted Max's (and her father's) dreams.
As Max's prostitute lover, Margot, fights to hold on to him, the police chief Tigrao, himself corrupt, fights to capture him... and poor Max just struggles to keep up with Lu.
Film Notes
The film is based on a play written by composer/musician/author Chico Buarque, one of Brazil's most famous and brilliant performers.
The script and music have been substantially changed from the play, which alluded to the Brecht/Weill "Threepenny Opera" (which is uncredited as a source of the film) in many ways, including a rewriting of the lyrics and a reorchestrating of the music to "Mack the Knife".
Both the play and the film are highly political, but the film adds a reflexive critique by looking at Hollywood movies and their influence on Brazilian artists.
Industry Reviews
"...The film has an impudent glitter....It makes you smile....A thinking person's musical, with lots of plush delights..."
Los Angeles Times - Michael Wilmington (03/26/1987)
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