Tropicália
Brazil, United States, United Kingdom
2011
88 Min
Color
English, Portuguese
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Marcelo Machado’s epic documentary centers on the decisive, inspiring music of Caeteno Veloso and Gilberto Gil but radiates beyond, showing the way the Brazilian musical genre crossed over with theater, cinema, poetry and politics, and embodied both intense social and spiritual idealism and rock-star-style hedonism and commercial ambition. An intoxicating blend of biography, performance and cultural history, Tropicália may finally connect Brazil’s fabulous musicians, who enjoy a worldwide following, with the American audience they’ve deserved. –Telluride Film Festival
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Frankly, Mr. Shankly
12Apr13
Trabalhos de pesquisa e edição impecáveis sobre o mais multiexpressivo movimento artístico do Brasil. Pena que não explore, com afinco, o Tropicália em sua vasta totalidade. De toda forma, visualmente fascinante. Ver Nara e Bethânia cantando Carcará; Gal no auge de sua beleza ensandecida no palco; Tom Zé genialmente sendo Tom Zé; os Mutantes com toda sua psicodelia; e Caê com sua versão de Asa Branca: priceless!
Luke Stephen Richardson
14Nov12
An exciting documentary subject, but Machado tries too hard to claim authorship of 90 minutes of archive footage. An exhausting watch, but the soundtrack is great, of course. http://366movies.com/2012/11/14/303tropicalia/
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Pega, mata e come
By 655321 on March 29, 2013
The movie is a selection of videos of the end of the 60s, presenting the Tropicalismo, but above all Caetano, Gil and the Mutantes, with their music / acid during the Brazilian dictatorship.
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