Cinema Marginal Brasileiro.
By: F.
In 1967 “A Margem” by Ozualdo Candeias was the very first film to be included in the Marginal movement, and the one that was responsible for the name and creation of “Cinema Marginal”. Others denominations was invented by people like Glauber Rocha, that used to call “Udigrúdi” a funny and “brazilian” way to say " Underground"; or Cinema de Invenção (Cinema of Invention) that was recently called by Jairo Ferreira.
The Marginal Cinema was a way to represent in film the life of the society’s forgotten people.
Even though the budget was too low, they did want to show us that, because it was a way to deny the mainstream films and to defend the filth, the bad and the negligible. Unfortunately a lots of marginal films couldn’t participate of festivals because of the lack of technical conditions. So they organized parallel exhibitions in Brasilia. The model proposed by ‘marginais’ was a pattern of poor film, one that questioned the whole film policy and its standard model. The real rejection of the film well done for the screen dirty and the aesthetics of trash. Was a counterculture, an unsightly.
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Bandido da Luz Vermelha by Rogério Sganzerla, was inspired by the life of the robber João Acácio Pereira da Costa, his nick name was the Red Light Bandit (Bandido da Luz Vermelha). It is one of the most representative film in Cinema Marginal. Sganzerla was only 22 when he made the movie.
Bandido da Luz Vermelha ( Rogério Sganzerla, 1968)
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It is really important to remember that Brazil was in one of the most tumultuous periods in its history with a dictatorial govenment, a lots of artists were tortured and exiled. That period runs from the year 1964 until the year 1985. This period was characterized by the absence of democracy, annulment of constitutional rights, censorship, political persecution and those who were not in favor of the military regime were reprimanded.
This is not a movie.
“The big problem we had was a dictatorship, it was very strong, censorship was very, terrible, terrible, terrible, you know? (…). There were tapes of mine that did not come to pass, to my greatest masterpiece, like The Awakening of the Beast, which was the first title of sadistic ritual that after I had to change the title (…) By the pursuit of censorship, by pseudo-intellectuals, critics who failed to make movies, chasing us, right? A restless own exhibitors who began assembling their production.”
José Mojica Marins (Coffin Joe)
Sadly in the begining of the 70’s with the high tension in the country a lots of filmmakers were forced leave the country and go to europe. Nowadays the movement is almost forgotten.
“O Terceiro Mundo já explodiu e o lixo está contaminando o universo!
Salve a boçalidade do submundo!
Quem tiver de sapato não vai sobrar, não vai sobrar, não vai!
O negócio é o seguinte:
Quando a gente não pode fazer nada, a gente avacalha e se esculhamba!
O Bandido da Luz Vermelha".
“Marginal Cinema is a pure cinema, a real cinema, purity and truth summarize everything. (…) in fact, was the film made with ardor, creativity, wanting to make movies, but that was not related to groups. We had initially Cinema Novo movement, but the Cinema Novo was a movie a little individualistic.”
José Mojica Marins (Coffin Joe)
Movies (that might be) not (yet) on Mubi:
Hitler 3o. mundo. (1968) Dir: José Agrippino de Paula
Meteorango Kid, o herói intergalático. (1969) Dir: André Luiz Oliveira
A lenda do Ubirajara (1975) Dir: André Luiz Oliveira
Blá, blá, blá (1968) Dir: Andrea Tonacci
Louco por cinema (1994) Dir: André Luiz Oliveira
Esta rua tão Augusta (1979) Dir: Carlos Reichenbach
Lilian M: Relatório confidencial (1977) Dir: Carlos Reichenbach
Sina de aventureira (1961) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Meu destino em suas mãos (1964) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Reino sangrento (1950) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Retrato de Cristo (1950) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Fantasia cinematográfica (1951) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Feitiçaria (1951) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Encruzilhada da perdição (1952) Dir: José Mojica Marins
A voz do coveiro (1953) Dir: José Mojica Marins
A mágica do mágico (1953) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Sonho de vagabundo (1953) Dir: José Mojica Marins
O que vem depois da morte (1954) Dir: José Mojica Marins
De tudo um pouco (1954) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Beijos a granel (1954) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Greve dos vagabundos (1955) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Demônios e maravilhas (1976) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Simplesmente mulher (1979) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Evolução — Homem vs. máquina: a luta do século no Planeta dos Botões (1979) Dir: José Mojica Marins
É proibido caçar produtores de cinema: espécie em extinção (1979) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Justiça, justiça (1979) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Brincadeira fatal (1979) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Sina de aventureiro (1957) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Meu destino em suas mãos (1961) Dir: José Mojica Marins
O Diabo de Vila Velha (1965) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Trilogia do terror (episódio “Pesadelo macabro”, 1966) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Sexo e sangue na Trilha do Tesouro (1970) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Finis hominis (1971) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Dgajão mata para vingar (1970) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Quando os deuses adormecem (1972) Dir: José Mojica Marins
A virgem e o machão (1973) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Exorcismo negro (1974) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Como consolar viúvas (1975) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Inferno carnal (1976) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Delírios de um anormal (1977/ 78) Dir: José Mojica Marins
Perversão (1978) Dir: José Mojica Marins
O mundo, mercado do sexo (1978) Dir: José Mojica Marins
A 5a dimensão do sexo (1983) Dir: José Mojica Marins
24 horas de sexo ardente (1984) Dir: José Mojica Marins
48 horas de sexo alucinante (1985) Dir: José Mojica Marins
O dr. Frank na Clínica das Taras (1986) Dir: José Mojica Marins
O lixo (1963) Dir: João Batista de Andrade
Liberdade de imprensa (1966) Dir: João Batista de Andrade
Cândido Portinari, um pintor de Brodósqui (1968) Dir: João Batista de Andrade
Eterna esperança (1971) Dir: João Batista de Andrade
Ônibus (1972) Dir: João Batista de Andrade
Trabalhadores rurais (1972) Dir: João Batista de Andrade
Vera Cruz (1973) Dir: João Batista de Andrade
Gamal, o delírio do sexo (1968) Dir: João Batista de Andrade
Paulicéia fantástica (1970) Dir: João Batista de Andrade
Doramundo (1976) Dir: João Batista de Andrade
Wilsinho Galiléia (1978) Dir: João Batista de Andrade
A próxima vítima (1982) Dir: João Batista de Andrade
Céu aberto (1985) Dir: João Batista de Andrade
O país dos tenentes (1987) Dir: João Batista de Andrade
O cego que gritava luz (1995/96) Dir: João Batista de Andrade
O tronco (1998/99) Dir: João Batista de Andrade
Rua Seis, sem número (2003) Dir: João Batista de Andrade
Barravento (1960/61) Dir: Glauber Rocha
Câncer (1968/72) Dir: Glauber Rocha
Der Leone Have Sept Cabezas [O Leão das Sete Cabeças] (1969) Dir: Glauber Rocha
Cabezas cortadas [Cabeças cortadas] (1970) Dir: Glauber Rocha
As armas e o povo (1974) Dir: Glauber Rocha
A mulher de todos (1969) Dir: Rogério Sganzerla
Sem essa Aranha (1970) Dir: Rogério Sganzerla
Copacabana mon amour (1970) Dir: Rogério Sganzerla
Carnaval na lama (1970) Dir: Rogério Sganzerla
Fora do baralho (1971) Dir: Rogério Sganzerla
Mudança de Hendrix (1971/77) Dir: Rogério Sganzerla
Abismu (1977) Dir: Rogério Sganzerla
Nem tudo é verdade (1980/86) Dir: Rogério Sganzerla
Tudo é Brasil (1980/86) Dir: Rogério Sganzerla
Signo do caos (1997/2003) Dir: Rogério Sganzerla
Bebel, a garota propaganda (1967) Dir: Rogério Sganzerla
O profeta da fome (1969) Dir: Maurice Capovilla
Noites de Iemanjá (1971) Dir: Maurice Capovilla
O jogo da vida (1976) Dir: Maurice Capovilla
O boi misterioso e o vaqueiro menino (1980) Dir: Maurice Capovilla
Harmada (2003) Dir: Maurice Capovilla
A falecida (1965) Dir: Leon Hirszman
Garota de Ipanema (1967) Dir: Leon Hirszman
São Bernardo (1972) Dir: Leon Hirszman
Eles não usam black-tie (1981) Dir: Leon Hirszman
Cara a cara (1967) Dir: Júlio Bressane
A família do barulho (1970) Dir: Júlio Bressane
Barão Olavo, o horrível (1970) Dir: Júlio Bressane
Cuidado madame (1970) Dir: Júlio Bressane
A fada do Oriente (1971) Dir: Júlio Bressane
Crazy love [Amor louco] (1971) Dir: Júlio Bressane
Memórias de um estrangulador de loiras (1971) Dir: Júlio Bressane
Lágrima pantera (1972) Dir: Júlio Bressane
O rei do baralho (1973) Dir: Júlio Bressane
O monstro Caraíba (1975) Dir: Júlio Bressane
A agonia (1977) Dir: Júlio Bressane
O gigante da América (1978) Dir: Júlio Bressane
Tabu (1982) Dir: Júlio Bressane
Brás Cubas (1985) Dir: Júlio Bressane
Sermões (1989) Dir: Júlio Bressane
Mandarim (1995) Dir: Júlio Bressane
Miramar (1996/97) Dir: Júlio Bressane
São Jerônimo (1999) Dir: Júlio Bressane
Dias de Nietzsche em Turim (1998) Dir: Júlio Bressane
Filme de amor (2001) Dir: Júlio Bressane
Prata Palomares (1970) Dir: André Faria Jr
Doce amargo (1969) Dir: André Luiz Oliveira
A fonte (1970) Dir: André Luiz Oliveira
Ladeiras de Salvador (1976) Dir: André Luiz Oliveira
Dia de vaquejada (1976) Dir: André Luiz Oliveira
Crioulo doido (1970) Dir: Carlos Alberto Prates Correia
Perdida (1975) Dir: Carlos Alberto Prates Correia
Cabaré mineiro (1979) Dir: Carlos Alberto Prates Correia
Noites do sertão (1984) Dir: Carlos Alberto Prates Correia
Minas-Texas (1989) Dir: Carlos Alberto Prates Correia
A possuída dos mil demônios (1970) Dir: Carlos Frederico
Lerfá Mú! (1979) Dir: Carlos Frederico
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Some important directors in alphabetical order: Aloysio Raulino, Álvaro de Moya, Alvaro Guimarães, Andrea Tonacci, André Faria Jr, André Luiz Oliveira, Carlos Alberto Ebert, Carlos Alberto Prates Correia, Carlos Frederico, Carlos Reichenbach, Celso Luccas, Elyseu Visconti, Emílio Fontana, Fernando Cony Campos, Flávio Moreira da Costa, Geraldo Veloso, Glauber Rocha, Haroldo Marinho Barbosa, Ivan Cardoso, Jairo Ferreira, João Batista de Andrade, João Callegaro, João Silvério Trevisan, José Agrippino de Paula, José Celso Martinez Corrêa, José Mojica Marins, José Rubens Siqueira, José Sette de Barros, Júlio Bressane, Júlio Calasso, Leon Hirszman, Luiz Rosemberg Filho, Luna Alkalay, Lygia Pape, Maurice Capovilla, Neville d’Almeida, Paulo Rufino, Rogério Sganzerla, Roman Stulbach, Sebastião de Souza, Sérgio Santeiro, Sérgio Wladimir Bernardes Filho, Sylvio Lanna, Walter Lima Jr.
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“Marginal is a name as another. Points to the mood of a generation that decided to make movies, smarting from within a new ideological universe, under the impact of multiple lifestyle revolution and a social revolution.
In fact, we still live today in the 60’s. This is the axis of production, very poorly known, which sets the tone in Brazilian Cinema between 1968 and 1974. Vanguard has always existed and will exist after. The melancholy of the media also excluded. But the hero marginal, marginal in the center, as proposed marginal impact, rupture, the marginal under the skin, building density as a movement, lives in this period. _ And more can never forget: the horror, the agonizing closeness of the enemy arrogant and authoritarian, the threat of physical destruction in slow and ignoble: torture.
Outside Cinema films bring this horror, with all ssuas letters, a representation of the repeated figures of abjection. This is the mark of a rupture that would later be watered down, absorbed and transformed into the dominant ideology at the turn of the century. In the harrowing intensity of these films, the representation in the structures disrupted, a cry of agony and horror runs through the fictional universe. How to remember the birth pangs of an ideological context that was born there and that maybe so, there has also increased its intensity."
Fernão Ramos
In the list below are the movies that somehow is connected to the movement.
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01Rogério Sganzerla
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02Júlio Bressane
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03João Batista De Andrade
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04Rogério Sganzerla
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05José Mojica Marins
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06José Mojica Marins
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07Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias
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08Álvaro Guimarães
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09Glauber Rocha
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10Glauber Rocha
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11Glauber Rocha
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12Glauber Rocha
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13Glauber Rocha
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14José Mojica Marins
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15José Mojica Marins
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16André Luiz Oliveira
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17Andrea Tonacci
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18José Mojica Marins
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19José Mojica Marins
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20José Mojica Marins
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21Glauber Rocha
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22Neville de Almeida
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23Júlio Bressane
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24Elyseu Visconti
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25Glauber Rocha
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26André Luiz Oliveira
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27Rogério Sganzerla
