Virtual Film Club

Program Type:

Film Club

Age Group:

Adults
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
This event is part of a combined series. If you register for this event, you will be automatically registered for all of the following events in the series.
Registration for this event is no longer open.

Program Description

Virtual Film Club

Each month we pick a culturally or historically significant film for library patrons to watch and discuss. Watch the film on your own time, then meet with our virtual film club to discuss the film on Zoom. Registration is required. Zoom Invites will be sent out via email.

Event Details

This month's film is Black Orpheus (1959)

Additional Resources:

Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKtUEpopu6A  (1 minute+)

Extended introduction/Trailer (4 mins)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBHWIqak42Q

Reviews

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Harold V. Cohen)

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82240277/black-orpheus/

Emanuel Levy

https://emanuellevy.com/review/black-orpheus-1959-fourth-foreign-language-winner/

TimeOut.com

https://www.timeout.com/movies/black-orpheus-1

Time Magazine

http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,811486-1,00.html

(in the context of New Wave cinema)

Cinema of the World

https://worldscinema.org/2019/03/marcel-camus-orfeu-negro-aka-black-orpheus-extras-1959/#more-49539

Other resources

Essay by David Ehrenstein (1999)

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7-black-orpheus

‘Black Orpheus: Dancing in the Streets’ by Michael Atkinson (2010)

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1559-black-orpheus-dancing-in-the-streets

‘Black Orpheus’ resources at Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/68912/black-orpheus#overview

“The Double Life of ‘Black Orpheus’” (14-minute appreciation)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hgN19rl218

Analysis of Marcel Camus’ Orfeu Negro

https://sites.scranton.edu/hist327/2018/03/23/analysis-of-marcel-camus-orfeu-negro/

Interview with Breno Mello

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuSbjgePQco   (10½ minutes)

This is a portion of a longer film, “Looking for Black Orpheus” (2005), which may be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdyfta_7vTs&list=RDwdyfta_7vTs&start_radio=1&rv=wdyfta_7vTs&t=14   (approximately 1 ½ hours)

Interview with Marpessa Dawn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozAm_s1mf3E  (5 minutes)

Selections from the original soundtrack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAnRNLHEsGM&list=OLAK5uy_mAyyHHzP4QIRnpYdflYKsjZTBHO2H8CVw

About the Director (Marcel Camus)

Biography at Internet Movie Database:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133424/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

Interview with Camus about ‘Black Orpheus’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cwFDuqF6gA   (3½ minutes)

 

all links current as of 09-13-2022