Jornal da Mostra
Nº 371 > 29ª Mostra > 22/10/2005
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The book in honor of Manoel de Oliveira will be released this Sunday
The book Manoel de Oliveira will be released on next Sunday, October 23rd, at Clube da Mostra, Conjunto Nacional – Cine Bombril hall. The book, edited by the Film Festival in association with the publisher Cosac Naify, is promoted by Álvaro Machado and has interviews made by Leon Cakoff with Oliveira in 2004/2005, assays from the critic Inácio Araújo, from the researcher Leyla Perrone-Moisés, from the director of the Portuguese Film Library João Bérnard da Costa, four editorials and a poem from Manoel de Oliveira and his complete filmography with reviews (with research from the journalist Orlando Margarido), besides 50 color and black and white pictures. It’s anticipated a discussion with Manoel de Oliveira and Leon Cakoff, director of the Film Festival, and an autograph session.Master film maker Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira is the longest -living director still in activity in the world today. He was born in Porto on December 11, 1908. This is the second time the Mostra pays him hommage with a retrospective – the first time was in 1991, during the 15th Mostra. His retrospective at the 29th Mostra includes 35 films, short and feature. The programming includes, among others, his first film: Working on the Douro River (1931); Aniki-Bóbó (1942, which was considered as a forerunner of Neo-Realism); the seldom seen Hulha Branca (1932), Portugal Já Faz Automóveis (1938), Famalicão (1940), The Artist and the City (1956), O Pão (1964), As Pinturas de Meu Irmão Júlio (1965), The Satin Slipper (1985); and all time classic from the director’s career, such as Francisca (1981), The Cannibals (1988), Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997), Word and Utopia (2000), A Talking Picture (2003) and his most recent film, Magic Mirror, which was part of the competition in Venice Festival in 2005.
Service:
Release of the book: “Manoel de Oliveira”
When: Sunday, October, 23rd, at 18:30 pm.
Where: Clube da Mostra, Conjunto Nacional – Cine Bombril hall (2073, Paulista Avenue)
