Brazilian film prior to COG
Film in Brazil was instantly popular.
In the 1930's, Brazilian films were everywhere and were typically based on national and popular culture and musical comedies with actors and radio singers, such as “Hello, Hello Brazil” (1935) and “Hello, Hello Carnival” (1936) conquering the Brazilian public taste of 'Novo film'.
Around the 1970's and 80's, Brazilian film took a large decline. This is because Brazilian films had become run by a cinema studio controlled by the dictatorship of the time. Movies did not show the truth or what people wanted to see and this led to the movie industry becoming much less popular. Around this time movies were not allowed to show the social problems that were popular in Brazilian films before such as "The Dragon of Evil Against the Holy Warrior" (1968), the popular genres were replaced by the new genre Pornochanchada. This genre created a popular aesthetic in the 1970's. This genre was slightly pornographic and highly comedic and the films were produced purely for entertainment. As the dictatorship came to an end movies once again began to present the harsh realities of Brazilian society.
The films prior to CoG were clearly equally as upbeat however it is obvious that CoG told a harsher truth than one told before in Brazil. CoG stuck to the excitement of Brazilian films but made it much more real as this was now legal after the dictatorship ended.
In the 1930's, Brazilian films were everywhere and were typically based on national and popular culture and musical comedies with actors and radio singers, such as “Hello, Hello Brazil” (1935) and “Hello, Hello Carnival” (1936) conquering the Brazilian public taste of 'Novo film'.
Around the 1970's and 80's, Brazilian film took a large decline. This is because Brazilian films had become run by a cinema studio controlled by the dictatorship of the time. Movies did not show the truth or what people wanted to see and this led to the movie industry becoming much less popular. Around this time movies were not allowed to show the social problems that were popular in Brazilian films before such as "The Dragon of Evil Against the Holy Warrior" (1968), the popular genres were replaced by the new genre Pornochanchada. This genre created a popular aesthetic in the 1970's. This genre was slightly pornographic and highly comedic and the films were produced purely for entertainment. As the dictatorship came to an end movies once again began to present the harsh realities of Brazilian society.
The films prior to CoG were clearly equally as upbeat however it is obvious that CoG told a harsher truth than one told before in Brazil. CoG stuck to the excitement of Brazilian films but made it much more real as this was now legal after the dictatorship ended.
You have some interesting information within here but I can't help feel this needs to be more focussed. Therefore, can you look over this information and link it directly to COG. What films influenced COG? Did you find any similarities between earlier films and COG? Common themes?
ReplyDeleteIf you could make these alterations ASAP, that would be great.
All the best
Mr Cooper