The world lost its oldest active director on Thursday when the Portuguese film-maker died in Oporto. He was 106.
Oliveira was born in Oporto in 1908 at a time when the film industry was in its infancy and the onset of Wwi was six years away.
He made his first silent film Douro, Faina Fluvial in 1931 but was stifled by the Salazar dictatorship in his home country and it was not until the regime collapsed in 1968 that the 60-year-old Oliveira was ready to began his film-making career in earnest.
Oliveira was a regular at Cannes and Venice – O Velho de Restelo screened on the Lido last year – and by the end of his life he had made more than 30; remarkably turning out one a year while in his 90s.
His credits included Cannes 1999 jury prize winner La Lettre, Cannes Fipresci 1997 winner The Strange Case Of Angelica, O Convento, Voyage To The Beginning Of The World and Francisca.
The film-maker...
Oliveira was born in Oporto in 1908 at a time when the film industry was in its infancy and the onset of Wwi was six years away.
He made his first silent film Douro, Faina Fluvial in 1931 but was stifled by the Salazar dictatorship in his home country and it was not until the regime collapsed in 1968 that the 60-year-old Oliveira was ready to began his film-making career in earnest.
Oliveira was a regular at Cannes and Venice – O Velho de Restelo screened on the Lido last year – and by the end of his life he had made more than 30; remarkably turning out one a year while in his 90s.
His credits included Cannes 1999 jury prize winner La Lettre, Cannes Fipresci 1997 winner The Strange Case Of Angelica, O Convento, Voyage To The Beginning Of The World and Francisca.
The film-maker...
- 4/2/2015
- ScreenDaily
"Portuguese film director Manoel de Oliveira died on Thursday at the age of 106, producer Luis Urbano said, quoting family sources," reports the Afp. "The filmmaker made more than 50 films, including features and documentaries, over the course of a career that began in 1931." Jonathan Rosenbaum, in his tribute written on the eve of Oliveira's 100th birthday, called him a "master" and cited in particular Voyage to the Beginning of the World, A Talking Picture and I’m Going Home. Other recent favorites include The Strange Case of Angelica and Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl. » - David Hudson...
- 4/2/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
"Portuguese film director Manoel de Oliveira died on Thursday at the age of 106, producer Luis Urbano said, quoting family sources," reports the Afp. "The filmmaker made more than 50 films, including features and documentaries, over the course of a career that began in 1931." Jonathan Rosenbaum, in his tribute written on the eve of Oliveira's 100th birthday, called him a "master" and cited in particular Voyage to the Beginning of the World, A Talking Picture and I’m Going Home. Other recent favorites include The Strange Case of Angelica and Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl. » - David Hudson...
- 4/2/2015
- Keyframe
From Palme d’Or winner “Amour” to the latest offerings from some of the biggest names of world cinema such as Alain Resnais, Abbas Kiarostami, Bernando Bertoluci, Manoel de Oliveira , Brillante Mendoza, Ken Loach, Jacques Audiard, 14th Mumbai Film Festival has a lot to offer to the filmbuffs.
The festival offers an exciting lineup of more than two hundred films, spread over about a dozen screen and seven days! To help our readers decide we’ve picked up the most talked about films from festival circuit.
14th Mff runs from October 18th-25th, 2012 at the National Centre for Performing Arts (Ncpa), and Inox, Nariman Point, Liberty Cinemas, Marine Lines as the main festival venues and Cinemax, Andheri and Cinemax Sion as the satellite venues.
To get delegate pass for the festival, you can register here:
1) Beast of the Southern Wild
Dir.: Benh Zeitlin (USA/ 2012 /Col./ 92’)
Section: International Competition for...
The festival offers an exciting lineup of more than two hundred films, spread over about a dozen screen and seven days! To help our readers decide we’ve picked up the most talked about films from festival circuit.
14th Mff runs from October 18th-25th, 2012 at the National Centre for Performing Arts (Ncpa), and Inox, Nariman Point, Liberty Cinemas, Marine Lines as the main festival venues and Cinemax, Andheri and Cinemax Sion as the satellite venues.
To get delegate pass for the festival, you can register here:
1) Beast of the Southern Wild
Dir.: Benh Zeitlin (USA/ 2012 /Col./ 92’)
Section: International Competition for...
- 9/27/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Cinema Guild will release the 2010 Portuguese drama film The Strange Case of Angelica directed by 102-year-old filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira on Blu-ray and DVD on Aug. 2.
Pilar Lopez de Ayala lives and lounges in The Strange Case of Angelica.
In the movie, late one night, a young photographer named Isaac (Ricardo Trepa) is summoned to by a wealthy family to the last photograph of a young bride, Angelica (Pilar Lopez de Ayala), who has recently and mysteriously passed away. Arriving at their estate, Isaac is struck by Angelica’s hypnotic beauty. But when he looks through his lens, the young woman appears to come to life. From that moment, Isaac will be haunted by Angelica day and night.
Presented in Portuguese with English subtitles, the magical realism-flavored Strange Case of Angelica played a host of international theatrical dates and film festivals in 2010, along with a limited run in U.S.
Pilar Lopez de Ayala lives and lounges in The Strange Case of Angelica.
In the movie, late one night, a young photographer named Isaac (Ricardo Trepa) is summoned to by a wealthy family to the last photograph of a young bride, Angelica (Pilar Lopez de Ayala), who has recently and mysteriously passed away. Arriving at their estate, Isaac is struck by Angelica’s hypnotic beauty. But when he looks through his lens, the young woman appears to come to life. From that moment, Isaac will be haunted by Angelica day and night.
Presented in Portuguese with English subtitles, the magical realism-flavored Strange Case of Angelica played a host of international theatrical dates and film festivals in 2010, along with a limited run in U.S.
- 4/22/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
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