Terra em transe (Earth Entranced)
Directed by Glauber Rocha
Written by Glauber Rocha
1967/Brazil
IMDb link
First viewing/YouTube
One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
[box] The camera is an object that lies. – Glauber Rocha[/box]
Your cranky critic found this beautifully shot film to be too weird for words.
Paulo Martins is a poet and journalist in the fictional country of El Dorado. He opposes both the populist and reactionary candidates for leadership. Meanwhile, outright revolution fills the streets.
Ok, the first problem is that the hero is a poet and speaks in ridiculously didactic “poetic”dialogue. The second is there really is no story – just a bunch of events that allow Rocha to take freakish Felliniesque close-ups of the bad guys. I think experimental political cinema is not for me. The English-subtitled print currently on YouTube looks great.
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