Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina (2021)

5.0/10 108 min Documentary

Overview

In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso Martinez Corrêa's company extends from Tropicalism to the renewal of Brazilian audiovisual languages ​​from the 1960s onwards. The film revisits a story that it involves personalities such as Caetano Veloso, Glauber Rocha, Lina Bo Bardi, Chico Buarque and Zé do Caixão, brings together scenic art, ecology, architecture and sexuality, and mixes art and life in the search for a Brazilian based language.

Cast

José Celso Martinez Corrêa

Self

Renato Borghi

Self

Ítala Nandi

Self

Etty Fraser

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Célia Helena

Self

Carlos Queiroz Telles

Self

Carlos Gregório

Self

Antônio Abujamra

Self

Fernando Peixoto

Self

Eugenio Kusnet

Self

Jairo Arco e Flexa

Self

James Colby

Self

Nash Laila

Self

Dina Sfat

Self

Miriam Mehler

Self

Abrahão Farc

Self

Mauro Mendonça

Self

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