Rogério Sganzerla
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Rogério Sganzerla | |
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Born | |
Died | January 9, 2004 | (aged 57)
Nationality | Brazilian |
Occupation | filmmaker |
Years active | 1966-2003 |
Notable work | The Red Light Bandit |
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Spouse(s) | Helena Ignez |
Rogério Sganzerla[1] (4 May 1946 — 9 January 2004) was a Brazilian filmmaker. One of the main names of the underground movement,[2] his most known work is The Red Light Bandit (1968).[3] Sganzerla was influenced by Orson Welles, Jean-Luc Godard, and José Mojica Marins, and often used clichés from film noir and pornochanchadas.[4] Irony, narrative subversion and collage were trademarks of his film aesthetics.
Biography[]
Sganzerla was born in Joaçaba, in the state of Santa Catarina. During the 1960 decade he wrote for the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo as film reporter. In 1967 Sganzerla directed his first short film, Documentário. In 1968 he directed his first feature film, O Bandido da Luz Vermelha (The Red Light Bandit)[5]
In 1970 he founded the Bel-Air film company, together with Júlio Bressane. Headed by Sganzerla, the company produced the films Copacabana Mon Amour and (1970). In 1985 Sganzerla directed the docufiction Nem Tudo É Verdade (It's Not All True) about Orson Welles' arrival to Brazil to film his unfinished documentary It's All True.[6]
Sganzerla died in 2004, of a brain tumor, shortly after finishing his last film O signo do caos.[7]
Filmography[]
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Year | Original title | English release title | Language(s) | Notes |
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1966 | Documentário ![]() |
Portuguese | ||
1968 | O Bandido da Luz Vermelha | The Red Light Bandit | Portuguese | |
1969 | A Mulher de Todos | The Woman of Everyone | Portuguese | |
1969 | HQ ![]() |
Portuguese | Co-directed with Álvaro de Moya. Short documentary on the evolution of comic books since The Yellow Kid until Spirit. | |
1969 | Quadrinhos no Brasil ![]() |
Portuguese | Short documentary on comic books in Brazil. | |
1970 | Carnaval na Lama | Portuguese | ||
1970 | Sem Essa, Aranha | Portuguese | ||
1970 | Copacabana Mon Amour | Portuguese | ||
1971 | Fora do Baralho ![]() |
Portuguese | ||
1977 | Viagem e Descrição do Rio Guanabara por Ocasião da França Antártica ![]() |
Portuguese | ||
1978 | Mudança de Hendrix ![]() |
Portuguese | Short documentary on Jimi Hendrix. Filming began in 1971. | |
1980 | Abismu | The Abyss | Portuguese | Also known as O Abismo. Produced in 1977. |
1981 | Noel por Noel ![]() |
Portuguese | Short homage to Noel Rosa. | |
1981 | Brasil ![]() |
Portuguese | Short documentation of Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethânia and João Gilberto during the recording of the collaborative album Brasil. | |
1981 | A Cidade do Salvador (Petróleo Jorrou na Bahia) ![]() |
Portuguese | Short documentary on the economy growth after petroleum exploration in Salvador, Bahia. | |
1983 | Irani ![]() |
Portuguese | Short documentary on parades commemorating the anniversary of the Guerra do Contestado in Irani, Santa Catarina. | |
1986 | Nem Tudo É Verdade | Portuguese | ||
1986 | Ritos Populares: Umbanda no Brasil ![]() |
Portuguese | Short documentary on Umbanda in Brazil. | |
1990 | Isto é Noel Rosa ![]() |
Portuguese | Medium-length documentary on Noel Rosa. | |
1990 | A Linguagem de Orson Welles ![]() |
Welles' Language | Portuguese | Short documentary on Orson Welles' stay in Brazil during production of It's All True. |
1990 | Anônimo e Incomum ![]() |
Portuguese | Short documentary on plastic artist Antônio Manuel. | |
1992 | Perigo Negro ![]() |
Portuguese | Based on Marco Zero by Oswald de Andrade. Segment of Oswaldianas (1992). | |
1992 | América: O Grande Acerto de Vespúcio ![]() |
Portuguese | Theatrical monologue based on Amerigo Vespucci's "novus mundus" letter. | |
1997 | Tudo É Brasil ![]() |
All Is Brazil | Portuguese | A film essay about Brazil discovered through Orson Welles eyes during the shooting of It's All True. |
2001 | B2 ![]() |
Portuguese | Co-directed with Sylvio Renoldi. Short documentary made up of unused footage from The Red Light Bandit and Carnaval na Lama. | |
2003 | Informação: H. J. Koellreutter ![]() |
Portuguese | Short documentary on Hans-Joachim Koellreutter. | |
2005 | O Signo do Caos | The Sign of Chaos | Portuguese | Also known as "O Anti Filme". Produced in 2003. |
References[]
- ^ Catálogo BAFICI 2010 (in Spanish). Gob Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Barnard, Timothy; Rist, Peter (2013-08-21). South American Cinema: A Critical Filmography, 1915-1994. Routledge. ISBN 9781136545559.
- ^ "Rogério Sganzerla's Gangster Modernity". MUBI. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ "Memory of the World National Cinematic Heritage" (PDF). UNESCO. 1995. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- ^ "Crítica: Rogério Sganzerla retoma antiga obsessão em "Nem Tudo É Verdade"". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
- ^ "Morre o cineasta Rogério Sganzerla - Cultura - Estadão". Estadão. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
External links[]
- Rogério Sganzerla at IMDb
- Dossiê Sganzerla at Contracampo Revista de Cinema
- Brazilian film directors
- 1946 births
- 2004 deaths