The Red Light Bandit

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The Red Light Bandit
O Bandido da Luz Vermelha
Original Brazilian release poster
Directed byRogério Sganzerla
Written byRogério Sganzerla
Produced byJosé da Costa Cordeiro
José Alberto Reis
Rogério Sganzerla
Starring
Helena Ignez
Narrated byHélio Aguiar
CinematographyPeter Overbeck
Edited bySilvio Renoldi
Music byRogério Sganzerla
Production
company
Urano Filmes
Distributed bySagres Filmes (VHS release)
Release dates

  • 12 May 1969 (1969-05-12) (Brazil)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

The Red Light Bandit (Portuguese: O Bandido da Luz Vermelha) is a 1968 Brazilian crime film directed by Rogério Sganzerla,[1] inspired by the crimes of the real-life burglar , known as the "Red Light Bandit" (Bandido da Luz Vermelha).[2] The film is a representative work of cinema marginal, the Brazilian underground filmmaking movement of the 1960s. Sganzerla was 21 years old when he directed it.[3]

Sganzerla called the film a Third World western. [4]

Plot[]

Jorge, a São Paulo house burglar, nicknamed by the press the "Red Light Bandit", baffles the police by using peculiar techniques. Always carrying a red flashlight, he rapes his victims, has long dialogues with them and makes daring escapes. Afterwards, he spends the profits of his crimes. The bandit's exploits are shown in a fragmented manner, voiced over by two narrators in the style of a sensationalistic radio program.

He has an affair with the femme fatale Janete Jane, meets other burglars and a corrupt politician, and gets betrayed. Pursued and cornered, he commits suicide.

Cast[]

  • Paulo Villaça as Jorge, the Red Light Bandit
  • Helena Ignez as Janete Jane
  • Luiz Linhares as police officer Cabeção
  • Pagano Sobrinho as J.B. da Silva
  • Roberto Luna as Lucho Gatica
  • José Marinho as Tarzan
  • Ezequiel Neves as Reporter
  • Sérgio Mamberti as Homosexual
  • Renato Consorte as TV host
  • Sérgio Hingst as Millionaire
  • Lola Brah as Rich Woman
  • Antonio Lima as Gangster
  • Ozualdo Candeias as Criminal
  • Maurice Capovilla as Gangster
  • Carlos Reichenbach as Gangster
  • Sônia Braga as Victim

Reception[]

Film critic Ismail Xavier stated that the film treats the bandit's social millieu with irony, making use of collage, intertextuality and pastiche, in contrast with the Cinema Novo's naturalistic filmmaking.[1]

In 2015, The Red Light Bandit was chosen by Abraccine as the sixth best Brazilian film of all time.[5]

Awards and nominations[]

1968 Festival de Brasília (Brazil)[6]

  • Best Costume
  • Best Director
  • Best Editing
  • Best Film

Sequel[]

A sequel directed by Ícaro Martins and Helena Ignez, widow of Sganzerla, was released in 2010: Luz nas Trevas - A Volta do Bandido da Luz Vermelha.[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Xavier, Ismail (1997). Allegories of Underdevelopment: Aesthetics and Politics in Modern Brazilian Cinema. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816626779.
  2. ^ "Memory of the World National Cinematic Heritage" (PDF). Unesco. 1995. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Rep Diary: Tropicália - Film Comment". Film Comment. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  4. ^ Sganzerla, Rogério (2008). O bandido da luz vermelha: argumento e roteiro (in Portuguese). Imprensa Oficial Do Estado. ISBN 978-85-7060-669-3.
  5. ^ "Sem Legenda: 'Limite' lidera os cem melhores filmes brasileiros; veja lista feita pela crítica - 27/11/2015 - Ilustrada". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  6. ^ Sganzerla, Rogério (2008). O bandido da luz vermelha: argumento e roteiro (in Portuguese). Imprensa Oficial Do Estado. ISBN 9788570606693.
  7. ^ "Continuação de 'O bandido da luz vermelha' estreia em festival na Suíça". Pop & Arte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  8. ^ Felperin, Leslie (2010-08-19). "Review: 'Light in Darkness: The Return of the Red Light Bandit'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-07-13.

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