Such a thought

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2 years ago

May 15, 2022

We are aware of this very Portuguese cultural vice in which we sometimes, consciously or not, participate. Let’s call it the constant promotion of some of our artists as obligatory figures in the “heroes” gallery – as much as possible for the media frenzy of consumption. International awards and, of course, death serve to inflate such dependence. Example? In some cases, the militant blindness to the filmography of Manoel de Oliveira gave way to his obsessive and unreasonable praise of the “master” …

It should be understood that all of this is unrelated to the fact that there may be less enthusiastic, completely legitimate views on Oliveira’s (or anyone else’s) work. The question I am asking is something else. First of all, he is of a different nature. Namely: at the limit of our troubled relationship with the artistic expression of some Portuguese creators, we are confronted with universes that can question and challenge our “Portugueseness”.

This is what happens in the works of Joao Botelho, the director, in which we find very direct echoes of the literary heritage of authors such as Almeida Garret (Who are you?2001), Esa de Queiroz (Mayan2014) or Fernando Pessoa (Year of death of Ricardo Reis, 2020); his first feature filmfinished conversation1981) was born from a dialogue, literary and symbolic, Portuguese and universal, between Pessoa and Mario de Sa Carneiro.

com Film of this formnow in its premiere, Botelho opposes Alexander O’Neill (1924-1986). Confrontation, that is, the promotion of conflict – as we well know, only fine in a football match to establish a conflict and together with it for a week to determine the parameters by which we (not) think of our daily life.

What is this opposition then? Well, in direct opposition to the most mediocre example – and also the culturally stronger one, let’s not be under any illusion – approaching a literary work (or any other character) of anyone. We are not talking about “illustrating” this work, because this is a cinema that knows that illustration is impossible: sights and sounds are a new territory for our intellectual and sensory experience.

The opposition is rooted in the belief, both pedagogical and artistic, that the film appropriates O’Neill’s words, displacing them from their original habitat, condensing them into new linguistic arrangements from another language. the two main components of dream work according to Sigmund Freud?

Therefore, the dream is not Film of this form, an escape from reality. It is even a way of questioning the matter, the limits and the values of what we call such a reliable and so uncertain reality. Consequently, Botelho celebrates O’Neill’s words as “things” that appeal to music and spectacle, transforming any hypothesis of naturalism by returning words to us as a bitter and sweet scenario of being (or not being) Portuguese.

In Um Filme em Forma de Assim, João Botelho is inspired by Alexander O’Neill to become (or not to be) Portuguese.

So there is a scandalous aspect to it. Film of this form which is more important than ever to recognize and celebrate. What is the scandal? This is not an attempt to close the meanings of the Portuguese identity in some officially consecrated “destiny” to be fulfilled in a supposedly redemptive future, but rather the exposure of this identity as the present – here and now – in which we rediscover ourselves alive, in spite of (or through ) to the transparent inevitability of death.

As O’Neill himself wrote in dream table1958 poem, from a book In the Kingdom of Denmark (ed. “Water Clock”): “The table of dreams in my body lives / All forms begin / All lives // I grow next to a person // And I protect myself from death, populating / With new dreams life“.

Filling life with new dreams can be a good expression for defining what filming is all about. With this moving object that Film of this form, Botelho reasserts himself as a Portuguese director, apparently (he wrote tragically…) heir to the Oliveira saga, resisting the lazy formatting of all audiovisual languages and thus thinking that there may still be viewers who do not remain offended. that the movie appeals to their intellect. Anyway, it’s just a thought.

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Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

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1 year ago

December 20, 2022

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Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

Method Media Bermuda will present the documentary FABRIC: Portuguese History in Bermuda on Thursday, December 29 at the Underwater Research Institute of Bermuda.

A spokesperson said: “Method Media is proud to bring Bermuda Fabric: Portugal History to Bermuda for its 5th and 6th showing at the Bermuda Underwater Observatory. In November and December 2019, Cloth: A Portuguese Story in Bermuda had four sold-out screenings. Now that Bermuda has reopened after the pandemic, it’s time to bring the film back for at least two screenings.

“There are tickets Ptix.bm For $ 20 – sessions at 15:30 and 18:00. Both screenings will be followed by a short Q&A session.

Director and producer Milton Raboso says, “FABRIC is a definitive account of the Portuguese community in Bermuda and its 151 years of history, but it also places Bermuda, Acors and Portugal in the world history and the events that have fueled those 151 years.

“It took more than 10 years to implement FABRIC. The film was supported by the Minister of Culture, the Government of the Azores and private donors.

“Bermuda Media Method [MMB] Created in 2011 by producer Milton Raposo. MMB has created content for a wide range of clients: Bermuda’s new hospital renovation, reinsurance, travel campaigns, international sports and more. MMB pays special attention to artistic, cultural and historical content.

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CRISTANO RONALDO CAN MAKE UP A GIANT IN CARIOCA AND PORTUGUESE TECHNICIAN SAYS ‘There will be room’

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1 year ago

December 20, 2022

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CRISTANO RONALDO CAN MAKE UP A GIANT IN CARIOCA AND PORTUGUESE TECHNICIAN SAYS 'There will be room'

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

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December 19, 2022

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

Maestro Filipe Cunha, Artistic Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Braga, has been invited to conduct the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, as announced today.

According to a statement sent by O MINHO, “he will be the first Portuguese conductor to conduct this orchestra in its entire history.”

In addition to this orchestra, the maestro will also work with the Lyceo Mozarteum de la Habana Symphony Orchestra.

The concerts will take place on 4 and 12 March 2023 at the National Theater of Cuba in Havana.

In the words of the maestro, quoted in the statement, “these will be very beautiful concerts with difficult but very complex pieces” and therefore he feels “very motivated”.

From the very beginning, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 will be performed by an Italian pianist (Luigi Borzillo), whom the maestro wants to bring to Portugal later this year. In the same concert, Mendelshon’s First Symphony will be performed.

Then, at the second concert, in the company of the Mexican clarinetist Angel Zedillo, he will perform the Louis Sfora Concerto No. 2. In this concert, the maestro also conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

“This is an international recognition of my work. An invitation that I accept with humility and great responsibility. I was surprised to learn that I would be the first Portuguese member of the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. This is a very great honor,” the maestro said in a statement.

“I take with me the name of the city of Braga and Portugal with all the responsibility that goes with it, and I hope to do a good job there, leaving a good image and putting on great concerts. These will be very special concerts because, in addition to performing pieces that I love, especially Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky, I will be directing two wonderful soloists who are also my friends. It will be very beautiful,” concludes Filipe Cunha.

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