De Niro agreed because he was a Python fan, Gilliam cast his daughter but she cut her hair off in protest – and Pryce needed a wig as he’d just been playing a friar with a tonsure
I had this vision of a radio playing exotic music on a beach covered in coal dust, inspired by a visit to the steel town of Port Talbot. Originally the song I had in mind was Ry Cooder’s Maria Elena, but later I changed it to Aquarela do Brasil by Ary Barroso. The idea of someone in an ugly, despairing place dreaming of something hopeful led to Sam Lowry, trapped in his bureaucratic world, escaping into fantasy.
I had this vision of a radio playing exotic music on a beach covered in coal dust, inspired by a visit to the steel town of Port Talbot. Originally the song I had in mind was Ry Cooder’s Maria Elena, but later I changed it to Aquarela do Brasil by Ary Barroso. The idea of someone in an ugly, despairing place dreaming of something hopeful led to Sam Lowry, trapped in his bureaucratic world, escaping into fantasy.
- 12/11/2023
- by Interviews by Chris Broughton
- The Guardian - Film News
Good neighbor policy? Wartime exigencies inspired an intra-hemisphere cultural exchange, with the movies seizing on the new popularity of Latin music. Republic’s contribution gives us the great songs of Ady Barroso and a full soundtrack of his compositions — in a featherweight musical romance, of course.
Brazil
Blu-ray
Olive Films
1944 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 91 min. / Street Date December 6, 2016 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.98
Starring Tito Guízar, Virginia Bruce, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Livingston, Veloz and Yolanda, Fortunio Bonanova, Richard Lane, Frank Puglia, Aurora Miranda, Billy Daniel, Dan Seymour, Roy Rogers.
Cinematography Jack A. Marta
Film Editor Fred Allen
Songs Ary Barroso, Hoagy Carmichael
Written by Frank Gill Jr., Laura Kerr, Richard English
Produced by Robert North
Directed by Joseph Santley
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
The wartime ‘Good Neighbor Policy’ was a P.R. blitz intended to steer South America toward the U.S. and away from the Axis.
Brazil
Blu-ray
Olive Films
1944 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 91 min. / Street Date December 6, 2016 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.98
Starring Tito Guízar, Virginia Bruce, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Livingston, Veloz and Yolanda, Fortunio Bonanova, Richard Lane, Frank Puglia, Aurora Miranda, Billy Daniel, Dan Seymour, Roy Rogers.
Cinematography Jack A. Marta
Film Editor Fred Allen
Songs Ary Barroso, Hoagy Carmichael
Written by Frank Gill Jr., Laura Kerr, Richard English
Produced by Robert North
Directed by Joseph Santley
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
The wartime ‘Good Neighbor Policy’ was a P.R. blitz intended to steer South America toward the U.S. and away from the Axis.
- 12/10/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Prolific composer Michael Kamen has written memorable themes for action movies such as Highlander and Die Hard. He also wrote songs for Bryan Adams, but we won’t hold that against him...
A prolific composer throughout his career up until his death seven years ago, Michael Kamen earned himself a reputation as a master of action movie scores through working on two of the genre's biggest franchises, amongst other notable projects.
He also showed a propensity for collaboration in both his composing career and other musical projects, with him working with the likes of Eric Clapton, Metallica, Queen, Orbital and David Bowie, to name but a few.
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A prolific composer throughout his career up until his death seven years ago, Michael Kamen earned himself a reputation as a master of action movie scores through working on two of the genre's biggest franchises, amongst other notable projects.
He also showed a propensity for collaboration in both his composing career and other musical projects, with him working with the likes of Eric Clapton, Metallica, Queen, Orbital and David Bowie, to name but a few.
Twice Oscar-nominated for Best Original Song for Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman From Don Juan De Marco and (Everything I Do) I Do It For You from Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, both of which were sung by Bryan Adams, Kamen...
- 9/20/2010
- Den of Geek
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