” Cidade Maravilhosa,”(?) Rio de Janeiro, abre agência mundial de turismo
O Rio de Janeiro não é a mesma Cidade Maravilhosa do samba, da bossa nova e da “Gal de Ipanema” que conheci quando cheguei a este suposto paraíso tropical nos anos 1970. Foi por isso que fiquei um pouco surpreendido quando cheguei num táxi Uber – com medo de apanhar um autocarro e temendo ser […]
Once Marvelous City, Rio de Janeiro, opens world tourist agency
Rio de Janeiro is not the same ‘Marvelous City’ of samba, Bossa nova and the “Gal from Ipanema “which I knew when I first arrived in this supposedly tropical paradise in the 1970s. I was therefore a bit surprised when I arrived in an Uber taxi (–afraid to take a bus and fearing to be […]
Dubbing ,a 100 -year old(almost) profession threatened by Artificial Intelligence
Besides international films which have won awards at Cannes and other festivals, Rio de Janeiro´s current International Film Festival has some fascinating seminars including one I attended on Tuesday about Dubbing Films and TV series. The 90 minute talk complete with a lively Q & A session was led by the Dubber of the film […]
Two films the Rio´s Intl.Film Festival Which are Bigger Than Real Life!
Writing today his usual fascinating column for the Folha of Sao Paulo newspaper, Ruy Castro observes “Cinema is not real life.” He is referring to such films as’ Casablanca’ where Humphrey Bogart tells the police chief he has come to Casablanca for “the waters” and the chief replies “what waters we are in a desert¹” […]
The Prophet: A monologue with live music based on the writings of Lebanese-American philosopher Khalil Gibran
Invited weeks ago, before last week’ s massacre in Israel ,to view this monologue with scintillating live and traditional Lebanese music, this theater lover could not help asking himself if perhaps he was on Friday, opening evening (13 October 2023) at the inappropriate place during these difficult times in the Middle East. But, on the […]
Deep Fake, Elis Regina and Volkswagen
‘Deep Fake’ via Artificial Intelligence is here ready to take over not only the media and journalism but TV, cinema and especially politics. This is my conclusion after viewing Thursday afternoon (5 October 2023) at the lovely headquarters of the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival in Gloria a literally shocking lecture-demonstration with an explicit […]
“The Inheritance,” Parte II, de Mathew Lopez no Teatro Clara Nunes (Gavea Shopping)
Enquanto o mundo do jornalismo e da literatura parece estar abandonando lenta mas seguramente o papel em favor dos formatos de tela on-line, eBook e Kindle, o mundo teatral parece estar caminhando para peças mais longas em vez de curtas. “Angels in America” (1991), de Tony Kushner, em duas longas noites (exibida em 2020 no […]
“The Inheritance,” Part II, by Mathew Lopez at the Teatro Clara Nunes (Gavea Shopping)
As the world of journalism and literature seem to be abandoning slowly but surely paper in favor of online, eBook and Kindle screen formats, the theatrical world seems headed to longer rather than short plays. Tony Kushner´s “Angels in America” (1991) in two long nights (exhibited 2020 in Rio de Janeiro) is now followed currently […]
Matthew Lopezes Play of the Century: ‘The Heritage ‘at the Clara Nunes Theater( Gávea Shopping) in Rio de Janeiro Starring Bruno Fagundes as Eric, Rafael Primo (Toby, the playwright), Reynaldo Gianecchini (Henry), Marco Antonio Pamio (Walter/E.MORGAN Forster), Andre Torquato (Adam, the rich ambitious actor) directed and translated to Portuguese by Ze Henrique de Paula featuring twelve actors in 25 roles
The Brazilian axiom of the necessity to “slay a lion a day “to survive definitely refers to this magnificent achievement of importing and staging locally what the London Daily Telegraph has called “the most important American play of this century”: ‘the Inheiritance’ by Puerto Rican- American Matthew Lopez,41. The play´s Brazilian rights were obtained by […]
Copacabana Palace, the Musical
I wish I could curb my enthusiasm but “Copacabana Palace, the Musical, “which opened Thursday evening at—where else—the Teatro Copacabana Palace, is the best theatrical I have seen in a very long time on the local stage. The Mayor of Rio or Brazil´s tourism agency Embratur should immediately hire a plane and send the whole […]