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Hermeto, the Champ

1981 · 44 min

A warm, unhurried peek into a musician's home studio, where curiosity and improvisation turn everyday sounds into music.

Directed by
Thomaz Farkas
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Hermeto Pascoal, Jovino Santos Neto, Pernambuco
Overview
Photographs present Hermeto Paschoal in the middle of the instruments he plays in the studio in his house. The rehearsals where the sounds are discovered and improvisation sets the tone. Hermeto's testimonies on the self-taught construction of his theoretical knowledge about music and his political position on the market. The musicians who are part of his band talk about the joint process of creation and the admiration they feel for the multi-instrumentalist. The creation of Hermetus from the sounds of bees and next to the frods. The use of unusual objects made of iron and the use of the body itself to generate new sounds.

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Directed by
Thomaz Farkas
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Hermeto Pascoal, Jovino Santos Neto, Pernambuco
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    • art
    • music
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    • home
    • workplace
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    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Thomaz Farkas
    Starring
    Hermeto Pascoal, Jovino Santos Neto, Pernambuco, Itiberê Zwarg, Carlos Malta
    Runtime
    44 min
    Country
    Brazil
    Languages
    Portuguese

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