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The Vampire of the Cinematheque

1976 · 64 min

A scruffy, playful collage of street life and borrowed film images, drifting like a personal essay that rewards patience and curiosity.

Overview: As filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In O VAMPIRO DA CINEMATECA Ferreira develops a poetic representation of his idea of “inventive cinema” without a plot in the classical sense. Ferreira mixes situations of everyday life in the streets of São Paulo with scenes from classics of film history, which he filmed from television or from a projection with his Super 8 camera. The author as a vampire sucks from various sources – not only in cinema, but also in poetry and music – and creates a portrait of his time.

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
memory
identity
obsession
media
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
found footage
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	4
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Jairo Ferreira
Written by: Jairo Ferreira
Starring: Jairo Ferreira, Carlos Reichenbach, Orlando Parolini, José Mojica Marins, Jards Macalé, Júlio Calasso Jr., Luiz Alberto Fiori, Lygia Reichenbach
Runtime: 64 min
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese

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