At the Edge of the Earth
2002 · 74 MIN · IMDB 8.1 · 123 VOTES · DIR. Sérgio Machado
Overview
On 17 May 1931, the young director Mário Peixoto released his masterpiece "Limite" in a premiere in Capitólio Theater in Rio de Janeiro to astonished audiences bewildered by the impressive and poetic images. Considered by many viewers the best Brazilian movie ever made, this feature has never been released commercially. However, in a great paradox, Mário Peixoto has never made any other movie. The director Sérgio Machado pays a great tribute to the life and work Mário Peixoto a.k.a. Maçarico by his close friends with this documentary, using his diary; footages of "Limite", the never concluded "Onde a Terra Acaba" (1933) and the short "O Homem do Morcego" (1980); and interesting testimonies of Olga Breno, Ruy Solberg, Nelson Pereira dos Santos and Walter Salles among others.
Dialogue Timeline — 674 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:16 VIDEOFILMES PRESENT
00:03:59 IS FILLED WITH THE ANGST AND DOUBTS
00:06:38 "The English are cold and stiff."
00:10:13 lost here in Brazil, though he'd studied in Europe...
00:14:09 "also made a motion picture?"
00:16:17 A cousin of mine who worked at Bering, Jorge de Mattos...
00:19:34 We'd put on straw hats, and go fetch eggs.
00:23:37 Then we had a Mitchell, borrowed from Ademar Gonzaga.
00:27:08 And he went: "Ma..."
00:32:20 BEFORE "LIMITE'S" WRAP, MÁRIO MET ACTRESS CARMEN SANTOS.
00:34:55 "Excessive repetition makes them tiresome."
00:37:45 There she meets Gupi
00:41:33 to attend to personal affairs, causing delays in our plans.
00:45:34 "But if your problems persist..."
00:48:46 They kept our sets and the title...
00:50:57 I built myself a comfortable cabin in Ibicuí.
00:53:12 and say:
00:55:06 "will remember me," he'd tell us.
00:56:58 I made "Limite" the way I wanted.
00:59:05 Once, he said: "Look..."
01:00:44 It goes in. The sound of water is heard...
01:02:39 though I didn't know exactly where.
01:05:17 Years later, one day...
199:02:08 MÁRIO PEIXOTO DIED