Chinese Viola
1975 · 8 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 46 VOTES · DIR. Júlio Bressane
Overview
The rare short film presents a curious dialogue between filmmaker Julio Bressane and actor Grande Otelo, where, in a mixture of decorated and improvised text, we discover a little manifesto to the Brazilian experimental cinema. Also called "Belair's last film," Chinese Viola reveals the first partnership between photographer Walter Carvalho and Bressane.
Dialogue Timeline — 84 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:28 What's important in art is expression.
00:00:52 All that I did in cinema was so I could have fun.
00:01:19 Rare and extraordinary movies like "Limite"
00:01:46 The art of the future is the art of dreams.
00:02:12 evilness is supreme
00:02:33 has consisted on a removal of ancestral intentions.
00:02:45 every era in the brain
00:02:58 My last movie, "Agony"...
00:03:09 The film, it is a film
00:03:27 The film, it is a film
00:03:43 meet and throw their last cards
00:03:54 "Agony" is a film without an ending
00:04:11 not a copy.
00:04:20 Art is conflict.
00:04:48 with this disgusting web of masturbation
00:05:15 What can you say about Belair?
00:05:27 limpy atmosphere of brazilian cinema.
00:05:57 Nevertheless, these Belair films
00:06:06 All of this fresh air was brought over by Belair.
00:06:40 Experimental cinema also wants to occupy space.
00:07:01 The transgression, the crack that was Belair
00:07:14 still wrapped around a curtain of silence.
00:07:31 I thank you, what I don't get is all this crazy stuff.
00:07:53 "Viola Chinesa."
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed84
Dialogue density10.5 lines / min
First line00:00:28
Final line00:07:53
Production Record
DirectorJúlio Bressane
LanguagePortuguese
IMDb votes46