Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
2007 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 250 VOTES · DIR. Fabiano Maciel
Overview
A documentary made to coincide with Niemeyer's 100th birthday. The renowned architect talks about his long life, his inspirations, and his aspirations towards a just Brazil, and the ways he tried to help that along in his spectacular and beautiful buildings.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,149 lines
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00:00:54 I had a dream once.
00:05:11 PALACE OF JUSTICE
00:08:27 It's a fact of little importance...
00:11:34 it should be something to draw a contrast.
00:14:31 what contemporary architecture was. It showed the reason for the pilotis...
00:17:07 Well, our architecture is very different from Le Corbusier's.
00:20:22 He was the master. I said: "No problem". I don't regret it.
00:24:07 a novelty, an invention, like Le Corbusier used to say.
00:27:08 The curve I find in the rivers of my country...
00:30:20 we had to be fraternal, but telling the truth.
00:34:10 is the main characteristic of a work of art.
00:37:33 I don't want a provincial capital.
00:40:22 And I hoped our talks in Brasília could be diversified...
00:44:09 what is more important: The House and the Senate.
00:47:23 I saw it once in Greece.
00:51:02 Technicians as well as artists...
00:55:16 They wanted me to resign.
00:58:48 we end up creating our own principles...
01:01:55 but also the space among them".
01:05:00 a kind of Modern Art week there. We played a little.
01:08:13 I said principles and we can't renounce our principles.
01:11:49 For example, under the stands, Darcy built schools.
01:15:28 The Sugar Loaf, and all that landscape are seen below the museum.
01:20:35 Whenever I see a grown-up, I always say:
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,149
Dialogue density12.8 lines / min
First line00:00:54
Final line01:20:35
Production Record
DirectorFabiano Maciel
LanguagePortuguese
IMDb votes250