Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air

00:00:54 I had a dream once.

00:05:17 It's usual to see very colorful children's drawings.

00:08:36 in regards of Brazilian architecture.

00:12:03 But we know perfectly well...

00:14:54 All of them were convinced of modernity...

00:17:37 "Le Corbusier, who for many years...

00:21:12 form an exceptional and unique association.

00:24:55 Already in operation is the Yacht Club, with its magnificent swimming pool.

00:28:04 More important than architecture is protesting in the streets.

00:32:09 I looked for a piece of land with a view.

00:35:34 ITAMARATY'S INTERIOR when he draws a wall, he is already wondering whether...

00:38:47 To encourage people to go to Brasília...

00:41:57 Moving the capital to Brasília meant changing Brazil.

00:45:44 In the Palace of Planalto, the columns were like this.

00:49:30 The new Brazil.

00:53:44 unemployment...

00:57:34 must be stronger in order to support those spans, right?

01:00:46 Along the square, I created a series of buildings:

01:04:02 Fuck this crappy work Fuck this shitty world

01:07:31 I went back there, rebuilt the monument, left the scars and...

01:10:59 a black lad at the typewriter. At a point the other guy asked me:

01:14:57 It was a nice spot, the mayor wanted something spectacular.

01:20:13 He is a complicated fellow, isn't he?

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