The Foreign Eye

2006 · 70 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 206 VOTES · DIR. Lúcia Murat

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Overview

Fantasies and clichés about Brazil and Brazilians as reinforced by international films, even those actually shot in Brazil. This documentary features interviews with non-Brazilian directors, writers and stars who have been involved in some of those films.

Dialogue Timeline — 822 lines

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00:00:14 My idea about Brazil?
00:03:53 the onus of the crime away from the man.
00:06:29 It was an American cake, but it had a Brazilian frosting, you know.
00:09:45 LONG LIVE BRAZIL
00:12:57 And sometimes I think they want it as a cliché.
00:15:43 "Next Stop Wonderland" I think, that's what...
00:18:15 I can say it was from the boat, it went up
00:20:47 of a girl, amazingly beautiful
00:23:40 And then?
00:26:37 - No, no, no, no. - Do you speak Portuguese, dear?
00:29:31 But it all comes together in a much different way than it does here.
00:32:17 And with this...
00:34:22 I'm impressed. I'm very impressed.
00:37:01 we were on screens all across the US.
00:40:15 Yeah, isn't that, like, the south of Brazil? Yeah, the south of Brazil.
00:42:54 - That's right. Spanish? I know. - But we speak Portuguese.
00:46:03 in a Brazilian way.
00:49:11 We didn't film in Amazon, we filmed in Vera Cruz
00:52:37 It has every kind of complication in every kind of aspect.
00:55:31 the perception of the Latino is that all of them are gardeners
00:58:29 Everything about American films is money
01:01:13 who controlled everything, judged everything.
01:04:49 "I'm gonna say Charlton Heston to everything you say
01:08:08 AFTER ALL, WHO ARE WE?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed822
Dialogue density11.7 lines / min
First line00:00:14
Final line01:08:08

Production Record

DirectorLúcia Murat
LanguagePortuguese
IMDb votes206