About Cinema

Walter Carvalho
2015-09-15


8.3
111 min

An abandoned tumbledown theater in the outback of Paraíba state is the initial setting of a film about cinema, which explores the testimonials of the novelist and playwright Ariano Suassuna and other filmmakers such as Ruy Guerra, Julio Bressane, Ken Loach, Andrzej Wajda, Karim Ainouz, José Padilha, Hector Babenco, Vilmos Zsigmond, Béla Tarr, Gus Van Sant and Jia Zhangke. They all respond to two basic questions: why do they make movies and why do they serve the seventh art. The filmmakers share their thoughts about time, narrative, rhythm, light, movement, the meaning of tragedy, the audience‘s desires and the boundaries with other forms of art.

Cast

Name Character Team
Béla Tarr Self Unowned
Ruy Guerra Self Unowned
Júlio Bressane Self Unowned
Lucrecia Martel Self Unowned
José Padilha Self Unowned
Benedek Fliegauf Self Unowned
Jia Zhangke Self Unowned
Gus Van Sant Self Unowned
Ken Loach Self Unowned
Ariano Suassuna Self Unowned
Karim Aïnouz Self Unowned
Andrzej Wajda Self Unowned
Héctor Babenco Self Unowned
Asghar Farhadi Self Unowned
Salvatore Cascio Self Unowned
Cláudio Assis Self Unowned