Entranced Earth
Films it shaped
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City of God is the most internationally visible Brazilian film since Cinema Novo, and it carries that tradition's political commitment alongside its kinetic energy. Glauber Rocha's Cinema Novo manifesto demanded films about Brazilian poverty made with Brazilian aesthetic energy. Meirelles answered that call four decades later. But the direct ancestor is Pixote, Héctor Babenco's 1980 film about street children in São Paulo, which is rawer, more devastating, and less widely seen. Pixote is on MUBI.
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The first time I saw Glauber Rocha’s films, I immediately felt a very strong connection to the radical nature of his cinema... He became a very strong presence, almost like a father figure. I really adore “Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol” (Black God, White Devil), “Terra em Transe” (Entranced Earth) and “O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro” (Antonio Das Mortes). These films, in their radical formal aspect and very political content, really marked my growth as a filmmaker.
