| Mulholland
Drive |
by Camila
Revoredo:
This movie review
is a coment on general aspects of
this piece of work and Lynch's
production as a whole, specially
concerning the various
interpretations that it allows us
to make.
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| The
fewer, the better - Philip Glass |
by
Gabriel Nascimento:
"Some very
smart people say that things
always head for simplycity; that
is perhaps the greatest go of
humanity: the search for the pure
essency of things." Here
Gabriel describes the basis of
minimalist music, Eastern music's
influence on Philip Glass' rythm
and the cultural context of his
work. |
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| São Paulo Fashion
Week |
by
Carolina Garcia:
Carolina
talks about how this fashion event takes
place twice an year all arround the world
and how Paulo Borges, the organizer of
SPFW, became an icon in the organization
and consolidation of fashion in Brasil. |
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| Discovering
Maracatu |
by
Larissa Lira:
This article provides us with
interesting information on the
origins and the essency of this
rich cultural manifestacion and
how it's rithm has had great
influence on all brasilian music
over the years. |
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| Brilliant
Brazilian Cinema |
| by
Nara: Nara
talks about several qualities
that brasilian movies have in
comparison to american ones,
claiming that their principal
achievement is to stick to themes
that are related to our reality
even when they have plenty
technological resources
available.
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| Barcelona |
| by
Anita: The article talks
about the city of Barcelona and
its cultural tips.
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| Candomble |
| by
Luisa Valentini: "When
African slaves were brought to
Brazil, they were obliged to bend
to the christian-ocidental
culture. Their former culture
would have to be left overseas.
Would have to, but
didn't..." Luisa explains
how the candomble culture managed
to survive centuries of religious
and social oppression and gives
us a description of the main
orixas.
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| Commédia
Dell' Arte |
| by
Bruna Morena: Bruna
talks about
"Commedia Dell'
Arte", an
interesting theatrical
form that has it's
origins in the Middle Age
and it's basis on
improvisations and some
other unusual
characteristics.
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