Tuesday, November 2, 2010

BLACK ORPHEUS

Over the last few days I've had Orfeu Negro on my mind: that cinematic gem of the Mid-Century. The film's soundtrack has been hailed as a seminal composition in the birth of Bossa Nova and its story, based on the Greek Legend of Orpheus, relives the profundity of myth, the magic of Carnivale and ballads of love and tragedy.

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