Award Winning Film Black Orpheus Lobby Card Archive, 1960

Black Orpheus

Archive

[Afro-Latino Film] [Jean-Michel Basquiat] Black Orpheus. Lopert Films, 1960. Archive of 3 original lobby cards for the American release of the retelling of Orpheus, set in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, featuring an all-Black cast and introducing bossa nova to the world, it's impressionistic style lead the film to gain international fame as an art house classic. Black Orpheus was cited by as one of his early musical influencesMeasures 11" x 14". Prints 60/74. Heavily illustrated in colour and monochrome purple and greyscale. Based on the play, Orfeu da Conceição, by the Brazilian writer Vinicius de Moraes and retold by French filmmaker Marcel Camus, the 1959 film won multiple awards for it's lush visuals, the then unique and little known Brazilian music score, and portrayal of Afro-Brazilian characters. The film went on to win an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film, and the highest award of the Palme d’Or for the Cannes Film Festival. Black Orpheus included large aspects of local flavour through Carnival, the Brazilian folk religion, Candomblé, and bossa nova. Each lobby card features a painted still from the film such as the two main love interests gazing at each other through prison bars, a Carnival celebration, and a large samba scene. The lobby cards promote the film as "Passionate!", "Exotic!", and "Sensuous!" Though the film reached critical acclaim amongst foreigners, it was regarded amongst Brazilians and later critics as only touching on the more stereotypical aspects of Brazilian culture. Nonetheless, it's impact created interest in Brazilian culture and film. The film soundtrack by Antônio Carlos Jobim, whose song "A felicidade" opens the film, and Luiz Bonfá, whose "Manhã de Carnaval" and "Samba de Orfeu" have become classics of bossa nova. Overall very good condition, very minor edge wear and tiny staining to the margins . Barack Obama notes in his memoir Dreams from My Father that it was his mother's favorite film.

Item #20966

Price: $480.00