15 Sounds from Brazil
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Tatiana Signorelli Heise
Abstract
To explore the rise of the music documentary in Brazil, this chapter looks more closely at four biopics which have been significant either in terms of box office or critical reception and which tell the stories of major figures in Brazilian songwriting: Cartola, música para os olhos; A casa do Tom: mundo, monde, mondo; Vinicius, and Coração vagabundo. Both A casa do Tom and Vinicius seek to shed light on particular aspects of their respective subject's life while also affirming his brasilidade. In Cartola, the assertion of Brazilian national identity is so forceful that it takes precedence over the musician's biography. A different outlook on brasilidade, race and even on the value of Brazilian music is constructed in Coração vagabundo, a mixture of biopic and concert movie that charts Caetano Veloso's 2003 tour of Brazil, North America and Japan.
Abstract
To explore the rise of the music documentary in Brazil, this chapter looks more closely at four biopics which have been significant either in terms of box office or critical reception and which tell the stories of major figures in Brazilian songwriting: Cartola, música para os olhos; A casa do Tom: mundo, monde, mondo; Vinicius, and Coração vagabundo. Both A casa do Tom and Vinicius seek to shed light on particular aspects of their respective subject's life while also affirming his brasilidade. In Cartola, the assertion of Brazilian national identity is so forceful that it takes precedence over the musician's biography. A different outlook on brasilidade, race and even on the value of Brazilian music is constructed in Coração vagabundo, a mixture of biopic and concert movie that charts Caetano Veloso's 2003 tour of Brazil, North America and Japan.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vii
- Contributors ix
- Acknowledgements xvi
- Introduction 1
- 1 Singing of dubious desire 17
- 2 Voicing gender 30
- 3 Bien pagá 51
- 4 El otro lado de la cama 66
- 5 On the function of punk aesthetics in Salto al vacío and Historias del Kronen 83
- 6 Mobile soundscapes in the quinqui film 98
- 7 Song-shaped cinema 114
- 8 Travelling song 134
- 9 Sound moves 151
- 10 The Afro-Cuban soundscape of Mexico City 167
- 11 Blues traveller 189
- 12 Dancing in the dark 206
- 13 Re-making Frida Kahlo through song in Frida 220
- 14 ‘Silence! Fado is about to be sung’ 235
- 15 Sounds from Brazil 249
- 16 Soundtrack to roguery 264
- 17 The Brazilian chanchada’s musical moments and the performance of identity 283
- 18 Orpheus in Babylon 298
- Index 315
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vii
- Contributors ix
- Acknowledgements xvi
- Introduction 1
- 1 Singing of dubious desire 17
- 2 Voicing gender 30
- 3 Bien pagá 51
- 4 El otro lado de la cama 66
- 5 On the function of punk aesthetics in Salto al vacío and Historias del Kronen 83
- 6 Mobile soundscapes in the quinqui film 98
- 7 Song-shaped cinema 114
- 8 Travelling song 134
- 9 Sound moves 151
- 10 The Afro-Cuban soundscape of Mexico City 167
- 11 Blues traveller 189
- 12 Dancing in the dark 206
- 13 Re-making Frida Kahlo through song in Frida 220
- 14 ‘Silence! Fado is about to be sung’ 235
- 15 Sounds from Brazil 249
- 16 Soundtrack to roguery 264
- 17 The Brazilian chanchada’s musical moments and the performance of identity 283
- 18 Orpheus in Babylon 298
- Index 315
