Tropicália

2012 "Silence is not an option."

Tropicália

7.3 | 1h27m | en | Documentary

Set against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary exploring the Brazilian artistic movement known as Tropicália, and the struggle its artists endured to protect their right to freely express revolutionary thought against the traditional Brazilian music of that time.

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7.3 | 1h27m | en | Documentary , Music | More Info

Released: September. 14,2012 | Released Producted By: Americas Film Conservancy , Bossa Nova Films Country: Brazil Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Gilberto Gil , Caetano Veloso , Gal Costa

Director

Marcelo Machado

Producted By

Americas Film Conservancy , Bossa Nova Films

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Cast

Gilberto Gil

as Self

O Presidente Improvável 2022 2022 Gil Family Arraial do Gil Pelé Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade All Love Songs

Caetano Veloso

as Self

2022 2022 Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina Narcissus Off Duty Race Antenna Amigo Arrigo Axé: Music of a People A Farra do Circo Tropicália

Gal Costa

as Self

2022 Tropicália The Man Who Bottled Clouds

Reviews

pfrank-4 This film does exactly what a documentary should do: Get you close to the subject. In this case, it's the Tropicalia movement of the late 60s in Brazilian music, which is (I think) one of the more important manifestations of popular culture in the world. The film primarily focuses, year by year, on the two main players: Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil. It traces the background of the movement and how it rebelled against both leftist political song and mindless pop to create a new Brazilian type of popular music. It moves quickly, with lots of intercutting. You need to read the subtitles carefully if you don't know Portuguese. You also need to something about who the major people are, in advance, because the director seems to expect a certain level of prior knowledge about people such as Tom Ze, Gal Costa, Helio Oiticica, Rogerio Duarte, and a few others. The film sticks pretty closely to chronology, which helps. There is a also great deal of priceless footage of the musical acts and the controversy that they caused. After the two main players a forced into exile, the film slows down a lot, but by then you have already learned a tremendous amount. Overall excellent.

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