tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post6378061574748920649..comments2023-12-30T10:13:15.385-08:00Comments on 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: 345. Orfeu NegroAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-8363072130936575542019-12-22T01:43:58.519-08:002019-12-22T01:43:58.519-08:00I saw the characters T's way as well. And, bes...I saw the characters T's way as well. And, besides, the more classical the story the better generally to avoid applying modern moral standards to what people do. It's all symbolic for the purposes of a higher vision.<br /><br />I'm with you on the patronising Brazilian stereotypes though.Dessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172245410667624187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-53173825836948050932017-08-22T07:31:06.797-07:002017-08-22T07:31:06.797-07:00I had a writing professor that insisted that every...I had a writing professor that insisted that every story ever told is a variation on a Greek myth. Usually Orpheus. I guess other movies are, ahem, more subtle about it.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-64282344124238958202017-08-16T04:12:20.779-07:002017-08-16T04:12:20.779-07:00Ha ha, I think we got a very different take on thi...Ha ha, I think we got a very different take on this movie.<br />Mira is a dominating bitch, dragging Orfeu into something he does not want and Euridike shows him where to go...<br />Anyway I loved the samba party, it was just amazing, but I was much less excited by the Opheus and Euridike myth aspect. That felt forced in the extreme.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.com