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Terra em Transe (Anguished Land)(Land Entranced)

Terra em Transe (Anguished Land)(Land Entranced) (1966)

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This Brazilian example of cinema novo chronicles the struggle of a man deeply entangled within unstable and crooked politics. The story is told in flashback by a writer who explains how he got into his present situation. He had been supporting a conservative party leader, but then decided to support the liberal candidate. The liberal wins the election, but soon reneges upon his campaign promises. The disillusioned writer decides to stay out of politics and resume his writing. Unfortunately, his

Unrated,

Art House & International, Drama

Glauber Rocha

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I have now seen enough of Rocha's work to know that I dislike it for its own sake, and not for the unfamiliarity of its locale and people or for the ritual obsessiveness of its themes.

January 15, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times
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One of the later entries (1966) in Brazil's short-lived Cinema Novo movement, applying New Wave pyrotechnics to popular and political mythology.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
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Rocha's frenzied mise-en-scene, which borrows from Fellini, Antonioni, and European avant-garde theater, is so stylized and self-referential that it probably appealed less to the masses than to the left-wing intelligentsia it scrutinizes.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
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Audience Reviews for Terra em Transe (Anguished Land)(Land Entranced)

A Brechtian allegory of cinematic and historical importance - and never obsolete, since everything remains nearly unchanged when it comes to politicians and their twisted ethics. A delirious and audacious work of spellbinding imagery and with no diverting subtlety.
October 29, 2012
blacksheepboy

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Rocha the anarchist...well,partially.The Autran-Lewgoy-Filho trio of compulsive reactions is more than enough for the disbelievers to continue watching an operatic motion picture way ahead of its time.Sure,it's a flashback but what a flashback that was!!!
October 23, 2008
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Dimitris Springer

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  • Terra em Transe (DE)
  • Terra em Transe (UK)
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