A Grande Arte

1991
R
1h 44m

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An American photographer in Rio de Janeiro becomes involved in the world of "knife culture" when he sets out to find the killer of one of his models.An American photographer in Rio de Janeiro becomes involved in the world of "knife culture" when he sets out to find the killer of one of his models.An American photographer in Rio de Janeiro becomes involved in the world of "knife culture" when he sets out to find the killer of one of his models.

Director
- Walter Salles
Writers
- Rubem Fonseca
- Matthew Chapman
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

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Director
- Walter Salles
Writers
- Rubem Fonseca
- Matthew Chapman
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins total

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Trivia
Feature directorial debut for documentary filmmaker Walter Salles Jr.

Goofs
The knife dealer says the Applegate-Fairbairn knife is used by British commandos. Actually the knife is a redesign of the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife that was widely used in WWII, the Applegate-Fairbairn wasn't issued to any armed forces to this day.

Quotes
Peter Mandrake: All my life, I've been looking for something... different.

Alternate versions
UK versions are cut by 19 seconds for an '18' rating.

Connections
Featured in Logos de Partout dans le Monde: United States of America (aka 'Murica) (2016)

Soundtracks
The Photographer (A Gentleman's Honor)
Written and Arranged by Philip Glass
Orchestra conducted by Michael Riesman
Courtesy of CBS Records

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Featured review

Not Bad

This is a well made, low key thriller about knife fighters in Rio. Peter Coyote gives one of his best performances. The only quibble I had with the film is that I wanted to see A WHOLE LOT MORE KNIFE FIGHTING!

After all that great, cool set up and the main character undergoing the Art of Knife Fighting training. I was a bit disappointed we didn't get many more knife fights. This could have been the ultimate knife fighting movie. Still, it's good. But when during the final fight sequence I wanted something more spectacular, blood spraying to the heavens like the end of Kurosawa's Sanjuro. And after seeing the extraordinary knife fighting sequence in Kill Bill I was expecting a little more.