O Signo do Caos

2005
1h 20m

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In the B&W first part, a customs agent, Dr. Amnésio, examines some reels of film, a documentary Orson Welles made about Brazil, and tries to confiscate the material. The color second part sh... Read allIn the B&W first part, a customs agent, Dr. Amnésio, examines some reels of film, a documentary Orson Welles made about Brazil, and tries to confiscate the material. The color second part shows a party in which those repression agents celebrate their victory against freedom and c... Read allIn the B&W first part, a customs agent, Dr. Amnésio, examines some reels of film, a documentary Orson Welles made about Brazil, and tries to confiscate the material. The color second part shows a party in which those repression agents celebrate their victory against freedom and creativity.

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7.0/10

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- 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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5guisreis

It is a chaotic anti-film, and it is not good

Cinematography is skilled and the vintage filter to emulate Orson Welles' times is nice. The text is a mockery on Brazilian cinema industry, its niceties and conventional wisdom. However, intentional overacting, and intencional bad dubbing are silly. I know Sganzerla intended to make an "anti-film", openly chaotic, but outcome is bad, despite the film being very overrated. Time goes by and it never becomes either linear or engaging. The looping of the same scenes in a disordered way was neither smart not funny, it was just a tedious waste of time. To resume, it is a quite weird film, an experimental movie that did not actually work.