A Grande Arte
| A Grande Arte | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Walter Salles |
| Produced by | Paulo Carlos De Brito Alberto Flaksman |
| Written by | Matthew Chapman Matthew Chapman Rubem Fonseca Rubem Fonseca |
| Starring | Peter Coyote Tchéky Karyo Amanda Pays Raul Cortez |
| Music by | Todd Boekelheide Jürgen Knieper |
| Cinematography | José Roberto Eliezer |
| Editing by | Isabelle Rathery |
| Release date(s) | June 1991 (Noir in Festival) |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | English Portuguese Spanish |
A Grande Arte (in English, "High Art"; US title: Exposure), is a 1991 Brazilian movie directed by Walter Salles Jr. and starring Peter Coyote. Loosely based on the book A Grande Arte written by Brazilian Rubem Fonseca, it is one of the first works of Salles Jr. The cast includes both Brazilian and international stars such as Coyote, Tcheky Karyo and Miguel Angel Fuentes.
This film is considered to mark the "revival" of the Brazilian movie industry,[citation needed] which was until that year in a deep production crisis.
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[edit] Plot
An American photographer in Brazil learns the art of knife fighting in order to avenge the killing of a prostitute friend of his while preparing an in loco essay for his new book, about the "Train Surfers" (groups of boys who court danger "surfing" on the roof of the trains) in the city of Rio de Janeiro. In an attack he is nearly killed at the hands of two hired thugs and his girlfriend is raped. The thugs work for an undisclosed Brazilian criminal organization closely tied with the Bolivian cocaine cartel.
[edit] Knife culture
The film also explores the mysterious and hidden world of the "Persevs" (cut-and-thrust) fighters and some famous knifesmiths, such as Rex Applegate and William Fairbairn, Bo Randall (the most famous American knifemaker, whose assault knife "Randall 14" is a key weapon in the film) and Joe Kious.
[edit] Cast
- Peter Coyote as Mandrake
- Tcheky Karyo as Hermes, the knife fight master
- Amanda Pays as Mandrake's girlfriend
- Raul Cortez as Thales de Lima Prado
- Giulia Gam as the hooker
- Tonico Pereira
- Eduardo Conde
[edit] Production
The movie was filmed on location on Rio de Janeiro streets (usually at night) and in the highlands of Bolivia and Pantanal.
It was photographed by José Roberto Eliezer and has a running time of 104 minutes.
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