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#1 Post by L.A. » Sat Oct 13, 2018 12:00 pm

O Táxi Nº 9297 (Reinaldo Ferreira, 1927), another Portuguese silent (courtesy of Cinemateca Portuguesa) available on DVD.

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#2 Post by Tommaso » Sun Oct 14, 2018 5:50 pm

L.A. wrote:
Sat Oct 13, 2018 12:00 pm
O Táxi Nº 9297 (Reinaldo Ferreira, 1927), another Portuguese silent (courtesy of Cinemateca Portuguesa) available on DVD.
I actually bought that one two months ago when I was on holiday in Portugal. It was a blind buy, but I'm very happy that I made it, as the film is a very entertaining 'mainstream' silent, very stylish and suspenseful, and I'm pretty sure that anyone who is into Feuillade or 'pulpy' silent crime stories will certainly enjoy it. But what makes this release truly remarkable is the excellent restoration and transfer quality, the very fine new music, and the outstanding quality of the bilingual 64-page booklet and the extras which detail everything that is needed to come to an understanding of this film and Portuguese silent cinema in general. The extra middle-length film "Rita ou Rito?", while not as great as the main film, is also rather entertaining. Portuguese silent cinema is probably not very well known outside the country itself, but this release is a great starting point. On the same level as anything released by Edition Filmmuseum or MoC, this is one of my most favourite silent releases this year.

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#3 Post by L.A. » Fri Aug 28, 2020 1:37 pm

A Rosa do Adro (Georges Pallu, 1919) on DVD from Cinemateca Portuguesa.👏

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#4 Post by L.A. » Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:56 pm

DVD releases available from Cinemateca Portuguesa.

Another title that I am interested in is Francisca (Manoel de Oliveira, 1981) which has been restored by them. I think a Blu-ray is forthcoming but can’t remember from which label.

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#5 Post by therewillbeblus » Tue Jan 26, 2021 2:00 pm

L.A. wrote:
Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:56 pm
Another title that I am interested in is Francisca (Manoel de Oliveira, 1981) which has been restored by them. I think a Blu-ray is forthcoming but can’t remember from which label.
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Trailer for restoration of Francisca:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogPk_u8sTc0

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#6 Post by L.A. » Tue Jan 26, 2021 2:04 pm

therewillbeblus wrote:
Tue Jan 26, 2021 2:00 pm
L.A. wrote:
Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:56 pm
Another title that I am interested in is Francisca (Manoel de Oliveira, 1981) which has been restored by them. I think a Blu-ray is forthcoming but can’t remember from which label.
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Thanks.

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#7 Post by L.A. » Fri Jun 04, 2021 6:18 am

A Season of Classic Films: Maria do Mar (1930)
Cinemateca Portuguesa joins A Season of Classic Films with the premiere of the new digital restoration of Maria do Mar (Leitão de Barros, 1930), the masterpiece of Portuguese silent cinema, on Saturday 12 June at 20:00 WEST, in the centennial venue Teatro São Luiz (Lisbon) and accompanied by Bernardo Sassetti’s musical score, commissioned by Cinemateca and performed live by Orquestra Sinfonietta de Lisboa. There will also be an online screening on 23 June.
According to this article a DVD edition will emerge as well.

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#8 Post by L.A. » Fri Aug 27, 2021 4:32 am

Três Dias sem Deus / Three Days Without God (Bárbara Virgínia, 1946) - the first Portuguese full-length feature film directed by a woman - has been restored. Originally 102 minutes, sadly only 26 minutes of footage survives.

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#11 Post by L.A. » Mon May 16, 2022 2:43 pm

L.A. wrote:
Fri Jun 04, 2021 6:18 am
A Season of Classic Films: Maria do Mar (1930)
Cinemateca Portuguesa joins A Season of Classic Films with the premiere of the new digital restoration of Maria do Mar (Leitão de Barros, 1930), the masterpiece of Portuguese silent cinema, on Saturday 12 June at 20:00 WEST, in the centennial venue Teatro São Luiz (Lisbon) and accompanied by Bernardo Sassetti’s musical score, commissioned by Cinemateca and performed live by Orquestra Sinfonietta de Lisboa. There will also be an online screening on 23 June.
According to this article a DVD edition will emerge as well.
Contacted Cinemateca; DVD will be available next month and can be purchased from Linha de Sombra.

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#12 Post by L.A. » Thu Jun 16, 2022 12:06 pm

Selection of DVDs from Paulo Rocha available including The Green Years. Not sure of subs though.

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#13 Post by L.A. » Wed Jun 22, 2022 4:53 pm

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#14 Post by L.A. » Thu Jun 23, 2022 8:12 am

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MARIA DO MAR • LEITÃO DE BARROS (1930) • 2022 Cinemateca Portuguesa 105 min • Maria do Mar, often considered as the masterpiece of Portuguese silent cinema, is a local synthesis of the European film avant-gardes of the 1920s, which combines the boldest formal composition and montage with an inquiring ethnographic look of the fishing community of Nazaré. Its balanced mix of modernity and tradition, as well as its conflation of documentary and fictional modes of representation, make it a founding moment in the history of Portuguese cinema, and a landmark of European silent film. Maria do Mar was the first project developed in Cinemateca Portuguesa’s photochemical restoration film lab, in 2000. The 2021 digital restoration originated in the 4K digitisation of the film’s original camera negative. Some of the damaged or inexistent shots in the negative, as well as all intertitles, were digitised from the fine grain master produced in 2000. The image’s digital restoration and colour correction were made by Cineric Portugal. Bernardo Sassetti’s musical score was originally commissioned by Cinemateca in 1999. It was orchestrated by Vasco Pearce de Azevedo, Bernardo Sassetti, and Luís Tinoco, and recorded in 2010 by Bernardo Sassetti (piano), Filipa Pais (vocals), and the Orquestra Sinfonietta de Lisboa (conducted by Maestro Vasco Pearce de Azevedo), with José Pedro Gil, Vasco Pearce de Azevedo, and Bernardo Sassetti as the recording producers∙1 DVD; 1 illustrated booklet with essays in English and Portuguese; 2 bonus features: NAZARÉ, PRAIA DE PESCADORES E ZONA DE TURISMO (Leitão de Barros, 1929), with an original musical score composed and played on the piano by Filipe Raposo; and ABOUT THE MUSIC OF MARIA DO MAR (Manuel Mozos, 2021)

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#15 Post by JAP » Thu Dec 15, 2022 3:51 pm

Two new releases of silents directed by Georges Fallu in the early 20s:
- Os Fidalgos da Casa Mourisca (1920)
- Amor de Perdição (1921)

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#16 Post by DeprongMori » Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:56 pm

L.A. wrote:
Sat Oct 13, 2018 12:00 pm
O Táxi Nº 9297 (Reinaldo Ferreira, 1927), another Portuguese silent (courtesy of Cinemateca Portuguesa) available on DVD.
I *almost* picked this one up when I was at the Cinemateca yesterday, but the reviews of the film I was able to find were not very kind.

I ended up picking up two of their other silent film restoration projects — Georges Pallu’s AMOR DE PERDIÇÃO [1921], since I had picked up a translation of the novel from Livraria Lello the day before, and a set of two films from Rino Lupo.

If I end up ordering some more, I’ll be sure to pick up Táxi Nº 9297.

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