Blog#9: Black Orpheus

I was very excited when I heard we were watching his movie.  I have seen small clips from it when watching other movies from the criterion collection on hulu.  I was not disappointed to say the least.  It was a very entertaining movie, which keeps me interested the whole time.

Even though there are no special effects and the movie is very slow compared to contemporary films it was still very entertaining and interested.  I loved the magical realism in it, the guitar legend in the movie made me question exactly how far back does the guitar go? Maybe the strings on the guitar were the same strings on the mythical Orpheus's lyre?  I also enjoyed the way that the movie wove the Orpheus myth into Brazilian culture.  The way that hey portrayed Orpheus's journey to hades with a voodoo ceremony was very unique and interesting.

I give Black Orpheus 5 stars!