Torquato Neto

Torquato Neto

Birth : 1944-11-09, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

Death : 1972-11-10

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Torquato Neto
Torquato Neto

Movies

Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
Self (archive footage)
The story of Brazilian poet Torquato Neto, who lived passionately through fracturous times and worked in several fields, including music, journalism, and cinema. He was an active participant in the revolution of Tropicália and marginal art, which changed the course of Brazilian culture in the 1960s and 1970s, until he committed suicide on his 28th birthday.
A Marca do Terrir
Compilation of early Ivan Cardoso's films in Super 8, including "Nosferato no Brasil (Nosferato in Brazil)"
Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
Self (archive footage)
A documentary chronicling the life and works of Brazilian poet, songwriter, journalist and avant-garde filmmaker Torquato Neto, from his beginnings to his suicide at the age of 28.
Helô e Dirce
On the street, two boys meet. The film moves towards homoerotic suggestions of delicacy and violence. Accompanied by the fast camera, the performances of Torquato Neto and Zé Português dialogue with the soundtrack, composed of songs sung by Luiz Melodia, such as Negro Gato. Graphic elements and posters make up the narrative.
Terror da Vermelha
Brazilian poet Torquato Neto's only incursion on filmmaking, "Terror da Vermelha" is an avan-garte horror film shot with a Super 8 camera at Teresina, Piauí.
Terror da Vermelha
Director
Brazilian poet Torquato Neto's only incursion on filmmaking, "Terror da Vermelha" is an avan-garte horror film shot with a Super 8 camera at Teresina, Piauí.
Gal Fa-tal
Himself / Nosferato (Archive Footage)
Shot in 1971 during Gal Costa's famous concert "Gal Fa-tal" in Rio de Janeiro's Sucata Nightclub, Ivan Cardoso's eponymous Super-8 short film shows the singer both in and off stage, interlapsed with scenes from Cardoso's "Nosferato no Brasil".
Nosferato no Brasil
Nosferato
Budapest, 19th century: Nosferatu is killed by a prince. Now in colour and on holiday in Brazil, he saps several natives.
Apocalipopótese
Apocalipopótese documents a public art happening organized by Rogério Duarte with Hélio Oiticica and Lygia Pape. Duarte coined the event’s title by fusing the words apotheosis, hypothesis, and apocalypse, in order to describe a series of artistic actions that distanced themselves from artistic institutions to approach the streets as the main stage. Apocalipopótese shows a search for the margins as creative methodology.
The Turning Wind
Assistant Director
In Bahia, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from mysticism, in particular the Candomblé religion, which he considers a factor of political and social oppression, with tragic outcome.
Adam and Eve from Paradise to Consumerism
Adão
Unfinished and lost film, which would originate the Cycle of Marginal Cinema of Teresina in Piauí, starringbyClaudete Maria and Torquato Neto,hewas shot using a Super-8 camcorder.