Oscar Niemeyer
Nacimiento : 1907-12-15, Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Muerte : 2012-12-05
Historia
Oscar Ribeiro Teomar de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho foi um arquiteto brasileiro, considerado uma das figuras-chave no desenvolvimento da arquitetura moderna.
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Jorge Bodanzky reaches to his memories of the time he studiet at the University of Brasília to show a look into the 1960s Brazilian youtuh, with its dreams, expectations, crisis and incomplete projects.
Murilo Peres and Pedro Barros get a once-in-a-lifetime pass to roll on the fabled curves of some undisputed masterpieces of modern architecture. Oscar Niemeyer remains one of the most important architects in modern history. The Brazilian visionary, who died in 2012 aged 104, elevated modern architecture beyond the realms of function and created buildings that are works of art and express the highest attributes of humanity. His work with reinforced concrete in particular created new architectural forms and possibilities, eschewing the tyranny of angles to create waves and swooping arches of such soaring beauty that they represent nothing less than physical poetry.
"Zanine, Ser do Arquitetar" portrays the life, thought and achievements of José Zanine Caldas - a self-taught architect of projection in the 60s, of salutary, brilliant and humanitarian work. It is a document about the thought and look of a simple man, yet sophisticated in his art, who was ahead of his time.
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¿Quién tiene permiso para dar forma a nuestras ciudades? ¿Cómo lo hacen? ¿Cómo puede el diseño de nuestra ciudad afectar nuestra vida? A través de la exploración de diversos proyectos urbanos en decenas de ciudades alrededor del mundo, Urbanizado enmarca el debate en el futuro de las ciudades. Este filme se centra en el diseño de numerosas ciudades y nos muestra algunos de los arquitectos mundialmente más reconocidos, entre ellos Sir Norman Foster, Rem Koolhaas, Jan Gehl, Oscar Niemeyer, Amanda Burden y Enrique Peñalosa. El director, Gary Hustwit, regresa con el último documental de su trilogía sobre el diseño.
Mixed with fiction and documentary, the film relives the interviews conducted by the writer Clarice Lispector published in the magazines "Manchete" and "Fatos and Fotos" in the 1970s.
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Documental sobre la vida y obra del arquitecto brasileño Oscar Niemeyer (1907), uno de los personajes más influyentes de la arquitectura moderna y pionero en la exploración de las posibilidades constructivas y plásticas del hormigón armado.
Lucio Costa is one of the rare personalities in the history of Brazil who allows him to cross his individual history with nation-building in a very natural and open way. The documentary narrates, through the trajectory of the architect and urban planner Lucio Costa, the process of "formation" of modern Brazilian architecture.
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The testimony of an artist who continues to believe in the socialist ideal. The story of a man who loves women.
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Chronicles the life of military lieutenant, later communist militant and Brazilian politician Luiz Carlos Prestes.
Documentary about the people who came from all over Brazil to work in the construction of the city of Brasilia, their stories, and the abuse and humiliation they suffered in the process.
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Production Designer
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A documentary on Brazilian poet and composer Vinicius de Moraes, made by his daughter a few months before his death.
It starts in the Indian tabas, goes through colonial architecture and arrives in the Brazilian capital. The film follows a script left by Alberto Cavalcanti, after a trip to Brasilia in 1978.
Documentary about the works
The first images of the new capital of Brazil, Brasília!