Codes and modes: EDUARDO COUTINHO: MASTER OF THE DOCUMENTARY ENCOUNTER
A short introduction on Coutinho’s contribution to Brazilian documentary with Prof. Ivone Margulies, Dept. of Film and Media Studies, Hunter College
Screening of JOGO DE CENA (Role Play) (Brazil, 2007, 80 min.)
Q&A with Ivone Margulies and Prof. Marty Lucas, Dept. of Film and Media Studies, Hunter College
Professor Margulies began by giving a short introduction of Eduardo Coutinho by presenting some of his work and explaining his filming style. The movie ‘Jogo De Cena” was filmed in Brazil and reveals the struggles of many people by having one person telling their story and an actor re-enacting it.
At a point I thought the people acting were actually telling a true story, but soon realized as he changed from person to person back and forth, that there were two people telling the same exact story. It was funny because some actors were being more dramatic than the actual person who went through the experience. One actress cried and seemed to feel every word she was saying than she chuckled and mentioned that the idea of the baby being described got her emotional.
According to Margulies, Eduardo Coutinho died earlier this year. Coutinho’s main focus was to shine light on the history of the struggle of the agrarian community.
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