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Damned – The Strange World Of José Mojica Marins
''Damned – The Strange World of José Mojica Marins'' (original title: ''Maldito - O Estranho Mundo de José Mojica Marins'') is a 2001 Brazilian documentary film directed by André Barcinski and Ivan Finotti. Overview The film tells the story of the Brazilian filmmaker, film director, director, screenwriter, film and television actor and media personality José Mojica Marins. The film features Marins (as himself) and his associates and family members recounting episodes of his life and career from childhood to international recognition in later years. Accolades The film received the ''Special Jury Award in Latin American Cinema'' at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. Cast * José Mojica Marins (as himself) * Mário Lima * Rubens Lucchetti * Conceição Marins * Nilcemar Leyart See also * ''Demons and Wonders'' * Coffin Joe References External links * * ''Damned – The Strange World of José Mojica Marins'' at AllMovie* 2001 films Brazilian documentary films Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Mojica Marins
José Mojica Marins (13 March 1936 – 19 February 2020) was a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, composer, screenwriter, and television horror host. Marins is also known for creating and playing the character Coffin Joe (loosely translated from Zé do Caixão) in a series of horror films; the character has since gone on to become his alter ego as well as a pop culture icon, a horror icon, and a cult figure. The popularity of Coffin Joe in Brazil has led to the character being referred to as "Brazil's National Boogeyman" and "Brazil's Freddy Krueger". Born in São Paulo, Marins made his feature film directorial debut in the 1950s with the film ''Adventurer's Fate''. He went on to direct the 1964 film ''At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul'', which is considered Brazil's first horror film. ''At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul'' marks the first appearance of the Coffin Joe character, a role that Marins would reprise in ''This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse'' (1967) and ''Embodiment of Evil'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Personality
Celebrity is a condition of fame and broad public recognition of a person or group due to the attention given to them by mass media. The word is also used to refer to famous individuals. A person may attain celebrity status by having great wealth, participation in sports or the entertainment industry, their position as a political figure, or even their connection to another celebrity. 'Celebrity' usually implies a favorable public image, as opposed to the neutrals 'famous' or 'notable', or the negatives 'infamous' and 'notorious'. History In his 2020 book ''Dead Famous: An Unexpected History Of Celebrity'', British historian Greg Jenner uses the definition: Although his book is subtitled "from Bronze Age to Silver Screen", and despite the fact that "Until very recently, sociologists argued that ''celebrity'' was invented just over 100 years ago, in the flickering glimmer of early Hollywood" and the suggestion that some medieval saints might qualify, Jenner asserts that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Documentary Films About Film Directors And Producers
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". The American author and media analyst Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception hat remainsa practice without clear boundaries". Research into information gathering, as a behavior, and the sharing of knowledge, as a concept, has noted how documentary movies were preceded by the notable practice of documentary photography. This has involved the use of singular photographs to detail the complex attributes of historical events and continues to a certain degree to this day, with an example being the conflict-related photography achieved by popular figures such as Mathew Brady during the American Civil War. Documentary movies evolved from the creation of singular images in order to conve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Portuguese-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a "sh" phoneme, so the derived Greek letter Sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''Samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ), "to hiss". The original name of the letter "Sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Independent Films
Brazilian commonly refers to: * Brazil, a country * Brazilians, its people * Brazilian Portuguese, its dialect Brazilian may also refer to: * "The Brazilian", a 1986 instrumental music piece by Genesis * Brazilian Café, Baghdad, Iraq (1937) * Brazilian cuisine ** Churrasco, or Brazilian barbecue * Brazilian-cut bikini, a swimsuit revealing the buttocks * Brazilian waxing, a style of pubic hair removal * Mamelodi Sundowns F.C., a South African football club nicknamed ''The Brazilians'' See also * Brazil (other) * ''Brasileiro'', a 1992 album by Sergio Mendes * Brazilian jiu-jitsu, a martial art and combat sport system * Culture of Brazil * Football in Brazil Association football, Football is the most popular sport in Brazil and a prominent part of the country's national identity. The Brazil national football team has won the FIFA World Cup five times, the most of any team, in 1958 FIFA World Cup, ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation page ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Films
The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first installments of the ''Harry Potter (film series), Harry Potter'', ''Fast & Furious'', ''Spy Kids'', ''Monsters, Inc. (franchise), Monsters, Inc.'' and ''Shrek (franchise), Shrek'' franchises, and ''The Lord of the Rings (film series), The Lord of the Rings'' and ''Ocean's'' trilogies. Significant non-English language films released included ''Monsoon Wedding'', ''Amélie'' and ''Spirited Away''. There was one film, ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', that passed over $1 billion in a re-release of 2020. The inaugural entries of the ''Harry Potter'' and ''Lord of the Rings'' film franchises prompted a shift in both the film and literary communities by propelling fantasy into mainstream culture, popularising Young adult fiction, young adult novels, and reforming the Blockbuster (entertainment), blockbuster to promote film franchises and cater to fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coffin Joe
Zé do Caixão , known in English-speaking countries as Coffin Joe, is a character created and nominally played by Brazilian writer, director, and actor José Mojica Marins. An amoral undertaker with Nietzschian beliefs, he is driven by his desire to have a son by "the perfect woman", believing that immortality is achieved through procreation, a concept he refers to as "the continuation of blood". He often resorts to murder, kidnapping, and rape to achieve his means, with his violent nature, atheism, and antagonism towards Christianity placing him into conflict with his largely Catholic neighbors. Despite his own disbelief in the supernatural, he often finds himself experiencing paranormal phenomena, including encounters with ghosts, Death, and visions of Hell. Initially conceived of by Marins to serve as the antagonist in '' At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul'', Brazil's first horror film, Coffin Joe has gone on to appear in nine more films, three television series, songs, music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demons And Wonders
''Demons and Wonders'' (original title: ''Demônios e Maravilhas'') is a 1987 Brazilian autobiographical documentary film by and about Brazilian filmmaker, director, screenwriter, film and television actor and media personality José Mojica Marins. Marins is also known by his alter ego Zé do Caixão (in English, Coffin Joe). In the film Marins focuses on himself in scenes recounting life and experiences in filmmaking, with much focus on Marins' many battles with Brazilian film censors. Marins began filming a second installment of the film called ''Alucinação Macabra'' (''Macabre Hallucination''), which consisted of scenes from his films mixed with video segments. Although all filming was completed, the film was never edited or released due to finances. Cast *Carmem Marins *Elza Leonetti do Amaral *Francisco Cavalcanti *Joffre Soares *José Mojica Marins (as himself) *Lírio Bertelli *Nilcemar Leyart *Pelé *Satã *Sílvio Santos See also *''Damned – The Strange World of Jos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubens Lucchetti
Rubens Francisco Lucchetti (29 January 1930 – 4 April 2024) was a Brazilian fiction writer, illustrator, writer and scripts for films, comic books and photo comics. Luchetti wrote more than 30 books under his name and over 1500 crime and horror fiction works under several pen names. He also wrote screenplays for films directed by José Mojica Marins and Ivan Cardoso. Lucchetti died from respiratory failure on 4 April 2024, at the age of 94. Screenplays Film * '' O Estranho Mundo de Zé do Caixão'' (1968, José Mojica Marins) * ''Trilogia de Terror'' (1968, José Mojica Marins), episode ''Pesadelo Macabro'' * '' O Despertar da Besta'' (1969, José Mojica Marins) * ''A Marca da Ferradura'' (1971, Nelson Teixeira Mendes) * '' Finis Hominis'' (1971, José Mojica Marins) * ''Sexo e Sangue na Trilha do Tesouro'' (1971, José Mojica Marins) * ''A Herdeira Rebelde'' (1972, Nelson Teixeira Mendes) * ''Quando os Deuses Adormecem'' (1972, directed by José Mojica Marins) * '' Exorc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mário Lima
Mário Lima is a Brazilian actor and film and television producer. He produced and acted in many films by Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins. Filmography *'' My Destiny in Your Hands'' as Actor *'' Adventurer's Fate'' as Actor *'' At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul'' (also: producer) *'' This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse'' (also: producer) *''Awakening of the Beast'' as Volunteer (also: producer) *''The Strange World of Coffin Joe ''The Strange World of Coffin Joe '' () is a 1968 Brazilian anthology horror film directed by José Mojica Marins, who also plays his alter ego Zé do Caixão (in English, Coffin Joe). The film is a collection of three short films titled ...'', segment '' The Dollmaker'' as burglar/rapist *'' Trilogy of Terror (1968 film)'' (actor, production assistant) ''Macabre Nightmare'' *'' The Prophet of Hunger'' as Actor (also: continuity) *'' End of Man'' as The lover *'' Embodiment of Evil'' as Funeral attendee References External links *Mário ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with 423,234 combined in-person and online viewership in 2023. The festival has acted as a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival consists of competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Sundance Kids, From the Collection, Premieres, and Documentary Premieres. The festival was established in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival. The festival moved to nearby Park City, Utah, in 1981 and was renamed the US Film and Video Festival. It was renamed the Sundance Film Festival in 1991. From its inception through 2025, the festival took place every January in Utah. In March 2025, it was ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
