Sunday, November 13, 2011

O Gigante da América (1978)

Loosely based on Dante's Comedy, it features a man's journey through hell, purgatory and heaven, even if the second is hard to distinguish. Hell is portrayed as a mental institution, heaven (or perhaps the trip to it) as a ship.

There is no coherent narrative. The style is based on non-sequitur, contrasting juxtaposition of visual and audio, grotesque presentation of sexual imagery, literary references, self-conscious theatricality, etc. The result is seldom inventive, sometimes comical, mostly dull.

Rating: 24

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