Maíra Mello
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Maíra Mello
Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare.
'Beijing Is a Nightmare'
... See more“Childhood is long and narrow like a coffin, and you can't get out of it on your own. It's there all the time and everyone can see it just as clearly as you can see Pretty Ludvig's harelip. It's the same with him as with Pretty Lili, who's so ugly you can't imagine she ever had a mother. Everything that is ugly or unfortunate is called beautiful,
... See more“Eu gosto do espaço entre as línguas, porque é um lugar de erro ou de equívoco, de dizer as coisas não tão bem quanto se gostaria ou de não conseguir dizê-las de jeito nenhum. E isso é útil para escrever, acho eu, pois é sempre bom se desequilibrar, ser removida da complacência com que você normalmente se põe a observar o mundo e dizer o que
Translation and Languages
I make movies because writing was too big a risk.
Mother Lode: Chantal Akerman's Maternal Portraiture | Current | The ...
Meshes of the Afternoon is my point of departure. I am not ashamed of it, for I think that, as a film, it stands up very well. From the point of view of my own development, I cannot help but be gently proud that that first film — that point of departure — had such relatively solid footing. This is due to two major facts: first, to the fact that I... See more
The Principle of Infinite Pains: Legendary Filmmaker Maya Deren on Cinema, Life, and Her Advice to Aspiring Filmmakers
cinema is also a language in a way, and I think the main language we experience is the one of cinema. I believe I could make a movie with someone who doesn’t speak a single language that I would understand but, because cinema is a language of its own, we would connect in the best possible way.
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“Sou brasileira e acho que isso sempre foi a coisa mais importante a descobrir direito, o que é isso, o que trouxe comigo que só existe porque sou uma criatura do Brasil.”
– Socorro Acioli, Oração para Desaparecer
"La photo c’est la chasse. C’est l’instinct de la chasse sans l’envie de tuer. C’est la chasse des anges... On traque, on vise, on tire et clac ! Au lieu d’un mort, on fait un éternel."
— Si j'avais quatre dromadaires, Chris Marker
My roots in Brazil are very deep and I decided to stay. I also want to work in Portuguese. I speak English, but it’s not the same, you know. I don’t feel emotions in English like I feel like in Portuguese. When you say ‘mango tree’, I think just mango tree in English; but in Portuguese, it means my childhood, my mother’s house, the fragrance of... See more
Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles on directing Anthony ...
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