Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso

A projectionist at a porn cinema in downtown São Paulo, makes his first film in Super8, an essay about the failure of a lifetime. The scenes from the films you watched intersect with the new images they capture, fiction and reality blending together, weaving a bridge between the past and the present.

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The Red Star Cinema

The Red Star Cinema

2014

The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

1896

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

2011

Blood of 1000 Virgins

Blood of 1000 Virgins

2013

Score: A Film Music Documentary

Score: A Film Music Documentary

2017

Caligari: When Horror Came to Cinema

Caligari: When Horror Came to Cinema

2014

The Crime of Cacaro Gumaro

The Crime of Cacaro Gumaro

2014

The Purple Rose of Cairo

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985

The Blob

The Blob

1988

Phantom of the Megaplex

Phantom of the Megaplex

2000

Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace

Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace

1996

Strange Bedfellows

Strange Bedfellows

2004

Poison for the Fairies

Poison for the Fairies

1986

Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent

Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent

2020

In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

2007

Großes Kino made in DDR

2016

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991

Tin Tan

2010

Cortázar y Antín: cartas iluminadas

Cortázar y Antín: cartas iluminadas

2018

The Dinosaur and the Baby

The Dinosaur and the Baby

1967