Mouth of Garbage Cinema

Mouth of Garbage Cinema

Garbage Mouth Cinema ("Cinema da Boca do Lixo") is the collective name for a film genre associated with the Boca do Lixo ("Garbage Mouth") area of São Paulo, Brazil. On par with Italian giallo and American slasher films, films of this genre are exploitational and often considered B movies. Titles often have instances of eroticism and cannibalism.

Background

The underworld of Boca de Lixo was an attraction for Cinema Marginal protagonists, most remarkably represented by Rogério Sganzerla's manifesto film "O Bandido da Luz Vermelha" (1968), that depicted the story of criminal João Acácio Pereira da Costa. The 1970s saw an influx of production companies to the area and producers such as Antônio Polo Galante, David Cardoso, Nelson Teixeira Mendes, Juan Bajon, Cláudio Cunha, Aníbal Massaini Neto made investments in Boca de Lixo. The result was "cinema da Boca", low-budget films of superficial content that targeted immediate returns of the investors. Although identified foremost with "pornochanchadas", Boca was the center of a set of various genres of exploitation films like comedies, crime films, action films, kung fu films, etc. Abolition of censorship in cinema following the fall of military regime, a wide range of pornographic films were added to the list as well. During its most prolific years, Boca attracted many notable directors among whom were Carlos Reichenbach, Luiz Castelini, Alfredo Sternheim, Juan Bajon, Cláudio Cunha, Walter Hugo Khouri, Fauzi Mansur, and José Mojica Marins.

Notable films

*"O Ritual dos Sádicos" ("Awakening of the Beast") (José Mojica Marins, 1969)
*"Matou a Família e Foi ao Cinema" ("Killed the Family and Went to the Movie Theater"). (Júlio Bressane, 1969)
*"Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês" ("How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman"). (Nelson Pereira dos Santos, 1971)
*"No Calor do Buraco". (Renalto Alves and Sady Baby ,1985)
*"24 Horas de Sexo Explícito". (José Mojica Marins, 1985)

ee also

*Cinema of Brazil
*Cult film

References

* Stam, Robert. "Hybridity and the Aesthetics of Garbage: the Case of Brazilian Cinema." [http://www.tau.ac.il/eial/IX_1/stam.html]

* Jeffrey Lesser. A Discontented Diaspora: Japanese-Brazilians and the Meanings of Ethnic Militancy, 1960-1980 (Durham: Duke University Press, 2007). Portuguese edition: Uma Diáspora Descontente: Os Nipo-Brasileiros e os Significados da Militância Étnica, 1960-1980 (São Paulo: Editora Paz e Terra, 2008).

External links

* http://garylucas.com/www/blog/archive/2007_01_01_blogarchive.html
* http://picpal.com/somethingweird/cjoe.html
* [http://www.offscreen.com/biblio/essays/coleo_caixo/ Offscreen.com]


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