Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck/Porky Pig Merrie Melodies cartoon, the 1952 Cracked Quack, directed by Friz Freleng.
The base the stuffed duck is mounted on says " Black Duck" with the scientific name Ilex opaca , which is actually the scientific name for the American Holly plant. The scientific name for the American black duck is Anas rubripes.
Before the start of our feature presentation, the staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to share with you this wonderful video in which Alfred Hitchcock is the villain of his own films.
Fabrice Mathieu used special effects and clips from 30 films to create this excellent short film.
We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's film is the 1964 Brazilian drama, Black God, White Devil (Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol), directed by Glauber Rocha, and starring Othon Bastos, Maurício do Valle, Yoná Magalhães, and Geraldo Del Rey. The film belongs to the Cinema Novo movement, addressing the socio-political problems of 1960s Brazil. The highly symbolic plot perfectly blends with a soundtrack, especially Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras. Stylized performances, handheld camera shots, elliptical editing, and nonsynchronous sound disrupt traditional viewing habits, but lead to the haunting finale. The film is still powerful and theological and sociopolitical allegories resonate just as much today as it did in 1964. So please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and sit back, get comfortable and enjoy watching this very original work, Black God, White Devil.
In the scene where we see Manuel (Geraldo Del Rey) carrying a huge stone over his head while climbing Monte Santo on his knees, Del Rey insisted on carrying a real stone that weighted over 20 kilos - something that really worried director Glauber Rocha. After the shooting, Del Rey had to take 2 days off, as he wasn't in condition to show up.
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