http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2010aprjun/monteiro.html
>João César Monteiro (1939-2003) remains among the most indelible and unusual figures in the history of Portuguese cinema, a visionary and profoundly eccentric filmmaker whose unique contribution to postwar European film is only gradually being recognized today. A cosmopolite imagination tethered by a provincial attachment to Lisbon, a libertine with an obscurely puritanical streak, an unrelenting aesthete guided by an archaic spirit – Monteiro was a deliberately contradictory and difficult artist who obdurately resisted affiliation with any declared “school” of filmmaking.
>Raised in a devoutly Catholic family yet an avowed atheist as an adult, in many of his late films Monteiro cast himself in the recurrent leading role of “Joao do Deus”- named for the Portuguese-born patron saint of prostitutes, the infirm and fishermen but a wholly secular figure, a perverse Buster Keaton-like dreamer drawn to young women and possessed of a patient defiance of the established social order.
Has anyone seen his films? I bought a collection of his ages ago but never got around watching them.
Also can someone tell me why the collection is so expensive nowadays? I remember paying about 60€ for it. Now it is for sale used for almost 300€ everywhere: https://www.amazon.fr/João-César-Monteiro-Lintégralité-Coffret/dp/B00015VOMW/
>>79810675
No one?
>>79810675
just download his flicks from kg or ptp
>>79812772
>>79810675
There's a lot of youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4yDr88BU-Y
>visionary
>>79812772
I have them all here on DVD but are they worth watching?
Looks good, thanks for the rec, OP.
>>79811561
I've seen a couple of them. They're very dense and difficult to get through if youre not super into his style. I'd say start with God's comedy then move up the trilogy. Recollections of his is favorite of mine. You might end up finding everyhting on youtube, if not then rutracker is your best bet, implying youre not on kg
>>79814250
Is there any director or art style/period you would compare him to?
Contrary to the other anon, i wouldn't recommend starting with God's comedy, start chronologically, the first two (Veredas and Silvestre) are probably his best, and the style in both is easy to follow, not to mention they are beautiful films.
He's a very talented filmmaker, but I found some of his films to be hard to get into, a lot of deep stuff and lit references.
>JCM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Ot_fnU6xk
Nevar forget.
>Are you glad for this premiere? This lady just congratulated you!
>Yeah, it's my birthday.
>It's your birthday today?
>Yeah.
>But people are saying-
>People can go fuck themselves
Kek.
>>79814511
I wonder why the box is so expensive nowadays? It doesn't strike me as anything special. Pic related are the films I have here
>>79814408
eh..not really. He stars in the majority of his movies, so he's the main main in every scene. If you can get by that major ego thing he has, his style is rewarding. His films are usually filled with sexual themes. Give him a go, start with god's comedy.
>>79814703
Is he well known in Portugal mainstream cinema? Because I asked my Portuguese teacher in university and she never heard of him.
>>79814830
haha no he isn't. I'm not portugese though, but he's nowhere on the popularity level of Oliveira. Maybe close to pedro costa. I've done a lot of research on this guy and he's pretty obscure considering a lot of articles just end up repeating his wiki entries. Anyway have fun with his work, youll adore him if youve got a kinky side, especially his later films
>>79810675
Good rec, thanks anon
Any other Portuguese filmmaker recs? The only one I have is Pedro Costa
>>79814587
are you trying to make me jealous? that's what you're doing anon ;__;
Fuck me anon that's an amazing set.
>>79815148
de Oliveira
Antonio Reis & Margarita Cordeiro
Rocha