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Black Orpheus - Criterion Collection dvd movie. Home » DVD Movies » Art Home » Local » French » General French • French New Wave French • Comedy French • Drama French • Classics/Old Black Orpheus - Criterion Collection buy bestselling dvd movies, videos find reviews, ratings, prices List Price: $29.95 Our Price: $21.99 You Save: $7.96 Features • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • Subtitled • NTSC In Theaters : 21 December, 1959 DVD Release : 08 June, 1999 [ + Zoom ]   [ Buy Now ] DVD : Usually ships in 24 hours Black Orpheus - Criterion Collection description Marcel Camus's 1959 update of the Greek myth features an all-black cast and a story set in the frenetic energy of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Orpheus, a trolley car conductor and superb samba dancer, is engaged to Mira but in love with Eurydice. For his change of heart, Orpheus and his new doomed lover are pursued by a vengeful Mira and a determined Death through the feverish Carnival night. Camus at once demystifies and remystifies the old story, shifting not only its location but its tone and context, forcing a reevaluation of the legend as a more passionate, pulsing, sensual experience. The film is really one-of-a-kind, an absolute whirl that barely needs words. --Tom Keogh Black Orpheus - Criterion Collection Customer Reviews   1     2     3   ♥♥♥♥♥ keeps me humming all day I saw this many years ago and the songs haunted me then. I used the film in a class to show demonstrate how a short myth can be translated to film. I worried it might seem too old fashioned. The class loved it. The music and the actors were a beautiful as I remembered them. Even the comic scenes got laughs. Some of my students are absently humming those wonderful tunes.   1     2     3   Non User