Mouth of Garbage Cinema
Encyclopedia
Garbage Mouth film 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 film
s, films of this genre are exploitational and often considered B movie
s. Titles often have instances of eroticism
and cannibalism
.
s, Boca was the center of a set of various genres of exploitation film
s 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.
Boca do Lixo
Boca do Lixo is the popular name given to Santa Efigênia area between the streets Rua do Triunfo and Rua Vitória, in Luz neighborhood located in downtown of São Paulo. Boca was usually characterized by its night clubs and sexual services establishments. The area was also home to a flourishing...
("Garbage Mouth") area of São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. On par with Italian
Cinema of Italy
The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...
giallo
Giallo
Giallo is an Italian 20th century genre of literature and film, which in Italian indicates crime fiction and mystery. In the English language it refers to a genre similar to the French fantastique genre and includes elements of horror fiction and eroticism...
and American
Cinema of the United States
The cinema of the United States, also known as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period...
slasher film
Slasher film
A slasher film is a type of horror film typically involving a psychopathic killer stalking and killing a sequence of victims in a graphically violent manner, often with a cutting tool such as a knife or axe...
s, films of this genre are exploitational and often considered B movie
B movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
s. Titles often have instances of eroticism
Eroticism
Eroticism is generally understood to refer to a state of sexual arousal or anticipation of such – an insistent sexual impulse, desire, or pattern of thoughts, as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality and romantic love...
and cannibalism
Cannibalism
Cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh of other human beings. It is also called anthropophagy...
.
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 pornochanchadaPornochanchada
Pornochanchada is the name given to a genre of sexploitation films produced in Brazil that was popular during the 1970s and early 1980s. Its name combined pornô and chanchada ....
s, Boca was the center of a set of various genres of exploitation film
Exploitation film
Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising. These films then need something to exploit, such as a big star, special effects, sex,...
s 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
Carlos Reichenbach
Carlos Oscar Reichenbach Son is a Brazilian filmmaker.With one year of age came live in São Paulo. He has studied in the School of Cinema São Luiz, where he was a student of Luis Sérgio Person...
, 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 BeastAwakening of the BeastAwakening of the Beast is a 1970 Brazilian horror/exploitation film by filmmaker and actor José Mojica Marins. Marins is also known by his alter ego Coffin Joe...
) (José Mojica Marins, 19691969 in filmThe year 1969 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980...
) - Matou a Família e Foi ao Cinema (Killed the Family and Went to the Movie Theater). (Júlio Bressane, 19691969 in filmThe year 1969 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980...
) - Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês (How Tasty Was My Little FrenchmanHow Tasty Was My Little FrenchmanHow Tasty Was My Little Frenchman is a Brazilian black comedy directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos released in 1971.Almost all of the dialogue in the film was written in the Tupi language...
). (Nelson Pereira dos Santos, 19711971 in filmThe year 1971 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music...
) - No Calor do Buraco. (Renalto AlvesRenalto AlvesRenalto Alves is a Brazilian actor, cinematographer and director. He was born in 1950 in Paranavaí in Paraná, Brazil.-External links:...
and Sady Baby, 19851985 in film-Events:* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.* The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out Of Africa, while the highest grossing film was Back to the Future.* Bliss wins AFI Award for best Movie...
) - 24 Horas de Sexo Explícito. (José Mojica Marins, 1985)
External links
- http://garylucas.com/www/blog/archive/2007_01_01_blogarchive.html
- http://picpal.com/somethingweird/cjoe.html
- Offscreen.com