Nonexistence as non-complicity: Um Dia na Vida (2010), by Eduardo Coutinho

Authors

  • Fabio Cardoso Andrade New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Cinema Studies, 10003, Nova Iorque

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14591/aniki.v5n2.411

Keywords:

Eduardo Coutinho, Brazilian cinema, Brazilian television, Cinema and television, Documentary, Appropriation film, Compilation film

Abstract

"Um Dia na Vida" (2010) is a Brazilian documentary directed by Eduardo Coutinho, composed exclusively of footage appropriated from Brazilian free-to-air television channels. Due to copyright restrictions, the movie never had a traditional theatrical or home video release. "Um Dia na Vida" raises discussions of neo-liberal aesthetics and the Nova República, the regime that lasted from 1985 to 2015. Pushed to illegality, the second-to-last film finished by Eduardo Coutinho found alternative modes of circulation that embrace a history of cinematic exhibition, from the illustrated lectures to peer-to-peer online sharing.

Author Biography

Fabio Cardoso Andrade, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Cinema Studies, 10003, Nova Iorque

PhD student in Cinema Studies at New York University, funded by CAPES/Fulbright, Andrade holds an MFA in Screenwriting from Columbia University. He is a film critic and director, and was also chief editor to Cinética magazine between 2010 and 2017.

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Published

2018-07-14

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2018): Brazilian cinema in the neoliberal age

Section

Special Section