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to be on a roll. As a bon vivant, only recently the author of Girl from Ipanema, started paying some attention to his diet and cutting on drinking, smoking and fat eating. However, he was in no rush to leave. Famous for hundreds of bon mots, Tom was the one who said, "If I leave this little and, oh, so nice plaret now, somebody will come and say that I am running from the IRS." A little more on the bitter side, since ie has been accused his whole life f having sold his soul to the US, he complained, "As Chico Buarque has said the other day: 'a Brazilian artist is
good only after death." The trip to New York, for what should be a minor surgery and ended up being Jobim's last journey, was supposed to be just a little stop before facing summer in Rio, from where he couldn't stay away for too long. "I want to die here," he said to a Brazilian reporter. "It's more comfortable to die in Portuguese. Anyway, how can you say to the gringo doctor, in English: 'to corn uma dor no peito que responde na cacunda!'" So long, boy from Ipanema. Thank you, Tom. Al que saudade, Antonio Brasileiro. R.M.
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Lolitas of the night
She gave women wings
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12 Little boys for hire
17 Mercosul is on
19 Here's the money man
22 Sao Paulo, where culture lives
Seven short stories by Dalton Trevisan Cover by Aylan Francesco
DEPARTMENTS, 6 Rapidinhas 14 Letters 46 The Cultural Pulse 47 Por ai 49 Classifieds 50 U.S.A. Calendar 52 That's Brazilian 54 BILINGUAL ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE
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RRPIIJIIYHRS Behavio
Last -November, 200 police officers entered a residential complex in Salvador, state of Bahia, to expel almost 500 families who had invaded the buildings. Nothing extraordinary if it weren't for the fact that 80% of the invaders were from the police force themselves. The condominium invaded, called Jardim das Limeiras, has 496 units but only 20 have being bought four years after its construction.,....The problem is the price. To acquire it •the individual has to show a minimum income of $700 a month and be able to pay $250 a month. The average monthly salary of police in Bahia is $200. When it was time for the eviction many police officers ended up having to expel their own family from their new-found home. Can you think about something to raffle? Some men from Sane, a small town in the interior of Paraiba state, answered this questions with four names: Monga, Anunciada, Adriana e Creinilda, four prostitutes. The winner had the right to take one of the women for a night in a motel, all expenses paid. The story came to the ears of public -prosecutor Newton da Silva Chagas, who decided to start an investigation. He soon found out that
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A bunch of naked people on a Rio 'beach has made feathers fly in a dispute involving a judge, Rio's Secretary of Environment and an Army Colonel. Alfredo Sirkis, the Secretary, decided to transform Abrico beach, not more than a 40 minute drive from downtown, into a clothing optional area. However, the naturists' paradise lasted only three days. Judge Moises Cohen prohibited the practice of nudism there and urged the Army to "restrain with the necessary force" those insisting on taking off their clothes on Abric6. Reaction from Sirkis. -We went, in one day, from cutting-edge society to Islamic republic." Colonel Luiz Cesairio da Silveira Filho, spokesman for the Army, reminded that the Armed Forces are in Rio to -fight organized crime and not disorganized naked people." Silveira even hinted that given the chance he himself would frequent the beach. Judge Cohen, who thinks that people should get naked only inside their homes, in his ruling called ridiculous the buttocks exposed under the sun. "You don't like demieres?" asked a reporter. "As a mortal I consider the bunda one of the prettiest parts of the body," he answered. "But it has to be a woman's burn/a." he swiftly added, in order to avoid any misunderstanding. C OR POUR AT our sa- uvidco 0 lEGISLATIVO
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S ientists at the. Santa. Institute in the US have concluded thaiiir not saying the414.4a:henannounces officially tla its Gross National Product tli (GNP) is $456 billion. There's a gross iinderestinittion there. lflain Joi;:c.Brazit's arøund $70() billion, 111.(1 this t,ikes into consider ation the inform ii 0 omy in the country. Lincoln Gordon, 81, who as US ambassador to Brazil from '62 to '67 helped to orchestrate the coup that placed the military into power, continues to follow from Washington what happens in Brasilia. "The country's situation has worsened since the 60's. Education, health, social security,
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History everything is worse. The last thing Brazilians would want is to enter into the world market with a cheap and uneducated work force. If president Fernando Henrique is God and if God is Brazilian, he is going to revive the idea of paid university, so there will be money for basic education. The MNIM (Moviinento MachAo Mineim — Macho Aftneiro (resident of Minas Gerais) Movement) — has been resisting bravely all the assaults from feminists and the politically correct fauna. Very- irreverently they elect every year the Machfio do Ano (Macho o the Year). Last year, they bestowed the title upon Nonato, a soccer player, after he, during a game. kicked a lady working as a referee aide. This year the title went to Itamar Franco, the Brazilian president until the end of the 1994. Why? -He started to court a pussycat half his age and showed her off to the whole country," said MMM's president Luiz Mario Ladcira. "Can you be more macho than that?" Two men from Rio, in some way connected to former Army captain and leftist guerrilla Carlos Lamarca, who in 1969 ' deserted from the Arm with a tnickful of weap ons, have tried a seat in Congress. Cesar Lamarca, the guerrilla's son, received only 2,474 votes and didn't make it to the
Repairing a wrong The Brazilian Bar Association, through its Sao Paulo branch, has decided to go to Federal Court to force the government to recognize that slavery was a crime against humanity and pay damages to all black Brazilians. -for being victims of plunder" all along the country's history. The action is being taken on behalf of Maria do Carmo Jeronimo, who was born in 1871, six months before the socalled "free-womb law" that declared free all children of slaves born from that day on. At age 123, proven by a Baptism Certificate from the Carmo de Minas parish, state of Minas Gerais. she is the oldest person alive, according to the Guinness Book of Records. "She is the only witness still alive that can testify that the slaves didn't have access to the rights of citizenry," says her lawyer Maria da Penha Guimarales.
House of Representatives General N ilton Cerqueira, who killed Lamarca, received 38,365 votes He got elected Another extremist continues seducing the electorate, Jose Guilherme Godinho, better known as Sivuca, has been reelected as state assemblyman in Rio. He is famous as a vigilante who created the phrase "Good bandit is dead bandit." Sivuea was also one of the founders of Seuderie Le Coq, probably the most famous death squad of Rio in the 60's and 70s. The gang was created by a group of young policemen to retaliate against the death of detective Milton Le Coq who was killed by Cara de Cavalo (Horse Face). Excited with the blood the Scuderie gave itself a license to kill. Riavan has Just finished work on Aroveno, his latest record The album has a special guest. Flavia Regina. the singer's daughter. The finishing touches were applied in the US by Bob &brig. the same guy involved in Madonna's and Michael Jackson's records.
Clothes
Secret is out The fashion makers of Brazil have decreed: panties and bras are out in the just-started new tropical summer, that is. they shouldn't be hidden by pants and skirts. The more daring girls are already going to the park, the ball field, and to the supermarket in their skimpy cover-little lingerie and nothing else. For those a little more timid the underwear can be shown through micro-skirts and blouses with generous cleavage. And at night, the intimate pieces are to be displayed through very transparent dresses.
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Since soccer star Romario said in the US. during the World Cup, that he needed to make love to his wife. Monica. before a game, to flay levalho (become light), the expression has become synonym of having sex.
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Brazil's economic crisis in recent years has aggravated Chronic social ills, contributing. to an increasingly dis, ;tatted ,distribution of wealth among Brazilians. As a,sad illustration of further social decay, the Brazilian Centerfor Childhood and Adolescence (CBIA) has recently estimated that there are about half a million girls -who:have turned to prostitution to earn a living. Some of these Children are as young as nine years old. - The prostitution of girls in Brazil is the consequence of years Of economic recession, and the law status afforded to women in the country: Because women have a limited aceess, to occupations and resources, they' are the ones hardest hit during economic crises, Since the 1960's, a massive wave of migration has occurred in Brazil. A large number of these migrants, who • eittiiie to the cities looking_ for work, end up living in Crowded Slums. As the number of slum dwellers grows, so dries the number of street children. Ttaditionally, the boys • have been the ones more noticeable in the streets; however, as more extreme levels of poverty strike families and the family support system disintegrates, more girls have been forced into the streets: 'Journalist Gilberto Dimenstein, who i the director of daily. Fplha de Seio Paulo: in Brasilia, has carried out
extensive investigations of the lives of street childteic: He suggests that poverty is the principalreasanniOst girls are forced into prostitution. In his: took WeninaS da Nolte (Girls of the MigKOinietstein Points out that some families farce their :oviin daughters into prostitution for food oradditional income. "Poverty makes promiscuity look-normal. Scenes such as the selling of daughters by their mothers and needle abortions Slap provoking shock and indignation. They becothe part: ofday.4,,,,to,„..day life," Dimenstei _ writes:„, mmigioursg FantilyE problems, not Unrelated to poverty: may SSG _ „ lead . the girls to prostitute themselves: For inStanee;Dimenstein notes that the majority - of thetgiris, he, interviewed come from broken liornek These girls -faced the death of parents, alcoholism, Or sexual abuse in the home. He also many girls denounced their stepfanotes thers 4. their main_ abusers. In addition, tradi— tionalzSoCial mores may also lead the girls into the streets, as when girls lose their virginity, they are ofien 'rejected by their families. For many 4iils The streets and prostitution present themselves as a way to freedom from conflict and violence at home, some girls are also fleeing boring work, and see in prostitution a way to earn More money and become more indepenWith .thp growth of the tourism industry.; selling their bodies has become a way for poor girl have access to the dollars 'of tourists. According to research done by the sociologist Ma4neWaz, with the support of UNICEF, in the city : of Salvador, Bahia, young girls are brought to foreign ships that anchor by the Bahia de TOdoS oS SAMOS: To avoid the scrutiny of the Federal PoJfice, the- girls head to the ships at night and leave just before dawn. According to the , report, same agencies send photos of Brazilian E girl* to E gauntries like Germany, Switzerland,: France, Italy. There, foreign tourists choose their companion for thp days they will be staying in SaNadoi. The tourists pay the agency in advance in dollars: = Ana Vascencelos, the founder of Casa de Pasiagem (Passage House), an organization do- , ing pioneer _ _ work with prostitutes in the city of r ReCife,'Pernainbueo, notes that as girls usually have few, marketable skills, sex becomes the only aveaue for survival. In a talk she gave recently ia Mill Valley, California, Vasconeelos explained the lack of alternatives these young wbinen haVe. 41n"my country the minimum wage isaround $ge dollars a month," she noted: "Some- times a woman can get $200 from a man who z comes 'On a cruise ship. ..You have to pay rent. _ You have kids. You have to help your Mother. How can you quit prostitution when you have much mere money, and then survive with minimum wage? Most of these children barely know, how to read and write." = In Ifininas do Nolte, Dimenstein denounces: the trafficking of girls who are forced to work as prostitutes in the Amazon region, especially in
mining towns. He explains the system of : pt bzndage under which the girlsae bt k t first, the girls are told of job openings, usually in a restaurant Or a luncheonette, in faraway regions. Upon their arrival, the girls are informed that they already owe the money for transportation, and can only leave after payingi t. addition, the girls have to pay rent for their room, and often receive perfumes and clothes from the owner of the brothel. Customarily, the girls have no control over the money they make, as their clients pay directly to the owner of the brothel or night club for "the services" rendered. Diseases such as malaria are very common to the region, and when the girls get sick and are unable to work they have additional expenses for medication and food, making it more difficult to pay the "debt- which only increases. In these places, the girls are stripped even further of any vestige of their human On the trail of the trafficking of girls, Dimenstein encountered a brothel in the city of Imperatriz , a town in the northeastern state of IVIaranhAo - with a population of 300,090 and a fluvial port, that auctioned virgin girls. He explains that as anew virgin arrives in the town, men come to the brothel and the auction of the girl takes place. Usually, sons of rich landowners are the ones to offer the highest bid and to gain the right to be the first. Escaping from these isolated places, which very often can only be reached by plane or boat, becomes very difficult'. The girls are kept under the constant threat ofmistreatment and violence, and, in many instances, they find no protection from law officials According to a 1992 article from Folha . de Sao Paulo po intlhieee in the mining town of Cuin-Cu state of Para, were receiving weekly; "contributions" from owners of night clubs keeping enslaved girls. The article said that the police were fully aware of the practices of the nightclubs, and even had a document signed by the police chief in which the names of the nightclub owners and the amount ofnlo y given by them were listed. There erealso charges that the Military Police, following orders of night club owners, chased victims who tried to escape from their captors, physically punishing them and evert causing their death. In large urban centers, police brutality against prostitutes is a routine practice. Usually the police arrest the girl. rape and release her. Vasconcelos acmiscuses some Policemen of provoking carriages during arguments with girls the street, by kicking the girls in their
stomach. In the streets, the girls are also under the threat of disease. Vasconcelos suggests that the government shares the blame for the proliferation of sexually transmitted diseases, especially AIDS. She says that the girls in Recife know about the disease, usually through television, but have no way to avoid it. Vasconcclos points out that the government tends to scare people with the message of its campaign: -Be careful about AIDS. AIDS kills!" But at the same time, it does not distribute condoms, a luxury article in the country. It is important to note. says Vasconcelos, that social mores and the discomfort that adults reel about adolescent sexuality limit the kind of information and sen'ices offered to young women. T his is an impediment to efforts that could prevent early pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases among girls. Vasconeelos, during her first experiences working in social programs sponsored by the government of Pernambuco, took notice of the taboo surrounding the issue of prostitution. "The government did not want to Work with girls, or discuss sexuality or prostitution," said the social worker. The consequences of the negatiy,:e attitudes that society has toward these girls are clearly reflected in their low sense of self-esteem that comes with the feeling of being rejected. Vasconcelos points out. The degree of low self-esteem and self-hatred is such that many girls respond to the general hostility against them by inflicting violence upon themselves. It is common for girls to cut themselves in suicide attempts as a way to ask for people's attention. Casa de Passagem, the brainchild of Ana Vasconcelos, is a meeting place where the girls can discuss the problems of being a prostitute with psychologists in private sessions, and with other prostitutes, in group sessions. The organization also offers food and shelter for prostitutes, as well as trade classes. Casa de Passagem has been recognized around the world for its innovative work with poor girls, being a potential -blue-print" model to replicate elsewhere. Self-empovverment is at the center of the organization's approach. The girls learn about their rights as children and as citizens. As Vasconcelos explains, they also learn about feminism, about women's rights and their potential as agents of social change. "You have to know that you are a citizen, that you have rights, that there is a consti-0 tution and it is up to all of us to make this constitution work,'' she states. At Casa de Passagem, therapy occurs in a holistic way. While each individual experience, fear, and anxiety is shared with psychologists and other women, each girl is given the opportunity to "see" the "whole picture," as Ana Vasconcelos explains: We begin to explain to them about history, . how it conies to be, how we count on something happening one day'. So we give them an idea of life. They all become revolutionary. They all become im'olved in changing history." 10
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tourism and death ELM r- IAA NASCIMEN1:0 In Recife, state of Pernambuco, the sextourisin business has encouraged sonic of its promoters to recruit minor girls directly from the schools. Accordirg to Attorney Olga CA mara, the director of the Child and Adolescent Police Directory (DPCA), some sturtznts have been lured through newspaper advertisements for modeling jobs and ended up involved in a network of prostitution. In Brazil, prostitution is not a crime. It is a crime to exploit the activit7:: as gigolos and madams do. The scheme of attracting tourism with sex has the backing of many of those businesses dealing with tourism, including hotels, restaurants, travel agencies and taxi drivers. Since the creation of the DPCA in July, three cases of sex pandering involving minors nave been opened by the public prosecutor. A S 11-Vey conducted in Santos. a port city 45 miles from ScPanio, has shown that 40% of the 10,000 girls- who work the streets there have the AIDS v:rus. Ivlare than 60% of them are between 10 and 19 years of age in search of opportunity and survival, these young women come mostly from the interior of So Paulo state and from other states like Parana, Santa Catarina and Bahia. About 70% of the girls interviewed believe that you don't catch AIDS waen you love someone. The :Ise of drugs, mainly crack, is prevalent among the young prostitutes, who, even if they have sex with three men every night, don't make more than three minimum IN ages a month (about $250). At least 60°A of these girls spend half of what they' earn to feed their drug habit. The same study conducted by the Nucleus of Community Extension from Universidade CatOlica dc Santos revealed that life expectancy. for these girls is 20 years. The newspaper Ft; iha de ,S7io Paulo interviewed a girl in Santos, who at 13 said she was trying to get rid of her crack habit and thinking about a modeling career. The girl wh.om the newspaper called "Patricia told the paper that she had started as a prostitute when she was 11 and used to charge $10 for oral sex. Another interviewee, Jessica, 18, said that she became a prosinute at 12 and by 13 she had been contaminated by AIDS, a disease that killed her mother, a prostitute, like herself. She talks about revenge when she has sex without a condom (she charges $2 more for that): -I pass AIDS to the majority of my clients. They pay to not use a condom. And most of them arc married.' Is she worried about her disease'? -No. The best time of my life happened after I was contaminated with AIDS. Now I lave nothing to lose.• NEWS from BRAZIL JANUARY 1995
Campaign Against Impunity During the past two years the ICRI (International Child Resource Institute) Brazil Project has developed a letter writing campaign in the US in collaboration with the Brazilian National Movement of Street Children. The campaign officially' began with the handling of 16 letters signed by professors and students of Stanford University. along with over 200 signatures of US residents, to the then Minister of Justice Alexandre Dupeyra t. The idea is to pressure the Brazilian government to punish those involved in the killing of destitute children and adolescents. The project has distributed over 15,000 post cards addressed to the president of Brazil with an African-Brazilian boy beside the Brazilian flag and an excerpt of the Brazilian constitution dealing with children's rights. For further information contact the ICRI Brazil Project at (510) 644-1000.
. Street talk Rio's young transvestites have their own vocabulary that uses many words of African origin.
Ahata - lesbian Ade - gay Aliban - police
Aquendar a neca do oco pay attention to a man
Ajeton - lunch Acorda, Alice - (literally: wake up, Alice) pay attention Acossi - money Aque - money Axe -cocaine Air() - dress Bata/ha - (battle) prostitution Bofe - man Bo/ado (a) - furious Colocada- (posted) on drugs Cocada branca - (white coconut bonbon) cocaine Cocada preta - (black coconut bonbon) marijuana Corre-corre- (hurry -scurry) car Dar a Elza - to steal (transvestite Elza was a thief) Desaquenda - run from police Dragilo - ugly Edi - anus Fazer a pista - become a prostitute Fazer o cliente - to have sex Felebe - money
Loinbada - silicone application
Mala - penis Margareth - marijuana Maricona - old homo.sexual
Mona - woman Mona de eque - fake woman, trahsyestite
Monoca - lesbian Montar - to dress up Muctdid - hair or W g Neca - penis Oco - man
Ore - man Paulo Ottivio - cocaine Pemba - cocaine Pista - prostitution spot Quendar- pay attention Taha - marijuana In Brasilia, prostitutes, police and johns share some special slang.
Barth) - a rich john Boceta de ouro - (I. golden vagina) young and successful prostitute Brega - prostitution area Caco - whorehouse or prostitute in bad shape Dindim - a prostitute's honoraria Fofadinha - sex act Nóia - a hallucinogenic Tia - (aunt) madam Tut/ - sex act 11
ittle S. rvive in the Brazilian city ungle, not all poor boys °me thieves and bandits, me choose the no less ngerous path of prostitution. EWA hA NASC1MENTO
.Theprestibition of little boys may be: less prevaathan that of little girls, but not less real. In a artiele,ueWsWeekb magazine 13(0 E gave a nitiltig.-portrait of the situation. According to clent of Orientation in Social Health (NOSS), connected 10 the World Health OrganiOn'§ Global PrOg_ram of AIDS prevention, the '&14 :Of Male proistituteS in Brazil are between 'And 24 years of age, haven't studied beyond first ide live with their parents and generally have another : . occupation as office-boy, clerk or salesentered in Rio, the study on male prostitution *Ws that the "program boys" or miches, as they II themselves, nninber more than 4,000 during bier; Rio's high season for the activity. Although more than 70% of their clients are males 35 ..:61oldet, these boys don't consider themselves mosexuais, alleging that they almost invariably *time the active role and don't refuse female roposalg. The NOSS study didn't consider the transvestites who t!'y to draw clients by dressing as omen and by enhincing their female features like reasts and hips. talks about two youngsters from Pernambuco, who-work as prostitutes as a way to helptheirfamihes One is F.A.T.(in Brazil, minors involved, in criminal activities cannot have their tilos disclosed hy the media), 15, who hides his NEWS from BRAZIL - JANUARY 1995
activities from the amity and explains, I don't say anything simply because I don't want to be confused with a queer. I respect my parents and do this only because I want to help them.' The other one. 14 year-old J.S.L, tells that he started as a prostitute when he was 12. "My father knows everything and he just asks that I keep being a macho man. For $2 or even $5 I can make a guy happy and help my father, who earns cry little as a bricklayer," t was in Recife, Pernambuco's capital, that Luciano Arnorirn created a project known as Meninos Que Transam corn Homens (Boys Who Have Sex WithMen). According to Amori who is also the president of the Group of AIDS Prevention. parents would rather have children selling their bodies than robbing. "Many clients pick up the kids at their parents' home and then come back to drop th.-:m off," reveals Amorim. A survey made by the Minors' Authority in Rio shows that in the first semester of 1994 there was an increase of more than 70% in the number of male youngsters between the ages of 12 and 17 starting a life of pros An overwhelming majority of these eases (more than 90%) has to do with children and teenagers who were pelled from home after their parents found out their homosexual proclivity. Rio's newspaper 0 Glob() inters, iewed several transvest.tes on Rio's sidewalks, gathzring a dramatic collection of statements. One of their, W., 12, who started to work the streets when ne was 9, to!ei the C'ari9ca daily, ,'11.i started this life after being seduced by a married neighbor before I was ten. Since then my brother arranged for me tc get the hormone Aimskin applied and went to the sidewalk of Avenida Atlanlea, in Copacabana, because my parents rejected me. If I don't struggle I'll stane. NEWS from BRAZIL - JANUARY 1995
lobe more attractive and to acquire a female look, boys as young as 10 are injected massive doses of liquid silicone by people with no training and in conditions that lack all semblance of hygiene. 0 (Hobo tells the story of an another adolescent who was also put on hormones when he was 9. "It all happened with the permission Of my mother, who desperately Ni anted to have a daughter." he declared. "She thought I was cute and wanted me to become a girl. When is 12, I was already working as a prostitute, but lucky me, I have found a rich farmer and today I am living with.: him." Another study has shown that more than 250 of these prostitutes were contaminated by AIDS, but the real number should be much bigger, since the survey was based only on boys and teenagers who have sought help in public hospitals during the last two sears
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"He is a better writer than I am." The praise. directed to Eduardo Graeff, was made by Fernando Henrique Cardoso, the new Brazilian president, whose long list of virtues doesn't include modesty. The compliment is still more valuable when we find out that Graeff is the man, who for the last 10 years, has been preparing speeches and newspaper articles for Fernando Henrique. As everybody knows, Fernando Henrique has taught at France's Sorbonne. He is considered one of the brightest minds in Brazil and perhaps the most literate and intellectual of all the world leaders now in power. In contrast to recent presidential ghostwriters in the US who have become constant guests on the talk-show circuit. Graeff couldn't be more secretive. After denying that he has ever written a word for Cardoso. he reasons, "A ghost who gives interviews is a contradiction in terms." But it's known that he has a keen ability to express what his chief is thinking. The partnership between the two started in 1968 when Graeff became a student at USP's (University of Sao Paulo) Department of Social Sciences in which the president was a professor. Ten years later Graeff was invited to work for Cardoso's candidacy to the senate, running for the PMDB (Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement). "1 was always the one running after him," he says, trying to dispel any notion that his closeness to the president has anything to do with Cardoso greatly appreciating his work. Born in Porto Alegre, state of Rio Grande do Sul, he was still a child when his father — an architect and one of the first professors of Universidade de Brasilia — moved to Brazil's capital. When the father moved again, this time to Bahia, the young Gracff decided to try his luck in Sao Paulo. That's when he met Cardoso. Graeff is normally reserved. serious and shy. He has never written a book himself and apparently hasn't experimented 16
Ghostly ghost It's not that the new Brazilian president is not a brilliant mind and gifted writer and speaker. But even Fernando Henrique Cardoso can't survive without a ghostwriter. And he couldn't have found one more tight-lipped than the one he chose for this task. RODOLFO ESPINOZA
with poetry as many other Brazilians have. His hobbies? He will not discuss about that. What are his favorite books? Not even that he reveals. "I work 12. 13 hours every day. That's all 1 do in life," he says. When asked for an interview he jokes, as in old military Movies, "1 will only tell my name, my post and my tag number." Cardoso's aide is so eager to defend his privacy and that of his wife and three chil-
dren that he canceled an announced New Year's party at his house in the mansions' sector of Lago Norte, in Brasilia, when the news of the celebration was leaked and published in the newspapers. According to these reports, the president himself would be present. Even though Cardoso was expected to spend his reveillon in Rio, the ghostwriter couldn't entertain the idea of being in the focus of the press. "My house has no high walls or strong locks." he explained. Those close to him, however, say that he has a fine sense of humor. A former oped writer for Brazil's leading daily Folha de Sao Paulo(more than 1.5 million copies on Sundays) Graeff has kept the habits of a good investigative reporter. As a journalist, he goes to the field for interviews with all the experts he can catch as soon as he guts his an assignment. Most of the time he talks to Cardoso's aides and with the president himself, naturally. A lap-top 486 kept in a black brief-case is his inseparable companion. Among the memorable pieces that have Graeff's touch there are Alaos a Obra (Let's Set to Work) and 0 Real e o Sonho (The Real — the reality and also the new currency created by Cardoso when Finance Minister -and the Dream). The first book contains Cardoso's government program. 0 Real e o S'onho was the name of a key speech that had seven different versions and was delivered by Cardoso during his presidential campaign at the Juscclino Kubitsheck Memorial in Brasilia. In a-recent ten-typewrittenpage article written for the newspaper 0 Estado de S'ao Paulo and ordered by Cardoso, the president had no qualms about signing the piece as being his. After reading the material, the president didn't make any change, not even of a comma. And that's when he made the comment, "He is a better writert than I am." NEWS from BRAZIL - JANUARY 1995
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The Brazilian auto-part try players in Argentina. ck and Freios Varga, a fb manufacturing their tu lits ahnte.eIre According to ADEBIM c',azi d$141s ia ir::.1,. the Mercosul Integration), loatei,00petation in . Argeh repre170itatoot;:odthistc14 ri 914,n biltri Wil es4...°4;.t".m0;:.--%,5: • 44,,z1. tf., less competitive.
unterparts. mple, one ton of wheat in Argentina to produce while in Brazil it might cost 215 Another sector of Argentina's that has substantially increased its trade run is the oil industry. YPF (Yacimientos ros Fiscales) is Brazil's second most t supplier of crude oil after Saudi Arabia. re over, Argentine shoe and textile giant argatas is carrying out a major reorganization !intended to strengthen its role in the Southern , Cone market. It signed a joint venturewith US ry accessories pany Piazza Her; ike that gave them licensing for production and zza for bo c inmercialization of products with that brand in acture its It means that all Nike products in ):11!t.14P;13 the giant rn iio#1fwill be produced and sold through an .7:11i,r4te !.'a f the1 tas subsidiary. e in k4 1)41=6$4ntinean capital is also being invested in ast year, BAESA, a leading bottling _America's biggest brewe bought a PepsiCo manufacturing plant , of the beer market in Argo . Iti neiro. They intend to invest in mod-10.00imtipany plans.L. *.$40.millionttlan • erni soon as current local contracts ex plantthere which the production. cheaper:. pire and tarazil's huge soft-drink market. increase the.: eipportu„.: . lost.its,saIes. In the future ....•••• The BraziI4., —entina trade which in 1991 was Intend to target.the:.O .ers.of Mercosul from its wortl$3 billihk*Ched $8 billion last year, and . . Tlitineair:factery.„.,:„.11 now e more optimistic predicting that by the OrtigO..,Sadia, „..71d?slargestfoOd- processing . end (tithe deCgtt it will $30 billion. '..18fith market* Jr'„froin New Zealand to Yemen, I an effort to boost further, the govz- diter 20 years. They have begun a ern nts of both countries have announced a • mpany Gratija Tres Arroyos and 9104.**tit li`ire.. 'Wit seret of measures4thdy.Olan to modernize their Genoa. an of $2.5 million to reinforce the induttry by new pp)S,Oe*:#(:':,. reduced taxes on distribution an .asystem -. of its partner. Sadia has been exported goods, investments ...in ports, airports -,rgentina and also buying the producjelling its P and highways, and personnel. t.taining to improve tion 001 jIn 1993, Sadia saw its revenues in services to exporters All Mercosul member counArgentina',gi $500 000 to $20 million. triest to foster development . oft.lie region, are - A mo deal was made by Tubos. e ConexOes pushing through an ongoing prii4itijation of some rer of.PVC.junCtions and pipes. Taking important government monopolies to revive their Ilurtibing-iriArgentina was still with troubled economies. . re:had..tOorganiie a school system to teach The Mercosul partners: halibeeitAiscussing engineers. and engineering students how to plans for the development of ucts....Before commercializing them for home connecting Rio, Montevideo...AnitBuenos Aires. N. iad toexplain its advantages . 'W means of a The plans include a 50 kilometer budge over the. campaign -11,:;iileint a lot of time and money Plata river connecting...:m***idoriolguenOS mcd and strong in its chances in that market. Aires. Transportation is .aOhiof issueitti.frienitate.:.•. ernc‘iiiiteans:good opportunity for big earnings to the flow of goods among the entsofthecconomy With inflation in Brazil down to important project already under construction is Ly single digit, banks unable to speculate, have taken system connecting the Tietkand Paran4Ettoistio. profits That why some of the biggest banks Brazil, the Paraguay river.:.:;ln .Paraguay!and tii . , ' ;Batrietindus.,.,Urribanco, ,Itan and even 'Parana and Plata rivers . itij..Argentina and ...rasil are Arielfigtheir capitat,Oir; ' between guay. So countries They have opened But the most deficient:arid:problematic tiq ; nos Aires portation system in the region is the railroad Not only bans• are investing ui the Me , Lilies are either ohsolete.ophave..been abandon* esAps Arentmean 43t , four couilK„-. . and : many yeag Moreover, w$ are very enthiislastz about what: Mercosul might generate in t differentsizes Orton' 90-ItiOir rm#:* . ,. . etin So terms of new 4emands lfyu walk into a citatcs integrnriona...tE- " . . • Paulo, Rio or Belo Houzonte (capital o1Mmas Gerais) iou *Ociii0**ii:iiaCbeen reignt.:y. .....triay be;surprise of etItmeall Sc.COlintrIesagirOyer2PaYears and there _ products on their shelves. Argentina's supericiencv in t `or e s.o ttirebellerieina short periditof " and livestock, place them ahead of grazil's doti 18 '4,'• NEWS from BRAZIL - JANUARY 1995
In November, the new Brazilian Finance Minister, Pedro Malan, gave strict orders to his secretary: from that day on, she wasn't supposed to buy him tobacco to load his three pipes, a collection he carries with him wherever he goes, maintaining one lit practically the whole day. It was a decision to abandon cold turkey a lifetime habit. "I have the will, you all will see," he promised to incredulous friends and acquaintances. Malan is still smoking. This is one of the rare negative stories that can be told about Pedro Sampaio Malan, 51, and it doesn't mean that he doesn't have a Benedictine discipline. As president of the Brazilian Central Bank - his previous job - he was known to arrive to work at 9 in the morning and not to leave before 11 at night. This man, who has a degree in engineering, ended up building a career as an economist - he obtained his economy doctorate from Berkeley - working in the public sector. Since May 1991, when economist Zelia Cardoso de Mello tendered her resignation as Finance Minister after a tumultuous and disastrous time in office, that post has changed hands seven times being entrusted to two diplomats and five politicians, none of them economist. Malan, who has a lot of diplomacy in his blood, brings back to an economic ministry, the expert in economy. However, he is better remembered by his former college classmates as the roaming heartthrob relentlessly collecting sweethearts than for his 1969 academic thesis "Insertion of Brazil in the International Economy.".
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smy to recognize that he was a leftist economist or at least center-left, and since has opted for another way." (Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr., an old friend who belong to the PT — Workers' Party.)
Words "The fact that income distribution is more egalitarian nowadays in the advanced capitalist countries can't be considered only as a result of the operation of automatic mechanisms. We have to consider the ability of these societies to compel the public sector to take certain measures of a redistributive character." (Pedro Malan in a speech on August 1978) -Our main problems are on the internal front. Inevitably we will have to go through a stabilization crisis that will allow us to restart our growth. We've arrived at a point in which there isn't room anymore for the gradualist option." (Malan on January 1990.) NEWS from BRAZIL - JANUARY 1995
The fact that now he seems to be accepted by everybody, from the union leader to the big executive, only serves to illustrate how times have changed. This Carioca (from Rio) has amassed a good collection of foes from his time as a professor of PUC-Rio (Rio's Pontifical Catholic University). In the mid 70s. Malan had a very active role in a dispute involving the economic model imposed by super-minister Delfim Neto during the military dictatorship and the so-called "economic miracle" years. Malan's criticism of that model ended up costing him his post at the IPEA (Institute of Economic and Social Planning), an organ linked to the Planning Ministry. In an article in Alovimento, a short-lived Sao Paulo alternative tabloid, entitled "The Tale is Wagging the Dog" - he used the English idiomatic expression that doesn't make any sense in Portuguese - Malan tried to sell the idea that Brazil had become a slave to its foreign debt and that the economy xas being mismanaged and overburdened to pay that bill. Persecuted by those in power, he and some friends took refuge at the PUC-Rio where they started feeding the opposition with numbers about the amount of the foreign debt and the growing gap between the rich and poor. It was during this time that Edmar Bacha — the president of the BNDES (National Bank of Economic and Social Development) in the new administration — created the famous neologism "Belindia", to refer to Brazil, which, according to Bacha, is a little Belgium encircled by a huge India.
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Tired of all the pressure and the The hurdles bickering, Malan traded Rio for New De-indexation - To end high inflation people and others dependent on Social York and accepted an invitation to for good, the country has to get rid of all the Security, are drying up. The sector spent work for the UN in 1983. Two years indexes that have been anchoring the $8 billion in 1988, $24.5 billion in 1994, economy. Indexes like IPCr (which con- and is expected to leave a red hole of $2 later he was promoted to director of trols salaries and rents) and UF1R (which billion this year if nothing is done. the UN's Department of International determines tax increases) are impeding the Changes here require alterations in the Economy and Social Affairs. In 1986 fatal blow at the heart of the inflation Constitution. he would assume the executive didragon. Taxation - Domestic products are rectory for Brazil at the World Bank. The exchange - Exporters have been having a hard time competing with fordecrying the strength of the real. Expected eign merchandise since Brazil opened In 1991, at the invitation of then to have a value equivalent to the American its doors to international competition. Finance Minister Marcilio Marques dollar, the Brazilian currency has been More than 50 tariffs make the domestic Moreira, during impeached president 15% stronger than the greenback. • On the product generally more expensive than Fernando Collor de Mello's adminisother hand, the real has been well accepted, its foreign counterparts. in part due to this strength. tration, Malan was trusted with the States - All the big states are deep in Privatization - Without the sale of state the red. State banks have lent more than negotiation of the foreign debt, the companies the Federal Government will $20 billion to their states. Only Silo same monster he fought during the not have money for its '95 budget. But Paulo owes $7 billion to Banespa (Bank PUC wars. many of these deals depend on congres- of the State of Silo Paulo). It's urgent sional approval. Even though Malan has been that Sao Paulo, Rio, Minas and Rio Social Security - As in the US, the Grande do Sul find a more balanced way tapped to a position just a few notches coffers for payment of benefits to retiring of living. below the president, his economic status has been deteriorating since August 1993 when he abandoned the post at the World Bank, with a house in Washington and a $10,000 monthly salary in exchange for the presidency 4221 Wilshire BI. #391 - Los Angeles, CA 90010 of the Brazil's Central Bank with a salary cut more than (213) 525-3300 - Fax (213) 525-1584 half, a house in Brasilia and the impossible mission of dealing with a monthly 40% inflation. RIO/SAO PAULO $629 It's very hard for a successful man to accept the ASUNCION $855 honor of being a minister in LIMA $629 Brazil these days. By law, his salary is limited to a little SANTIAGO $665 more than $3,000 a month, BUENOS AIRES $665 $1000 less than federal legislators receive. In compariECUADOR $715 son, presidents of the biggest NEW YORK $298 (AT) private companies in Brazil make more than half a milLONDON $465 lion dollars a year. $300,000 PARIS $599 being in salaries and the rest in benefits, around 13 times MADRID $529 more than the Minister will LISBON $635 earn. Malan complained about PUERTO RICO $489 that to president Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who pro"CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS APPLY!" mised to address the question. To accept the new post. Representing: VASP, VARIG, AMERICAN, he had also to leave his wife LADECO, LAN CHILE, LACSA, Catarina and two small chilAEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS, AERO PERU dren (Cecilia. 12, and Pedro. AND UNITED AIRLINES. who was born in September and barely sees his father) Valley Office (818) 785-8844 behind in Washington. CataOrange County (714) 520-4535 rina Gontijo Souza Lima, 43, is journalist and she uses the San Diego (619) 685-4080 couple's house in the US for San Francisco (415) 292-1930 the Creative School, where she teaches art to children.
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After years of being a distant third — behind Rio and the Amazon region — in the hearts of foreign tourists. Sao Paulo has finally come to the forefront in a bold manner. Several weeks ago. five major events were held simultaneously within the confines of Brazil's — and South America's — largest city. The Free Jazz Festival. the World Female Volleyball Championship. an International Film Festival, an Automotive Exhibition and a Fine Arts exhibition, captivated natives and foreigners alike, and depleted all available hotel and lease condo spaces as well. In fact, according to some sources, close to 20,000 others were unable to obtain lodging at all. More than 82 countries were represented, and Silo Paulo's Guarulhos International Airport was used to capacity. The 22nd Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo. the biggest expo ever in the history of the event, has just reclaimed the title of biggest art exhibition of Brazil with a prestige that transcends its frontiers. After some years of crisis and a massive investment of more than $4.5 million. the Bienal has opened its doors in November and December, with a show of more than 600 art works that reunited 206 artists from 70 countries. The interest in the exhibit was so big that 10,000 people — 2.500 were being expected — went to the first day of the event, forcing the organizers to close their doors earlier in the day to avoid overcrowding. This, when similar exhibits in Paris. Venice and New York are having a hard time staying afloat. -The good times are back.- exulted respected art critic and concretist poet Deck) Pignatari, 67. "This exhibit is very close to the one in 1953." he concluded. In 1953, the 2nd Biennial presented, among other works. Picasso's Guernica. It's true that in this lates‘ edition of the international art fair not everything was first class. Anyway, in NEWS from BRAZIL - JANUARY 1995
art, the tasteless and artless of today might well be the with a piece named S'olidtio (Solitude), the last painting of master piece of tomorrow. As magazine Isto E wrote in a the master. not very positive note on the art-expo: "The Bicnal even Some critics complained that Brazilian litho Oiticica. has paintings." whose work has been highly praised in Europe. didn't get This year's theme gives us an idea of the exhibit's a better exposure in the Biennial. "Oiticica is not being purpose: "The transformation of the support in contempo- presented seductively enough." said Adriana Varejao, rary an.'" Whoever• went there looking only for traditional painter and sculptor also participating in the art-expo. paintings On canvas (the conventional support) and the Many visitors, however. enjoyed Oiticica's space in the usual sculpture was very disappointed. This latest Bien- exhibit and gladly accepted the invitation to get inside nial was an invitation to interaction. At Lygia Clark's Tenda and Rilanviera. And the boldest ones even took their stand, containing some of the most representative sculp- shoes off to walk on the sand in the stand. ture of this world-renowned Brazilian artist, there was a But not by art alone lives the Paalista. The Automotive tell-all sign. "Please, touch." These two words probably exhibition at Anhembi. the annual Sala° do Automovel. might be used to characterize the whole event itself. drew huge crowds as well. More than 750.000 people One of the pioneers of art without support is the visited it. In 1992. 15 foreign companies showed their American Robert Rauschemberg, who started this aes- wares there. In this latest version, that number doubled to thetic revolution in the 50s. showing the trash the Ameri30. from bottom-of-the-line Korean models, all the way up can consumer society was hiding. Rauschcmberg was one to Bugatti's and the ever-impressing Rolls Royce. of the stars of the Biennial. But what was shown was his " The Film Festival was also heavily attended. and films latest vC$orlc.. which mixes photos, publicity and apparently such as Happy as harry (Australia) and In the Skin of innocent objects. His l'enus (Holland) The First Visit of Pedrew crowds of avid gasus to America was movie-goers. AnOne Of the highlightS of other crowd-pleaser the e4Shibit. cultural event was Most of the praise, the Free Jazz Festihowever, went to Meval. xican painter Diego It has been ycars Maria Rivera (1886in the making. but 1957) and Ukrainian Sao Paulo has slowKaZiniir ScverinOvitch ly been building a Malevich(1878-1935), reputation not only whose work Was Comas an industrial town pared by a critic as a that works, but also contribution to art simias a city that plays. lar the One Albert That playful characEinstein save to physter had always been ics. Rixem,beeame faclaimed solely by MOUS for his epic muRio — maybe unrals painted directly on fairly -- because walls and most of his many tourists never art is theretore unseem to venture betranSPortable,To' take yond Rio's beaches. Pablo Soares' s contemplating donkey Rivera's worktm BraA megalopolis, zil a work of art in Sao Paulo is Brazil's diplomacy. Biennial's International director Jens Olesen financial powerhouse, as well as a magnet for many immisays ,that he only was able to do this after "winning by grants from within and outside of Brazil. Sao Paulo is exhaustion." already the second largest city in the hemisphere and is Says Qlesen, "Before getting permission to bring closing in on Mexico City. It will probably overtake Rivera's*irk.1 heard at least 10 no's from the Mexicans. Mexico City in a near future. since the open. clean spaces •They said,that Brazil was not serious." To responde to the that surround the city are almost limitless. Mexicans concern about security, the Biennial had to hire During the recent shower of happenings, the events 40:sectrrittagents-, 140 policemen and 200 students to weren't the only ones to draw crowds. Sao Paulo's energyguideveoplo"and, in some cases, even to ask them not to charged night spots were also filled to capacity. Many of tooph some of the works not made to be seen by hand. the foreign visitors took towards Avenida Paulista and Even 'though the biggest stars of the Bienal were other major entertainment areas. Needless to say. the foreigners, there was plenty of Brazilian talent throughout overall impression of many who were questioned by Folha • the exhibit...About 23 Brazilian painters and sculptors Sito Paulo reporters, was that Sao Paulo was a city full participated in the event, and their roots — as well as their of energy and exuding prosperity. acquired influences ---- were highly noticeable in their Sao Paulo has never wished to enter into direct compeAdriane Guimaraes, Valeska Soares and Antonio tition with Rio de Janeiro. Patilisthnos enjoy visiting Rio , Dias, among others. were some of the most innovative as much as any tourist. But while Rio has been called the diCit#OIS.:GaliCho .(from Rio Grande do Sul) Ibere city for fun in the sun, Sao Paulo has shown that maybe it Camarso.'Who died recently. and is considered the great- is also good to have some bucks in the pocket. These events est Conteliporary Btaillidit painter, drew rave reviews and their success have proved it. • HLVv6 irorn BRAZIL -JANUARY 1995
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Art runs in her bloodstream. After many years of success showing her work in the US and around the world, painter ,Julinya Vicligal is embarking on a new phase in her career. And it has a strong dose of spirituality and the same recognized talent. LIANA ALAGEMOVITS Her talent vvould soon he spotted by a marketing and advertisement agency that offered her a job. The young artist used th:.. chance to apply all her talent and creativity to activities sometimes far from artistic, -I believe that the artist's inspiration cannot be locked upsays the painter, NV hose mastery of illustration was vital to her incipient career in advertising. "I also believe that an artist should have the freedom to work in whatever field he or she desires. even if this means working in a job as commercial as marketing. What we have to do is to unite the useful with the pleasurable.'" After 15 years of dedication to her first love, painting. Julinya confides that she is still in love and still eager to learn new secrets every day of this life-long companion. For her -it was a thrill NV hen she discovered about the aesthetic potential
From her first steps in the art world, Julinya Vidigal (she alterec her name. which was Julinlia. so Americans woi_ld have an easier time pronouncing it), a Brazilian with a soft and mellovv voice, daughter of Belgium and Portuguese parents. has been port -aynig NV omen in an enticing, expressive and creative way. The female individual in the artist's work is not an object but character in full transmutation. Raised in Sao Faulo. with a 1)aulista heart, Juliny a has devoted her life to art since her early youth. Her first drawings drafting her child life and depicting her family and friends inmiediately drew the attention of her parents, N'110 CV er since have given her total support Following her intuition and calling. V.digal enrolled at Faculdade Armando Alvares Pcnteado. in Sao Paulo, where she got a diploma ir fine arts.
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of porcelain and clothing and started to use them as her canvas. She was on a constant high while learning new techniques to portray these materials. "It was a wonderful training," recalls the artist, "because I had to adapt myself to new materials. I used veiy thin brushes for a long time, which made my tracing more secure and precise." This Los Angeles resident for more than 20 years, who arrived to the West Coast by way of Chicago, Houston and Miami, today dedicates herself to oil painting on canvas. Now she is a respected artist in the US and lives from her art. She attributes her success to the opportunities offered to artists in the United States. "I believe the American market is always open to new talents," she says. "Americans buy plenty of works of art because the purchasibg power here is big, but Brazilians, Italians and French have a stronger sensibility in relation to the artistic information contained in each work of art." And it's not the US only that has been exposed to her talent. She has shown her extremely colorful, sensual and lively paintings all over the world. In Italy she has had individual shows in the D'Arte La Spirale gallery in Florence and Candid° Portinari in Rome, and has participated in Pescara in the International Exhibit of Contemporary Art. She has also shown her work in Cologne and Diisseldorf in Germany, in France and in Mozambique, besides having several exhibits in the US, including Florida and California. It's only natural that Brazilians have a soft spot for her. Some of her paintings are part of tile permanent collection of Pinacoteca de Artes do Estado de Sao Paulo and Sao Paulo's Museum of Modern Art (MAM), one of the most important museums in Latin America. Luiz Seraphico, ex-president of MAM, compared . Julinya to Panceiti and Guignard and wrote very effusively about her: "I was amazed by her control of such varied techniques and by her deep artistic comprehension. Such sensitivity is required to comprehend, metabolize and create works so diverse with such clear results. I was touched by the simplicity of lines and shapes, simple but at the same time bold and of an audacity only attributable to genius." The quality, the sensibility, the exuberance of Julinya have been stressed time and again by the international press. Several Italian publications, including the respected La Nazione, talked about Vidigal's fine artistry. Il Tirreno, 26
a Florence (Italy) zwspaper wrote that she was one of the biggest artistic tal ,nts.of our times. But Julinya's favorite place to show herlwork is Brazil where she had her first . exhibit in 1990. To the 1993 ekxpo at Clube Harmonia, in Sao Paulo, Vidigal took a series of abstract drawings and watercolors portraying, the fentale soul and body. That all works were promptly sold is just further evidence of the painter's talent and popularit. Right now she has several of her works on exhibit at Galleria Affinita in the state of Parana. Her inspiration, Julinya confides with a touch of mystery, comes in dreams, fantasies and personal experiences. Says she, "My latest phase is an example of the maturity I've been able to reach." And she explains: "The eagle-woman that appears in . my works portrays the fragility and the beauty of the human.being mixed with the strength and the freedom symbolized by the bird." Vidigal's women are strong and sensual. According to the artist, they represent the inside of women and the yearning forfreedom that exists in every human being. -The eagle is an animal that has always fascinated me and the woman is always inside of me. That's why these elements will continue in my work," said the painter. She also likes to talk about her mystical experiences, such as the contacts she has with her guardian angel, a spiritual friend, who, according to her, she met for the first time in February of 1994 while staying at the Salesian priests center in Paris. Since then the angel has been a constant companion,, especially at times of reflection. Vidigal says that these experiences have deeply touched and transfermed her and her painting. -My woman is becoming a winged and angelic creature," says the artist, who promises an exposition of her work for this year. NEWS from BRAZIL - JANUARY 1995
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Someone informed about the pharmacy on the other street. They didn't carry Dario beyond the corner: the pharmacy at the end of the block and, besides, too heavy. He was left at the fish market's door. A swarm of flies covered his face, and he didn't make a gesture to drive them away... Dario stayed crooked as they had left him, without the wristwatch. Dario vinha apressado, guarda-chuva no brae° esquerdo c. assim que dobrou a esquina. diminuiu o passo ate parar. encostando-se a parede de uma casa. Por ela escorregando, sentou-se na calcada, ainda umida de chuva, e descansou na pedra o cachimbo. Dois on trespassantes rodearam-no indagaram se nao Sc sentia bern. Dario abriu a boca. moveu os labios. nao se OM m resposta. 0 senhor gordo, de branco. sugeriu que devia sofrer de ataque. Ele reclinou-se mais um pouco. estendido agora no calcada. e o cachimbo tinha apagado. 0 rapaz de bigode. pediu aos outros que se afastassem c o deixassem respirar. Abnu-lhe o paleto. o colarinho, a gravata e a cinta. Quando the retiraram os sapatos. Dario roncou feio e bolhas de espuma surgiram no canto da-boca Cada pessoa que chegavaerguia-se na ponta dos pes. embora no o pudesse ver. Os moradores da rua conversavam de uma p:?rta a outra, as criancas foram despertadas e de pijama acudiram a janela. 0 senhor gordo repetia que Dario sentara-se na calcada. soprando ainda a fumaca do cachimbo e encostando o guardachuva na parede. Mas nao se via guarda-chuva ou cachimbo ao seu !ado. A velhinha de cabeca grisalha gritou que etc estava morrendo Um grupo o arrastou para o taxi da esquina. la no carro a metadc do corpo, protestou o motorista: quern pagaria a corrida 9 Concordaram chamar a ambulancia. Dario conduzido de volta e recostado a parede — nao tinha os sapatos nem o alfmete de perola na gravata. Alguem informou da farmacia na outra rua. No carregaram Dario alert' da esquina; a farmacia no fim do quarteirao e, alem NEWS from BRAZIL - JANUARY 1995
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do mais, muito pesado. Foi largado na porta de uma peixaria. Enxame de moscas lhe cobriu o rosto, sem que fizesse urn gesto para espanta-las. Ocupado o café proximo pelas pessoas que vieram apreciar o incidente e. agora. comendo e bebendo, gozayam as delicias da noite. Dario ficou torto como o dcixaram, no degrau da peixaria. sem o relosio de pulso. Um terceiro stigeriu que lhe exammassem os papeis. retirados —corn yanos objetos — de seus bolsos e alinhados sobre a camisa branca. Ficaram sabendo do nome, idade, sinal de nascenca. 0 endereco na carteira era de outra cidade. Registrou-se correria de mais de duzentos curiosos que. a essa hora, ocupayam toda a ma e as cal9adas: era a policia. 0 carro negro investiu a multidao Varias pessoas tropecaram no corpo de Dario. que foi pisoteado dezessete vezes. 0 guarda aproximou-se do cadaver e nao Ode identifica-lo — os bolsos vazios. Restaya a alianca de ouro na mao esquerda, que ek proprio — quando vivo — so podia destacar umedecida corn sabonete. Ficou decidido que o caso era com o rabccao . A Ultima boca repetiu — Ele ntorreu, ele morreu. A gente comecou a se dispersar. Dario levara duas horas para morrer, ninguem acreditou que estivesse no fim. Agora, aos que podiam ve-k. tinha todo o ar de um defunto. Um senhor piedoso despiu o paleto de Dario para the sustentar a cabeca. Cruzou as suas maos no peito. Nao Ode fechar os olhos nem a boca, onde a espuma tinha desaparecido. Apenas um homem motto e a multidao se espalhou, as mesas do café ficaram vazias. Na janela alguns moradores corn almofadas para descansar os cotoyelos. Um rnenino de cot c descalco yeio coin uma vela, que acendeu ao lado do cadaver. Pamela mono ha muitos anos, quak o retrato de urn motto desbotado pela chuva. Fecharam-se uma a uma as janelas e, nes horas depois, estava Dario a espera do rabecao. A cabcca, agora na pedra, sem o paletb, e o dedo sem a alianca. A vela tinha queimado ate a metade e apagou-se as primeiras gotas da chuya, que voltava a cair. (From Cemiterio de Elefantes)
BLONDE 11113 AND SLACK SeerS As quatro da tarde na esquina combinada. Esperou alguns minutos, ela nao vina, a grande aventura dos cinqu"enta anos? No espelho retrovisor cis o vulto que se instnuava a sombra do muro. No sol de verao, casaco preto, botinha preta, alem da peruca loira. Abriu-lhe a porta. — Bern doida — gaguejou, ofegante. — Nao devia. Ele ergueu a ponta da luva preta, beijou-lhe a maozinha tremula. — Depressa. Meu marido em todas as esquinas. 0 homem levou a mao ao casaco, apalpou aqui e au. — Viu que loucura? Agora satisfeito? Imagine se... Ele arrancou, o coracao disparado. — De mim fez uma perdida. Para onde me roubando? Ainda protestava quando etc recolheu o carro no abrigo. — F hotel suspeito? Alguem me ve, sou muffler falada. Tremia nos seus bracos enquanto a beijava e fungava-lhe no pescoco. — Eu nunca o Joao enganei. Bern por isso mais excitante. Abriu oito botoes do casaco felpudo: toda nua desde a peruca ate a botinha. — Que vai fazer, querido? Tenha pena de mim. Eu nunca... Beijavam-se longamente debaixo do chuveiro tepid°. 30
— Ai. molhei o cabelo — dcu um gritinho. — Sc etc descobre, nem pensar. Muito brabo. Desconfiado etc so. Obrigada a desfilar de peruca e botinha ern volta da cama. Ajoclhado no tapcte, etc corrcu o kcho ate o tornozelo: — Ai, meu anjo. comne branco o teu pezinho. Esfregava o bigodao na perna gorducha; deliciando-se ao yet a pele q_ue Sc arreptava c os pelinhos que se ericavam. Tiyesse alt na coxa uma pinta de beleza? Nao é — intuicab? visab do paraiso? Milagre? — que tinha mesmo, olho negro de longas pestanas! — De num nao judie. querido. — Voce me pae furioso. As mais incnveis posicties que. sem pi-Mica. nao podia rcmatar. Docilmente eta seguia as instrucifies. franjinha no olho verde arregalado. Bufando etc empurrou a pentcadeira ao pe da cama, refletidos de corpo intciro no cspelho oval. A .pedido, insultado de comudo, veadinho, tarado. Esbofeteou-a de ma° aberta: filete de sangue manchou o travesseiro. Ter-lhe-ia queimado o bracinho Sc. no ultimo instante, nao suplicasse perdao corn mil beijos molhados. -- Quer mais. sua cadela? 0 que? Senhora honesta? Nao me faca rir. Uma bandida de caleada. Ha de me beijar os pes. Quem melhor na cama — ek on cu? — Ai, querido. Pot amor ganhou o que o Joao...desde a primeira noite...quis a forea! Longe &mars para se arrepender: espirrou-lhe no rosto contorcido de gozo a espuma do champanha. Deixou-a na mesmn esquina, abotoada no casaco, olheira escandalosa para mae de familia. — Querida — e the reteve a mao. — Quando a proxima vez? Esgotado o repertorio. o .preco de urn chicotinhnqual sena? —Nao devia...Uma doida. Nunca mats. So existe o meu Joao. Seguiu-a pclo espelho, que se afastava ligeira, a beta mistenosa. Qual o sett, verdadeiro nome? Concederia novo encontro? 0 nao — csquecida no banco uma luva preta. Meia hora depots entrava em casa. 0 filho diante da televisao, a filha falando ao telefone, a sogra debrucada no trico. Afastou um cacho grisalho e beljou na testa a mulher no vestido azul de botinha. — Como foi de escritorio, meu bem? — 0 mesmo de todos os dias. E voce? — Fiz uma torta de morango. Esgueirou-se no banheiro para esconder os sinais da aventura. — 0 jantar na mesa, Joao. No quarto abriu a gaveta do camiseiro. Retirou do bolso a luva perdida. guardou com a outra. — Já you. minha yenta — e foi ocupar a cabeceira da mesa. (From 0 Passaro em Cinco Asas)
STREET CAR Solteiro, comerciario, ek Sc desespera na fila das seis da tarde. Na meia hora de yida roubada por esse bonde. Jose podia ter feito grandes coisas: beber rum da Jamaica. beijar Mercedes, saquear uma ilha. Pula de um pe no outro, impaciente de assumir o seu posto no mundo, NEWS from BRAZIL -JANUARY 1995
assimque o bondechegue — o navio fantasma fundeia nos verdes olhos. Nao d6i o cab no pe esqucrdo. nem pcsa o guarda-chuva no brag°. a um flibusteiro que bcbe rum cm cranio human° daria o Capita° Kidd desconto de 3% para vendas a vista? Desafia os vagalhOcs na sua nau Catarineta. cis que urn pirata lhe bateu no brag° e o herOi saltou em terra. — Scu moco. para onde Val esse bonde? —Porcem milhOes de percevejos fedorentos! Born rapaz. nio praguejou fcito urn excomungado lobo-do-mar. e deu a rota de sua fragata. Um moco —vinte anos. puxa! — corn a idadc do homcm de negocios. o guarda-chuva negra bandeira de tibias cruzadas. Nesse bonde que 'Unguent nao viu etc quer fugir para o longe, abandonando a donzela de cigarro na boca, tnste no cais. A seu lado, o barbudo Zequinha Perna-de-Pau c a palida filha do Vice-Rei da Ilha das Tartarugas boiam. naufragos como ele, atirados a praia pela mare. 0 velho dc olhos azuis de contramestre. um pacote de bananas no braco, sorri para cle. Na testa lateja uma espinha, ate isso! Morte aos barbes cornudos! Desfralda no crepasculo o seu grito de guerra. Todo vclhote um canhao de muscu. sentc gana de afogar o Corsario Mao-de-Gancho que nao o deixa se fazer ao mar. Corpo de cavalo-marinho. uma dama igual aquela. triste no cais, sopra inquietos ventos nas velas rotas de seu bergantim. Arrasta as correntes da ancora que enleia a partida: picdade filial. tcmor a Deus, devocao a patria. Em Vii0 vogava cm mare de barataria, o bonde que chcga abriu a gocla de balcia, onde Jonas esperava por ele corn um barril de rum. A consciencia de sua idade the d6i no cabo do pd. na cspinha da testa, nas VOZCS de sercias que cantam so para cic. A maruja ilea a bujarrona e o velho tropeca no estribo. derrubando o pacote. Sem orgulho ou dignidade. o pirata recolheu as bananas amassadas c subiu, perdido o ultimo banco da popa. 0 bondc joga no mar grosso, dele nao se pode ver o eCu. 0 contramestre rctira uma banana do pacote. é a segunda vez que oferece. De pd. no cesto da Ova, grita o Capita° — "Terra!", os telhados de Itaca tremulando ao longe. (From Desastres do Amor)
THE BIKER Curv ado no guidao la vai dc numa chispa. Na esquina da corn o sinal vermelho e nao se penurba — levanta voo bern na cara do guarda crucificado. No labirinto urbano perscgue a morte corn o trim-trim da campainha: entrega sem derreter sorv,ete a domicilio. E sua lampada de Aladino a bicicleta e, ao sentar-se no selim, liberta o genio acorrentado ao pedal. Indefeso homem, fragil maquina, anemic impavido colosso, desvia de fininho o poste e o caminhao; o ciclista por muito favor derrubou o bone. Atropela gentilmente e, vespa furiosa que morde. ei-lo defunto ao perder o ferrao. Guerreiros inimigos trituram coin chio de pneus o seu diafano esquelcto. Sc nab estrebucha aui mesmo, bate o po da roupa e — uma perna mais curia — foge por entre as nuvens, a bicicleta no ombro. NEWS from BRAZIL - JANUARY 1995
OpOe o peito magro ao para-choque do 6nibus. Salta a poca d'agua no asfalto. Num so corpo, touro c toureiro, golpeia ferido o at nos cornos do guidito. Ao fim do dia. Jose guarda no canto da casa o passaro de viagem. Enfrenta o sono trim-trim a pe e. na pnmeira esquina. avanca pclo con na contramao, trim-trim. (From Desastres do Amor) •
APPEAL Amanha faz um mes que a Senhora esta longe de casa. Primeiros dias, para dizer a verdade. nab senti falta. born chcsartarde, csquccido na conversa de esquina. Nao foi ausencia por uma semana: o batom ainda no (enc.°, o prato na mesa por engano. a imagem de relance no cspelho. Corn os dias. Senhora, o leite primeira vez coalhou. A noticia de sua perda veio aos poucos: a pilha de jornais ali no chao ninguem os guardou debaixo da escada. Toda a casa era um corredor desert°, e ate o canario ficou mudo. Para nao dar parte de fraco, ah. Senhora, fui bcber corn os amigos. Uma hora da noite cies se jam c cu ficava so, sem o perdao de sua presenca a todas as aflicees do dia. como a ultima luz na varanda. E comecei a sentir falta das pequenas brigas por causa do temper° na salada — o meu jcito de querer bcm. Acaso saudadc, Senhora? As suas violetas, na jancla, no Ihes poupei agua e elas murcham. Nao tcnho both° na camisa, calco a mcia furada. Que fim levou o saca-rolhas? Nenhum de nos saw. sem a Senhora, convcrsar corn os outros: bocas raivosas mastigando. Venha para casa. Senhora. por favor. (From Os Desastres do Amor)
aRA 1/67A RD Cr ELEPHANTS Ha urn cemiterio de bebados na minha cidade. Nos fundos do mercado de pcixe e a margcm do rio ergue-se o velh9 ingazciro — aui os bebados sao Mins. A populacao considera-os animals sagrados, prove as suas necessidades de cachaca e peixe corn pirao de farinha. No trivial contentam-se corn as sobras do mercado. Quando ronca a barriga, ao ponto de perturbar-lhes a sesta, saem do abrigo e, arrastando os pesados pas, atiram-se a luta pela vida. Enterram-se no mangue ate os joelhos na caca ao caraquejo on. tromba vermelha no at. espiam a qucda dos ingas maduros. Elefantes mat feridos cocam as perebas. sem nenhuma queixa, escarrapachados sobre as raizes que servem de cama e eadeira. a beber e beliscar pedacinho de peixe. Cada um tern o seu lugar. gentilmente avisam: — Nao use a raiz do Pedro. — Foi embora, sabia nao? — Aqui ha pouco... — Sentiu que ia se apagar c caiu fora. Eu gritei: Vai na frenle. Pedro. deixa a porta aberta. A for do lodo borbulha o mangue — os passos de um gigante perdido? Joao dispere no braseiro o peixe embrulhado em folha dc bananeira. — 0 Cai N'agua trouxe as minhocas? — Sabia nao? — Agora mesmo etc... — Entregou a lata e disse: Jonas, vai dar pescadinha da 31
boa. Chega de outras margens um elefante moribund°. — Amigo, venha corn a gente. Uma raiz no ingazeiro. o rabo de peixe. a caneca de pinga. No silencio o bzzz dos pernilongos assinala o posto de cada um. assombrados corn o misterio da noite — o farol piscando no alto do morro. Distrai-se um deles a enterrar o dedo no tornozelo inchado c. puxando os Os de paquiderme, afasta-se entre adeuses em voz baixa — ninguern perturbe os dorminhocos. Esse& quando acordam. nao perguntam onde foi o ausente. E. se indagassem. corn intencao de levar-lhe margaridas do banhado, quern saberia responder? A voce o caminho se revela na hora da morte. A viracao da tarde assanha as varejeiras grudadas nos seus pes disformes, as folhas do ingazeiro reluzem como lambaris prateados — ao eco da queda dos frutos os bebados erguem-se corn dificuldade e os disputam rolando no p6. 0 vencedor descasca o inga e chupa de olho guloso a fava adocicada. Jamais correu sangue no cemiterio — a faquinha na cinta é para descamar peixe. E. aos bngOes, incapazes de se moverem, basta-lhes xingarem-se a distancia. Eles que suportam o delirio, a peste, o fel na lingua, o mormaco, as caimbras de sangue,berram de odio obtuso contra os pardais que se aninham entre as folhas e, antes de dormir, Ihes cospem na cabeca — o seu pipiar irrequieto envenena a modorra. Da margem contemplam os pescadores afundando os remos. — Urn peixinho al. compadre? 0 pescador atira o peixe desprez.ado no fundo da canoa. — Por que voce bebe, Papa-Isca? — Maldicao de mae. uai. —o Chico nao quer peixe? Tadinho! a barriga d'agua. Coin a pressa que permit= os pés tumefatos, aparta-se dos companheiros cochilando margem, esquecidos de enfiar a minhoca no anzol. Cuspindo na agua o caroco preto do inga, os outros nao o interrogam: as presas de marfim clue indicam o caminho sao garrafas vazias. Chico perde-se no cemiterio sagrado, as carcacas de pes grotescos surgindo ao luar. (From Cemtterio de Elefantes)
HERE'S SPRIN Joao saiu do hospital para moner em casa — e gritou tres meses antes de morrer. Para nao gastar, a mulher nem uma vez chamou o medico. Nao lhe deu injecao de morfina. a receita azul na gaveta. Ele sonhava corn a primavera para sarar do reumatismo, nos dedos amarelos contava os dias. —Nao fosse a umidade do ar... — gemia para o irmao nas compridas horas da noite. Já no tinha posicao na cama: as costas uma ferida so. Paralisado da cintura para baixo, obrava-se sem querer. A filha tapava nariz corn 32
dois dedos e fugia para o quintal: — Al. que fedor...Meu Deus. que nojo! Corn a desculpa que nao podiam ve-lo sofrer, mulher e filha mal entravam no quarto. 0 irmao Pedro é que o assistia. aliviando as dores coin analgesic°. aplicando a sonda. trocando o pijama e oslencOis. Afofava o travesseiro. suspendia o corninho tab leve. sentava-o na cama: Assim esta melhor'? Chorando no sorriso, a voz tremula como um ramo de onde o *saw desferiu voo: — Agora a dor se mudou... Vigiava gilt° a janela: — Quantos dias faltam? Corn o sob cu fico born. Pete e osso. pescocinho fino, olho queimando de febre la no fundo. Na evocacao do filho morto, havia trinta anos: - Muito engracado, o camaradinha — e batia fracamente na testa coin a mao fcchada. — Corn urn aninho fazia continencia. Ate hoje nao me conformo. A saudade do camaradinha acordava-lhe duas grandes lagrimas. No espelho da penteadeira surpreendia o vulto esquivo da filha. —Essa menina nunca me den um copo dagua. Quando o irmao se levantava: — Fique mais um pouco. All da porta a sua querida Maria: — Urn egoista. Nao deixa os outros descansar. Ao parente que sugeriu uma injecao para os gritos: — Nao sabe que tern aquela doenca? Desenganado tits vezes. Nada que fazer. Na ausencia do cunhado. esqueciam-no la no quarto, mulher e filha muito distraidas. Horas depois, quando a dona abria a pOrta. com o dedo no nanz: E que en me apurei — de se desculpava, envergonhado. — Doente tido merece viver. A filha. essa. de longe sempre se abanando: — Ai, como fede! Terceiro me's o irmao passou a dormir no quarto. A3 lavar-lhe a dentadura, boquinha murcha, o retrato da mae dcfunta? Nem podia sorver o café. — S6 de ruim C que nao engole — resmungava a mulher. Negou-lhe a morfina ate o ultimo dia: etc morre, a familia fica. Tiogiu de preto o vestido mais velho. o enterro sena de terceira. Ao pe da janela, uma corruira trinava alegrinha na boca do dia e na docura do canto. etc cochilava meia hora bem pequena. Batia a eterna continacia, balbuciava no delirio: — Corn quern cu briguei? — Me conte, mcu velho. -- Coin Deus — e agitou a maozinha descarnada. — Tanto nao devia judiar de mirn. Fechando os olhos, sentiu a folha que bulia na laranjeira, o pe furtivo do cachorro na caleada. o pingo da torneira no zinco da cozinha — e o alando no peito de rua barulhenta as seis da tarde. Sea mulher costurava na sala, etc ouvia os furos da dgulha no pano. — Muito acabadinho, o pobre? — Id fora uma vizinha indagava da outra. Na Wilma noite cochichou ao irmao : — Depois que eu...Nao deixe que ela me beije! Ainda uma vez a continencia do camaradinha. olho branco em busca da luz perdida, e o innao enxugava-lhe na testa o suor da agonia. Mais tarde a mulher abriu a janela para arejar O quarto. — Eis o sol, meti velho — e o irmao bateu as palpebras, ofuscado. Era o primeiro dia de primavera. (From 0 Rei da Terra) NEWS from BRAZIL -JANUARY 1995
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Like composers Michel Legra and Labo Schifrin, who decided to move to the US, Tom Jobini could also have left Brazil to become a millionaire in America. He was tempted to do so more than once. But in the end his Brazilian heart won. Het couldn't stand the pain of the distance from .. his familiar scenery• the beach, the girls, the at the theidle endhat of the day.bar table When heat came at the erld of November to New York, it was supposed to be visit, with plenty a short 0f time left to go back to enjoyRioim ue summer. jobirTI,s visit ended being his last. And Brazil's summer has become less sunny...: with his departure-
• The last ride of Antonia Carlos Brasileiro de Alirieida Jobim, better known to the world as Torn Jobim, through the streets of Rio was a triumphal one. A fire truck carried •his coffin covered with the Brazilian flag from the International Airport of Galeao, where his body had arrived from New York at 10:15 AM, through the streets of the city he loved so much It was a four-hour parade in which -8 rocas (Rio residents) came to the streets to pay their last respects to Rio's most revered ambassador. Sonic just stayed in reverent silence, others eNploded into spontaneous renditions of his most memorable songs. Most couldn't contain their emotion. Mary were dressed with Tshirts, from Escola de Saniba Mangueira and the Finn-in-tense -soccer club, two of Toni's passions. It was an end-of-spring sunny Friday (the sunWa$timid at first) like the ones he had celebrated in so many of his songs. When the truck passed in front of Churrascaria Plataforina, one of Tom's favorite spots to hang around, all of the waiters and clients we outside to wave their last good-bye. Almost everyostarted to cry. Hundreds of mourners were waiting for him when he arrived at Jardim Botanic° a jaiece ofjundgle inside „ the heart i Rio, a place where obimlove to go oth l lon4,walks. "Everybody dies, but Tom Jobim couldil 'f do that to us,'' said actress Tonia Carrero, one of a battalion of friends who went to the Jardint Botanieo two-story house iii which Torn had lived for the last ten years with his wife Ana Beattiz Lontra, his son Joao Francisco, IS, and his youngest Child, sevenMaria Luisa. January _ 25 he would have been,-68. At the end of the day. Irs body was brought to So 36
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Garota de Ipanema Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Monies Olha que coisa mais linda Mais chcia de graca E dc menina que vein e que passa Num doce balanco, caminho do mar Mop do corpo dourado Do sol de Ipanema o seu balancado é mais qiic urn poema E a coisa mais linda Que cu já vi passar • Porque estou tao sozinho Ah! Porquc tudo d tao triste Ah! A Beleza quc existc A belcza que nab é so minha Que tambent passa sozinha Ali! Sc ela soubesse Que quando ela passa E mundo inteirinho Sc enche de graca E fica mais lindo Por causa do amor
Fotografia Eu, voce, nos dois Aqui neste terraco a beiramar 0 sol jã vai caindo E o seu olhar Parece acompanhar a cor do mar Voce tern que ir embora A tarde cai Em cores se dcsfaz escureceu o sol caiu no mar E aqucla luz la embaixo Sc accndeu Voce c cu E ha sempre uma cancao Para contar Aguela velha historia Dc um desejo Que todas as cancocs Tern pra contar
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Joao Batista cemetery in Botafogo facing the Corcovado, another feature he praised in his songs, and placed close to some bossa nova friends like Vinicius de Moraes, Nara Leao and RonaIdo BOscoli and some other great names of the Brazilian Music, including Carmen Miranda Francisco Alves and Vicente Celestino. When his body was placed in the tomb, black and white balloons, symbolizing a piano's keyboard, were released in the air. The next day, hundreds of fans went to the cemetery for their good-bye. His tomb was covered with flowers. Topping the flowers there was a Brazilian flag that a patriotic fan had carefully placed. Among the messages from all over the world there was a flower arrangement sent by Frank Sinatra, It was the last page of a 27-year friendship. Thanks to the 1967 album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Johan, Tom had his prestige consolidated, In the most recent Sinatra release Duets 11, Jobim is again there singing with 01' Blue Eves "Fly Me to the Moon." In the first informal meeting president Bill Clinton had in Miami with Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso, before his inauguration, Tom Jobim was the main subject. Clinton confided that he loves to play Jobim on his sax and that Jobim's death had touched him a lot If the whole world lamented the death of the maestro. Rio felt the pain of losing a close relative, someone like a father, a brother, a son. It seemed like every Carioca had a story to tell about Jobim. Rio's governor Nibo Batista decreed a three-day mourning period. On Friday night, many of the more bohemian bars of Rio had little movement and the talk among those who decided to show up was Jobint's death. The old night spots of the composer were empty: Platafornia restaurant and Cobal bar in Leblon. as well as the restaurant Garota de Ipanema in Ipanema. Plataforma's owner, Alberico Campana, N% as in a state of shock. "I'd rather have lost the Plataforrna than Toni. The Plataforma is only my way of eating. Torn was much more than that."'He is considering a suggestion to place a bronze plate at the table Tom used to sit, the same way Hemingway was paid homage by the Floridita, the Havana bar he used to frequent. More than one waiter who knew about the drinking habits of Tom agreed that he loved to drink but not the point of becoming a nuisance. Arlindo Costa de Faria, 54, who for 31 year has worked at Garota the Ipanema since the bar was called Veloso. He remembers that the composer was a heavy drinker between 1966 and 1970. "He loved to drink chope (draft beer)," revealed Faria. "He would drink at least 10 glasses of beer every day. But, when he was high. he would leave graciously, take his car and come back the next day to pay his bill." On Saturday morning, workers were busy changing the street signs on the two-way avenue bordering Ipanema beach. The plates were made swiftly on Friday night. By a decree of Rio's mayor Cesar 1Cilaia, the Vicira Souto now is called Avenida Tom Jobim, a street that crosses, among others, Rua Vinicius de Moraes, Jobim's main musical partner and the author of The Girl froin Ipaneina's lyrics. Not everybody was happy with the change and there was a threat of challenging the change in court. Even some friends of the composer recalled that he would never have liked to be a street name. Musician Ricardo Cravo Albim, Tom's close friend, was reminded of a conversation he had with Jobim. over a beer, right after the death of Vinicius de Moraes. "Tom was complaining. Look what they have done with Vinicius. He has become a street. Now the cars roll over him and the dogs come and pee over him." The same Saturday _ just a few blocks from the corner of Jobim and Vinicius, the bar Arataca was busy the whole day. Tom used to go there practically
Girl from Ipanema Look what a lovely thing All full of grace It's she, girl, who comes and passes In a sweet swing, way to the sea Young girl of golden body From Ipanema's sun Your swinging is more than a poem It's the prettiest thing I've ever seen passing by Ah! Why am I so alone? Ah! Why all is so sad? Ah! The beauty that exists The beauty that's not only mine That passes all alone too Ah! If she knew That when she passes by The whole world Gets filled with grace And becomes prettier Because of love
Snapshot I. you, the two of us Here on this seashore balcony The sun is already falling And your eye Seems to follow the ocean color You have to go away The afternoon falls In colors it fades, it is dark The sun fell in the sea And that light below there Was lit You and I And there's always a song To tell That old story Of a desire That all songs Have to tell
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every Saturday and the friends had come maybe in the hope that he would still be there, that the burial the day before had been only a very bad dream. They came and sat at Jobini's table. There they were. actor:. Jose Lewgoy . and Antonio Pedro, cartoonist Chico Caruso, ...poet Abel Silva. When Jobim's good friend writer Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro arrived. everybody started singing Chega de saudade, a tune that has begeome a symbol of bossa nova, ilAnd then nobod... egnici contam their tears: JoAo Ubaldo reminisced, ';The things he said would touch his friends and then become' national folklore, as when he said that the only way out for; Brazil was the Galeao (Rio's. international airport). Toni was of the few great minds of. liBrazil, which now becomes': Igmuch dumber without him.. 7'..Ligia Maria Moraes, or.e of the many women who served as muse for the composer. talked:;:; about having repeatedly listened to L 'gin, the song written .;for her. "The mood here is fesWive, commented she. "He 'Wouldn't like to see us sad." ; At Garota de Ipancma bar,. song; , here Tom composed 'of same name. only nabitties;; Were able to get:.;a_table. The. gowners said theki$ad".:isymboli ••Q...a1.1v reserved the restaurant for Jobim and his frieacts. The .g.Soccer team of singe r-co mposer ittChico Buarci ue de Hollanda aengo ni stadiunt, EVent to the F1 with the players wearing black bands on their uniforms. The:§ game was organized to collect,, food for the Action of the 4...q.MgiAgainst Misery and for .EffePTin get.;;trtlocople had to; give four poM4g0Pgion per . ishable food'.'":1;;;r7;.Singers Caetano Vcloso and Gilberto Gil. who were presenting a show in Sao Paulo " tarted to sing -Sem Voce' ISq"Without You-) tor three. glimes, but they were never able 10.,.:finisl1 the Song. interrupted OWn tears. Gal Costa. and Maria Betliania also cried a lot. Bethania canceled her: i.;:..:Thursday show at Rio's Cane; ilea-o where she has had sold-out phouses•every night. ir Teacher *Fabiola Aranto dc Nliittencourt, 82. was the one 2;Who taught the ABC to Tom,. She remembers him as n restless seven-year-old leading the pranks in the class, coni-inn 7 ..;,otisly tapping on his desk and :;t.;;;];throwin4, papers at his colleagues. The only wily to con-trot Tom was to Place him on the first row." Bittencourt said she was always pestering Tom.;" who was left-handed, to write; 38
Tom talks "Every woman I don't have is a song that I make."
-I've dedicated my life to Brazilian music, because you already have French to wri..te French music and American to write American music."
-In Brazil everything is imported: I, you, the language, the Indians, the sugar cane and the coffee." "The, more my music is Brazilian the more they call me Americanized." 'Without any influence we would still be playing Indian music." "The praise comes from the people, the roguery from the intelligentsia." "In Brazil a song with one, two or ten years is old. Is, by any chance, a 10 yearold child old?" "I've never seen a more corrupt, more bureaucratic country than ours." "I'm not the one who badmouths Brazil. Brazil badmouths Brazil." "We have this misery mania. Brazil cannot see anything that works. Brazil loves Garrincha (a gifted soccer player), but it needs to learn to love Pete. Ile was a success and Garrincha died as an indigent." "If I wanted to live far from Rio, I would move to Sao Paulo. here's a city that has piano in studio and talks the same language."I'M already at that age to watch the girls from afar. The bad part is the older you. get the prettier the girls become."I have no time to hate rock that's older than bossa nova." "Brazil doesn't end there in Ceara. It goes up to Alaska, up to Texas, it's
"My life is extraordinarily monotonous. I don't even have the purple robe that improves the biography of so many composers." "I don't know if I want to be immortal My wife doesn't want me to die. I, myself, I'm not in a rush." "Death in a plane that exploded in the air would be very comfortable. There are no pictures, no wake, no boring stuff.-
= with his right and. "Today this -would be considered wrong. Anyway, as soon as I turned around he would go back to writing with the left. That was an augury of the great pianist he would become,' said the teacher. She had a chance to meet her famous former student in 1977, through a meeting Errangcd 1)y a magazine. On that occasion. Jobim gave her an LP with the dedication, "Nothing like wings, sky's ocean. For Mrs. Fabiola who taugia me to read and to write, wittirlove from Antonio Carlos." The secret disease - Jobim didn't reveal the fact that he had a bladder cancer to anybeside his close family body- beside circle. In the beginning of November he had come tolhe same Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York where' he ended up dying, at 7 PM, on December 8, a 'Thursday. (On the same day of another chilly New York, 14 years ago, John Lennon was assassinated.) The composer owned a two-bedroom apartment close to the New York Metropolitan Museum, but stayed there very littre due to the cold and pollution- that made his children couh constantly, -On returning to Brazil, Tom said that he had underone an angioplasty ("They placed a little balloon, inside me,' he joked sy ith the reporters), a procedure to clean the arteries usinta probe with a little balloon inits extremity. The balloon is inflated and squeezes all the acCtiOnulated cholesterol and other dangerous substances against the veins' walls. The composer wasn't lying. During a routine check up for the cancer operation, the doctors had detected his coro nary problems and had decide for the angioplasty The probt, lera wasn't a surprise for Toni or his doctor, who for years had been insisting that Tom eat a more healthful diet. It's true that he had abandoned his 4 pFck-a-day cigarette habit, but he hadadopted cigars instead. As for eating, Jobim was a bon gcurinet. He never cut back enough on his fatty food, beer atd whiskey. Lately he had been trying to survive on wine alone, -but he had to have a r%hisky at least once a day. Circulatory problems were _ nothing new to Tom. Ile ha suffered from attieroscle at least for two decades. He went back to NeW York the last week of November with the intention of cleaning_ the area around the cut tumor. Once again, he went through an N'EWS from BRAZIL - JANUARY 1995
Corcovado Um cantinho, um viohlo Esse amor, tuna cancito Pra fazer feliz a quem se ama Muita calma pra pensar E•ter tempo pra sonhar Da janela ve-se o Corcovado Redentor Que undo! Qttero a vida sempre assim Corn voce perto de mini At o apagar da yenta chama E ett que era triste Descrente desse mural° Ao encontrar voce Eu conlieci o que e felicidade Melt amor
Aguas de Marco pau, e pedra o fim do cam inho F. o resto de toco f: um pone° sozinho E um caco de vidro E. a vida, C o so! E a noite, e a morte E o laco, e o anzol E. o vento ventando o fim da ladeira E a viga, e o vâo Festa da cumeeira E a chuva chovendo E a conversa ribeira Das Aguas de marco E o fim da canseira
Wave Vou te contar Os olhos ja na'o podem vet Coisas que so o coracito Pode entender Fundamental e mesmo o amor impossivel set feliz sozinho Agora cu já sei Da onda que se ergue no mar E das estrelas Que esquecemos de contar 0 amor se deixa surpreender Enquanto a none vein nos envolver
Triste Triste e viver na solido Na dot cruel de tuna paixdo Triste é saber Que ninguem pode viver de ilusao Que mince vai sex Nunca vai dar 0 sonhador tern que acordar Tua beleza e um avid() Demais prum pobre coracao Que para pra te vet passer SO pra me maltratar Triste e viver na solidão
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angioplasty before the surgery. The family knew the risks of the operation and decided to take its chances. The operation was apparently a success, but some hours after it he started having a hard time breathing and died with a blood clot in his lung. The day following his death, 0/o5o, Rio's biggest newspaper had as its main headline 'Tom may be victim of medical error". "Not at all," said his son Paulo Jobim, 44, who had traveled to New York together with Jobim's wife. "We totally, dismiss the possibility of a medical mistake. We knew his heart night not be able to take it, but the operation had to be done immediately. We couldn't wait." David Grossberg, Jobim's American lawyer, says that the doctors will have to explain why "the cycle of recovery inverted," provoking his death. Tom's insurance company as well Mount Sinai hospital are doing some investigation of their own to find out what really happened. Apparently Tom didn't trust his doctors. At the beginning of 1993, Tom was told about a bladder polyp by a Rio urologist, who recommended that it be taken out immediately through a non-surgical proccdure before it became cancerous. Jobimsaid then that he believed in spiritual medicine and would try it With an ultrassonography. in hand, he went back to the doctor some time later, It was supposed to be the proof tEat he had been cured. When the urologist insisted that the exam wasn't clear enough, Jobim ended the discussion saying , "You, doctors, you re all materialist. He used to frequent the Lar de Frei Luis, a kardeciSt spiritist center in Jacarepagya, Rio de Janeiro. In a November consultation with master Gilberto, who says that he incororates the spirit of a German doctor called Frederick von Stein, Jobim talked about his cancer. . In the second visit he underwent "spiritual treatment", prayed, and listened to spiritist texts. According to doctor Luiz Augusto Queiroz, the director of the Center, doctor Frederick's spirit had recommended that Tom postpone his operation in New York. Since he wasn't getting better with the spiritual treatment, however, Jobim, after consulting his family, decided to go back to the Mount Sinai hospital. Antonio Brasileiro - -How time passes! There's nothing that passes like time. We call this pastime," Jobim said this at the 2nd of November during a conversation with rieja's reporter Geraldo Mayrink. He was like that. Witty, enigmatic, sometimes sarcastic. 1-1. e had to endure lots of criticism before almost becoming a national icon. Almost, because when his latest record was released a few weeks ago, some critics went nit-picking through the songs and writing that the majority of the 15 cuts were :lot original. Even before the release of Antonio Brasileiro. Tom had already created "some 400" original songs. Even though he was still a child when he moved to Ipanema, Jobim was born in Tijuca, a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio. He was already a teenager when he started practicing on the piano bought,by his stepfather for his sister Helena. Jobim has lamented that he started this instniment so late, "I was already 13. If I had started earlier I would be a much better musician". He went to study with Hans-Joachim Koellreuther, a German piano teacher who had fled Nazi Germany and ended up influ-
Corcovado A little corner, a guitar This love, a song To make happy the one we love Plenty of calm to think And to have time to dream From the window you see the 'Corcovado Redeemer Ilow pretty! I want life always like this With you close to me Until the end of the old flame And I ho was sad Distrustffil of this world In meeting you I've known what is happiness My love
Waters of March Ws stick, it's stone It's the end of the road It's the rest of the stump It's a little alone It's life, it's sun It's night, it's death It's the noose, it's the hook • It's the wind blowing . It's the end of the slope It's the beam, it's the gap House warming party It's the rain raining It's the talk on the shores Of the March waters It's the end of the toil
Wave Gonna tell you The eyes can see no more Things that the heart alone • Can understand Fundamental really is love It's impassible to be happy alone Now I do know Of the wave that rose in the sea And of the stars We forgot to count Love lets itself be surprised While the night conies to involve us
Sad It's sad to live in loneliness In passion's cruel pain It's sad to know That no one can live on illusion That it will never be Never will work The dreamer has to wake up Your beauty is a plane Too much for a poor heart That stops to see you passing by Only to make me hurt . It's sad is to live all alone
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choIN tune that traveled the world. It was in 1958 encing a whole generation of av that Ioa-o Gilberto, his guitar and his voice would garde musicians in Bra?' I enter the scene and bossa nova would get its Soon Jobim- would discover work of Brazilian composer Heitof definite shape. But the new sound was far from Villa-Lobos, who wrote some classic the unanimous success it is today. Journalist and critic Jose, Ramos Tinhordo pontificated, “Daughpieces like Bachianas Brasileiras ter of secret adventures of apartment with the In love with Teresa Herinanny. think American music — which is irig about marrying her, unequivocally her mother — and convinced by his bossa nova, with regard to mother that he couldn't Samba do aviao paternity, lives until now the survive as a musician. drama of so many CopacaJobim started to study bana children, the neighborarchitecture, but never Minha alma canta hood where it was born: she went back for a second Vejo o Rio de Janeiro doesn't know who her father year in college. Estou niorrendo de saudadc He had opted for Rio, teu mar. praia sem fim Some Brazilians never the bohemian life and forgave Jobim for being so the _just-surviving life Rio. VOCe foi feito pra mini ' extraordinarily successful. style of a caaaret Cristo Redentor,. He has been described as singer. To help ends Bracos abcrtos someone who sold his soul to meet, he used what Sobre a Guanabara the United States. He has been theory he had learned lambasted_ on the other hand, to make arrangements Este samba é s6 porque by those who saw his music for big names of the Rio, cu gosto de voce as too touristy or not socially moment like Vicente responsible enough. He has 1. Celestino, Dalva de Oliveira, Elisete CarAirplane Samba been criticized for singing about the beauties of women doso. It was at night and nature, for talking so that he could do what My soul sings much about love when he he really enjoyed. And should be engaged in serious then he would play I see Rio de Janeiro and more national themes. everything, including I'm dying with longing Tom had an answer for all of lots of tangos and IVRio, your sea, endless beach these people when he said, leros. Nobody wanted Rio. you were made for me -The Brazilian is the worst to record his irst comChrist, the Redeemer. enemy of himself." He could positions. He had made also be humble and say, As five of them with AlOpen arms all Brazilians of my generacides Fernandes. someOver Guanabara tion I was raised one as unknown as This samba is only because to talk bad about himself, who also hapRio, I like you me and good pened to be the husabout the others. , band of the woman That's why I've ' who used to wash his always made 11111clothes. And today no,%rquinhos (little songs). When I body seems to have -- not even To — the 78 rpms with his two first reig, drank. I used to take a chopirthw corded songs: "Pensando em Voce16. (little draft beer) and a uisquinho ("Thinking About You") and Incertcza (little whiskey), Everything in the ("Uncertainty"), whose lyrics were diminutive," Just recently Jobim has donated written by Newton MendOnca. With Mendonca he would compose many all of his American royalties to the other pieces including "Samba de tima fight against AIDS. In the past he Nota So" ("One Note Samba-) and liad a similar gesture, donating "Desafinado" ("Out of Tune"). Tonit money for the American Indian wasn't the greatest pianist or an ini4a:g citise.- An Indian chief came to him pressive vocalist, but as a composer he-. Ind said, You Indian. Toni was would. become the most celebrate& touched. A Brazilian journalist Brazilian musician of his time. wrote: -Tom Jobim now plays for Until 19.7)6, Tom was only known:. free to the gringos.- Tom became to a select circle of friends and con- furious, Jobim's consecration through noisseurs. That's when he met Vinicins de Moraes, or better, Vinicius reniem- capital of the world New York came bered him from a performance at the on November 26. 1962 with a show Clube da Chaye nightclub and went at Carnegie Hall. Despite the rain," looking for him to compose the songs the presentation was a sellout, with for Orjeu (la Conceicao, a play he 3.000 inside the theater and 1,000 wanted to stage. That was the begin- others trying to get in. The show is ning of bossa nova. They wrote to- considered legendary nowadays but Aether" "Chega de Saudade' ("No More seemed at the time more like a disasi " Blues" n the American version), Se ter with little organization and sound Todos Fossem Iguais a Voce" ("If in bad shape. It was enough, howEveryone Were Like You') and "En c ever, for many of the participants A invited to sign contracts with . were o Amor" ("Me and Love"). perican recording companies. The play would become in 1957. the classic French movie /3/ork, Sinatra. for exampl,e, fell so much in Orpheus with more original music' love with Jobim 's work that he tracked down the composer at the his already. with the bossa-nova beat favorite spot, the Veloso bar in , music sirnplebutsophisticated, cliartn-" lpanenia. to invite him for a musical ing and soft. The most famous one "Felicidade- ("Happiness-) a nielan-,:" partnership. 40
Commenting on cultural i:, importance ofJobini forBra--; zil, newsweeklv niagazmne 1/e/a wrote: -Torn Jf2bim.-. transcends the langua -le in which he is inscribed. He is the great Brazilian artist. He,.; is the Borges, the Picasso,--? the Beethoven of our shares. Our supreme revenge. In.:. popular music, Spain: gentina, Germany, Czdn't . have a Tom Jobim." In the last.few years the-'2,:' composer had talked of worry about conserving his work for posterity th1.--- way he imagined it, He even semi-.jokingly said that he' and his son Paulinho 'who knows how the music ;las to be played" should travel al-; ways in separate planes. The .; Tom Jobnn Songbook had its first edition in 199C. Tom himself carefully supervised the second edition, re ,eased in May 1994. and ccntain- • ing 12-4 of his most famous songs. Producer Almir Chediak, the man behi_nd theIi Sc)righook,re tilettbers , "When he finished the. work revising the last song, "Sem '1 Voce, which as made in.; Dartnership with Vinizius dei. Moraes, he conintented:..i '1101V I can die in peace
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among others. For the audacious dxer, the domestic service is the specialty. And he can spend hours trying to log small, rare, and difficult stations with the ultimate purpose of receiving a confirmation from, them.
Maybe you are one of these people who tossed aside a short-wave receiver because you thought it was good only to tune in to strong foreign short-wave broadcasters in a variety of strange and exotic tongues. I'll bet that wasn't a very smart move. Probably it wasn't the fault of the receiver but the lack of information on your part. If you are interested in listening FROM BRAZIL to some Portuguese music and talk from Brazil and other regions of the world you should start thinking of dusting that (Partial list of domestic service on short waves) old radio and putting it to a good use. How about doing some dx'ing? `Dx'ing?', you might Call # Freq. KW Name (Radio) Locality ask. What's dx'ino? It can be described as the short wave radio listening of distant and sometimes unknown broadZYF279 3205 5 Vale Rio Madeira IIumaita, AM casts. D here stands for distant and x, as in mathematics, for ZYG430 3325 5 Liberal • Belem, PA an unknown number, the incognito. It can come to you as a ZYF276 3375 5 Nacional Sao Gabriel, AM surprise, but short-wave radio is still serving millions of ZYF810 4755 5 Difusora Mar. Sao Luiz, MA listeners throughout he world, sometimes being the only ZYF904 4755 10 Educacao Rural Campo Grande, MS source of information for people living in remote regions ZYG790 4785 10 Caiari Porto Vent°. RO like the Amazon, the Sahara Desert, or Central Africa. . ZYG8I0 4875 10 Super Roraima Boa Vista, RR There are two main types of short-wave broadcasters ZYG362 4885 5 Clube do Para Belem, PA intended for public use: the domestic and the international ZYI•693 4905 1 Anhanguera Araguaina, TO service. Brazil alone has about 150 domestic broadcasters ZYF'691 4915 10 Anhanguera Goiania, GO in the short-wave spectrum. Very few people know, for ZYG361 4955 10 Marajoara Belem, PA example, that Radiobras, the communication arm of the ZYF275 4965 5 Alvorada Parintins, AM Brazilian government, has international radio programs ZYG595 5015 1 Pioneira Teresina, PI similar to those developed by Voice of America or BBC. ZYG853 5035 10 Aparecida Aparmida, SP These are programs of one hour and twenty minutes each ZYG360 5045 10 Cultura Belem, PA which are beamed seven days a week from Brasilia, the ZYE523 5970 10 Itatiaia Belo Horizonte, MG capital of Brazil. They contain a well balanced mix. of ZYE891 5980 10 Guaruja Florianopolis, SC Brazilian news and music and are broadcast in English, ZYE852 6000 10 Gauiba Porto Alegre, RS Spanish, German, and, naturally, Portuguese and their ZYE 521 6010 25 Inconfidencia Belo Horizonte, MG targets are North America, the south cone of South America, ZYE851 6020 100 Gaiicha Porto Alegre, RS Africa and Europe. ZYE725 6040 7.5 Clube Paran. Curitiva, PR From my house in Brooklyn, New York, I personalty Z'YE442 6080 5 Anhanguera Goiania, GO can tune in the domestic service of Radio Nacional da ZYE956 6090 10 Bandeirantes Sao Paulo, SP Amazonia and the domestic service of Radiobras from ZYE365 6180 500 Nacional da Am. Brasilis, DF about 30 minutes before dusk to about 30 minutes after ZYE957 9645 7.5 Bandeirantes Sao Paulo, SP dawn daily. It allows me to keep fairly up to date With the ZYE971 9675 10 Cancao Nova Cachoeira Paulista, SP news thanks to programs like "A Voz do Brasil" ("The ZYE768 9705 7.5 Nacional Rio de Janeiro, RJ Voice of Brazil"), "Esporte Total," "Jonial Nacional," ZYE365 11780 500 Nacional da Am. Brasilia, DF soccer games and music. ZYE850 11915 100 Gaiicha Porto Alegre, RS Thanks to these services, I was able to keep abreast of ZYE958 11925 10 Bandeirantes Sao Paulo, SP developments during former president Collor de Mello's ZYE72.5 11935 7.5 Clube Paranaense Curitiba, PR impeachment process, as well as the endless congressional ZYE955 15415 1 Clube • Ribeirao Preto, SP hearings and the recent presidential elections. ZYE961 17815 7.5 Cultura Sao Paulo, SP I am also often able to listen to Radio Bandeirantes from Sao Paulo, and Radio Gancha from Rio Grande do Sul, NEWS from BRAZIL - JANUARY 1995
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Sample of cover letter in Portuguese New York, 25 de janeiro de 1995. Gerente Geral Radio Inconfidencia Rua Paraiba, 575 Belo Horizonte, MG 30103 Prezado Senhor: E um prazer poder comunicar a recepcao do na frequencia de 6010khz no dia 20 de programa janeiro de 1994, entre as 11:00 e 13:30 horario do Brasil. Se Os detalhes da minim recepcao estivereni de acordo corn os seus arquivos, gostaria de receber uma confinnacao em cartao QSI, ou carta de emissora. Espero one estas infonnacOes Ihe sejam A tenc iosamente, RADIOBRAS In Spanish for the South Cone . In English for North America In English for Europe In Portuguese for Europe and Africa In Gennan for Europe 42
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Some stations automatically - send souvenirs to the listener. You don't really know what you are going to get. Domestic signals often unintentionally cross borders. To • listen to domestic stations all over the world, keep in mind that • sign on time is about 4 or 5 am and sign oot from 10 to 12 . midnight, their local time. If you don't already have this information on your computer, it's good to have a world map : that contains the world time zones. The international broadcasters are obviously easier to tune . in to, since they transmit with considerably greater power and sometimes use antenna space in the target country. These stations broadcast a variety of topics such as their political point of view, news of general interest, science, art and • religion. Some have programs that teach their ,nationql, an guage in short lessons for beginners, You don't have to spend a fortune to buy a good pan:able' • short wave radio. An analogic model costs between $75 and 150 and a digital will not cost more than $400. For five years, .'have owned a Sony ICF-2010 which is considered the most popular model in the world. For the most part, the telescopic antenna from the radio's own receptor is enough to pick up the f4fiignals of faraway stations, A wire placed outside can help, Be .7 'Careful if you decide to install a bigger wire on your roof. Place it far from electricity or telephone wires to avoid contact if the antenna breaks up, To find a specific station can liedgrItle the proverbial search for the needle in a haystack. To facilitate this endeavor, I suggest the purchase of a manual such as the World Radio and TI' Handbook or Passport to World Band Radio in a major bookstore, amateur radio shop or mail order. They cost about $20 and are re-edited annually. In these books •you can find all .; the frequencies, schedules, addresses and a lot of good information that will help your listening become more enjoyable. These are helpful tools because sonie stations transmit with weak signals. •I did log a couple of one kilowatt stations from Brazil. albeit for only a few minutes and some of them only . once. Short-wave is different from medium wave and FM. To reach its intended target, the signal has to surmount a number' of obstacles such as atinosphe:ic noise, interference from other stations, metallic structures and even solar conditions. The reporting of reception is practiced by many d.x'ers, who -send a prepared form with certain technical information about what they were able to hear to the station. In return, the management sends a confirmation of the dx'er's reception along with station or region's postcard, stickers, banners, schedules and invariably a tliniak you letter. These items are mllectil by the dx'er. It the card has a verifier signature it has *fibre value. These cards are called QSL. There is a society to preserve QSLs in the US. Your cover letter should include sonic details about you, comments and praise about the programming, and suggestions. It helps to send a photograph of you, your shack, your town.. Also, remember that small station's rim on a limited budget and ii it cannot be expected that they will reply if return postage is not.... included. Send a one dollar bill or an international reply coupon . (IRC), which can be redeeincrd in their.tiattntry for the value of:'..:; a surface international lette. These are the detailsto have a contimiation: the exact date of the transmission; the time (use their local time if it is a domestic station and GMT - universal time -- if it is an international station); exact frequency and station name, of course (the stations usually identify themselves on the top of hour or the 1/2 hour, Pt least 1/2 hour of programming Wgive pertaining information with special attention to details such commercials, phone numbers, names of songs, names of announcers male or female, etc.) It helps to describe your type of building, populational density of your area, how high your antenna is, name and type of receiver and antenna This will greatly help the technical :department judge their signal. Finally, don't forget to send the sinpo code (see box), especially to the medium to large broadcasters• Remember to be honest when reporting the signal quality. There is nothing to be gained by artificially "iinprovMg" your reception saying how strong the signal was, when in . fact it was only moderate.roryfeak, •1,11,1:111111,
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• It seems that nobody oes to Piaui. People don't know what they re missing. The statE has some of the mos beautiful, unspoiled beaches of the count National Parks,*an prehistoric sites. Her s a treasure for the eco-traveler, the amateur paleontologist and all of those who love nature. And Teresina is the place where everybody can be famous for much Ionge than Andy Warhol's 15-minute of faIne allotment.
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Piaui, one of the largest states in the Northeast. is one of the poorest states in Brazil, due to the Oppres. sively hot and arid climate in its eastern and southern regions. The odd shafe. of the state — broad in the south, tapered at the coast — due to a unique pattern of
:settiemèit which started from the sertrio in the south and gradually moved towards the ;q nI coast. The climate on theLitoral Piamense (Piaui Coast) is kept cool(er) by sea breezes. I you're heading into the interior. of the state, the best tittiklOr festivals and c0§1.hreezes is - during July and August. Absolutely the worst time, unless . you want to be sunbaked to a razzle, ,ts between September. and Decem ber usually bypassed by ougli--,Tta. v4I:ers, it offers superb beaches along its hort Coast; interesting rock formations and hikes in the ParcitieNacional•de.Sete Cidades; prehistoric sites and rock paultings in the arqnplaeionatdil$Ora dai0iPivara, which anki4s oneaot the top prehistoric monuili;entsc•in South America and the chance for •0:houndtik*Ililt:I4Cdro Segundo, the only• place in South ,lanerica where opals TERESINA - Tcresina the-capital' :0 Piaui, is famcdas: the hottest eity in Brazil -Promotional Aliterature stresses heat and yi itac e 'Even the .,:pcas more heats wtth blurb bites such ,Nind Here'ESn'te-0drtit„Teresina -- As Ho As Its People.' Its an interesting, quirky which $gentsAaddicteit, to ling a Middle Eastern slanti&lh&inMes ts streets, hotels and Oghts. ly7f..;.:-0:a1400#01.\‘'ho•-•"tiidiWbeen so rbing!VitiNfidscapesiiit2Ofie Gulf War on TV thought that Teresina would probably com pare well with Iraq for itS'tlimate;g4iiit ffirtxtply nothing ,:eittlVTIWeitv ifSetflis a Mesopota m ia of sandwiched,:between the R ,.Poty and Flo...;f0t4iba, and there:tititin 15:140ed like a pkiiik ;'. f:r.Orsiria is untouristed and tinpretitious and the inhabitants will ••:01' op you on the street to ask ' Where you from?' •::]::Iiikt.h.BritishA residents of Teresina instantly warm to discussion of the weather, Rnd.,:especially„:..of : their favorite O Caidei4Thtil-le at) , We recommendIgglA yearn for attention or *')..ttitt like to :feel famous for a day or so And there s got tg..s1;!fr.::.:ipV(othing good going for alFit.,,,IthaOhosts an anual festivatipr Unior! Information Tourist Offices !PIEMTUR, the state tourisntorgaiiiiatto Rua AlvaroMendes, l988*as helpful staff, 44
.4R117111 . and hap fwb6 appear 'delighted to see stray pily dole out literature and advice. It's open from ...am to 6 pm, Monday to Fricla. The.,::., :1BAMA office at Avenidayllorriero Castel0 Brancci-424 (Jockey Club district) was one of the!N most aCtIVe. we encountered in Brazil. Leaflets aboutl he national parks in Piaui are available here,. Monday t open from 8 -This state 'museum MU men "vided into a series of exhibition rooms devoted to the history of the state religious art populara, archaeology; fauna, fl0tiSitionerals: and alithie.:: tic assortment O antiquddPradios projectors and .other ancient wonders. Hidden in the corner of on room is a pathetic cabinet containing flat tifehie and scribbled notes from leitititititirVa flexibley„ term used, hereto describe a group at' independent hinkcrs Jo.yere wiped out by the governmentAn„. . 937. Admissioncosts40dthenu 8 am to 5 pm, Tuesday to Friday; and from -ai noon on Saturday .al*Sitnclay. A free guide is provided; in our case itwasadelightful wo9n who not only gave us a guided tO;iir of the museuriliibut also a "- cruel very detailed account of her 'family life ailftI grip that TV exerte4 On nerdaughter's cultural inter::Muscu de Artepidatiea apoinPlete cultural change ' , With Pi iui.'s;:e.4tilatlit' Line•]Middle East -- yetimOan visit this. museum's, collection of artworks:P t:frotrit the ancient civilizations of *Okria, BahigniBgyOtAgtitt more Opening horits::#rfrotti 7 aril toll pnt and froitittd*pin:::TuesdakIctik,, %Friday. This Palácio de Karnak Cre004R0nta*.gt:tgotOt,,, 4ioiieitothOlgqygxgciggg#4enc: paridti4ntaitied2ValtOble : :-:, wprys of - art ana,;:Antiques:::::iii-the late 80s, the outgoing goyermr. mado*tuick exit together With the contents, and the buildIng baa been lef deteriorate. Centro A rtesattal forartesanatofttgligiatii isa pleas ant speVKION0foWiSO.amongfihdp, which sell lea ther :articles;7furniture made from fibbers, extremely.: intricate lacework, colorful hammocks, opals and soapStone (from Pedro Segundo), and liqueurs and sweets made from gempapo, cap, maraciifk*icilbo Cooperativa de Rede Pedr018.6-11.44-ndo, a producerof sellS'heatitiful linen harnxiockt,nt,:pricostanging:, from:: $55 to,;:$i 3 O. Cotton -
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hammocks start at around $26. Mercado Troca-Troca - In an attempt to perpetuate the old traditions of troca (barter), the government has made • a permanent structure out of what was once an impromptu barter market. Unless you are curious to see the river, it's not worth a visit Potyeabana - If you hanker after aquatic frolics and games as a respite from the searing heat, visit the Potycabana, an aquatic entertainment center with water tobogganing and a surf pool close to the Rio Poty. Festivals - The main festivals, with typical dancing music, and cuisine of the Northeast, are held between June and August. The Salo Internacional de _Humor do Plaid (Piaui Festival of Han-tor) is held during the first two weeks of September and features coniedy shows, exhibitions of cartoons, comedy routines and lots of live music. LITORAL PIAUI ENSE - Parnaiba Parnaiba, once a major port at the mouth of the Rio Parnaiba, is being developed as a beach resort along with the town of Luis Correia which is 18 km away. Porto das Barcas, the old warehouse section currently under restoration, contains a PIEMTUR information office, a youth hostel, a maritime museum, an artesanato center, and several bars and restaurants. Beaches & Lagoons - Praia Pedra do Sal, 15 km north-cast of the center on Ilha Grande Santa Isabel, is a good beach divided by rocks into a calm section suitable for swimming, and a rough section preferred by surfers. Lagoa do Portinho is a lagoon surrounded by dunes about 14 km cast of Parnaiba on the road to Luis Correia. It's a popular spot for swimming, boating, sailing, and fishing. " The prime beaches closer to Luis Correia are Praia do Coqueiro and Praia de Atalaia. The latter is very popular at weekends and has plenty of harracas selling drinks and seafood. The nearby lagoon, Lagoa do Sobradinho, is renowned for its shifting sands which bury surrounding trees. PARQUE NACIONAL DE SETE CIDADES Sete Cidades is a small national park with interesting rock formations. estimated to be at least 190 million years old, which resemble sete citlade.s. (seven cities). Various researchers have analyzed nearby rock inscriptions and deduced that the formations are ruined cities from the past. The Austrian historian Lud))ig Scliwcnnliagen visited the area in 1928 and thought he'd found the ruins of a Phoenician city. The French researcher Jacques de Mabieu considered Sete Cidades as proof NEWS from BRAZIL-JANUARY 1995
that the Vikings had found a more agreeable climate in South America. And Eric van Danikcn, the Danish ufologist, theorized that extraterrestrials were responsible for the cities which were ru•ined by a great fire some 15.000 years ago. There's clearly lots of scope here for imaginative theories. See what you think! The road around the park's geological monuments starts one km further down from the Abrigo do IBAMA (IBAMA office and hostel). The loop is a leisurely couple of hours' stroll. It's best to start your hike early in the morning and bring water because it gets hot;, watch out for the cascoveis, poisonous black and yellow rattlesnakes. The park is open from 6 am to 6 pm. Ask at the IBAMA office for infonnatiow, guides may be available. Sexta Cidade (Sixth City) and Pedra do Elefante. the first sites on the loop. are lumps of rock with strange scal) surfaces. The Pcdra da InscricAo (Rock of Inscription) at Qui.na _Cidade (Fifth City) has red markings w'lich some say are cryptic Indian runes. The highlight of Quarta Cidade (Fourth City) is the Mapa do Brasil (Map of Brazil), a negative image in a rock wall. The Biblioteca (Library), Arco do Triunfo (Triumphal Arch) and Cabeca de Cachorro (Dog's Head) are promontories with good views. PARQUE NACIONAL SERRA DA CAPIVARA - The Parque Nacional Serra da Capiva7a, in the southwest of the state, was established in 1979 to protect the many pre-historic sites and examples of rock paintings in the region. There are over Excerpts from Brazil 300 excavated Travel Survival Kit sites which are 2nd edition, opened io the pubby Andrew Draffcn, lic depending on Deanna Swaney the research and Robert Strauss. For schedule. If the more information call staff Im- ve time, Lonely Planet: (800) 275you ma) be lucky 8555. Copyright 1992 enough to receive Lonely Planet Publications. a lift and be Shown Used by permission. around. 45
Plays
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in Rio & SP Capital Estrangeiro - Allegory about contemporary Brazil, written by Silvio de Abreu and directed by Cecil Third. In Rio A Comedia dos Erros - An adaptation of Shakespeare by Caca Rosset. With Cristiane Tricerri and Maria Alice Vergueiro. In Sao Paulo. A Gaiola das Loucas Twenty years later, Rio's Cage aux Fo lies is back with the same duo who starred in it two decades ago, Jorge Dada and Carvalhinho. Jorge Fernando directs the new mise-en-scene. Louro, Alto, Solteiro, Procura - Miguel Falabella, who wrote the text, plays all 17 characters of this comical monologue. In Rio. 0 Medico e o Monstro - In this Georg Osterman'a comedy, a physician creates a potion that changes him into a monster. In Sao Paulo. Nas Raias da Loucura Name inspiredby interpreter Claudia Raia. Lyrics by Silvio de Abreu and directed by Ze Rodrix. A Nova California - Based on short story by Lima Barreto. Man changes bones in gold. Directed by Jose Maria Rodrigues. In Rio Porca Miseria - Four Italian brothers struggle to survive in Sao Paulo. Director: Gianni Ratto. In Sao Paulo Ouerida Mamele - Maria Adelaide Amaral play about a touchy mother-daughter relationship. In Rio. Tangos e Tragedias - Humorists Hique Gomez and Nico Nicolaiewski have been packing the Palladium, in Sao Paulo, for 10 years. Trair e Cool. E So Comecar A loony maid makes life miserable for her bosses. In Sao Paulo. 46
Fiction 1. Na Margem do Rio Piedra Eu Sentei e Chorei Paulo Coelho (Rocco) 2. Nada Dura para Sempre Sidney Sheldon (Record.) 3. Com a Grace, de Deus Fernando Sabino (Record) 4. Comedias da Vida Privada -Luis Fernando Verissimo (L & PM) 5. Corrida pela Heranca Sidney Sheldon (Atica) 6. Do Amor e Outros Demonios - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Record) 7. 0 Didrio de um Mago Paulo Coelho (Rocco) 8. 0 Rei Ledo Disney (Melhoramentos) 9. 0 Alquimista Paulo Coelho (Rocco) 10. Laps Eternos Zibia Gasparetto (Espaco, Vida e Consciencia)
rtf(2, American films just released: The Mask (0 Mciskara), Interview with the Vampire (Entrevista corn o Vampiro), Miracle on 34th Street (Milagre na Run 34), •Erotique (Erotique), Angie (Angie), North (0 Alli0 da Guarda), Timecop (Timecop - 0 Guardiao do Tempo), Natural Born Killers (Assassinos par Natttreza), Mother's 13dys (Paixao Assassina), Clear, and Present Danger (Per/go Real e Imediato), Blown Away (Contagem Regressiva) Barnabo de la Montagna (0 Guardiao da Mon tanha) - Italy - (1994) - The coming of age of an adolescent. Directed by Mario Brenta. Huozhe (Tempo de river) China - (1994-) - Forty years in the live of a Chinese family who loses everything. Map of the Human Heart (Mapa do Coracao) - England/Canada - (1992) - Eskimo falls in love when in a Montreal hospital. La Reine Margot (A Rainha Margot) - France - (1994) Based on Alexandre Dumas. Rouge (A Fraternidacle e Vertnelha) - France/Poland - (1994) - Last film of trilogy about the French Revolution. Veja Esta Cancel° - Brazil (1993) - Four episodes inspired by four songs: "Pisada de Elefante" (Ben Jor), "Drao" (Gil), "Samba do Grande. Amor" (Chico Buarve), and ."Voce é Linda (Caetano Veloso). Caul Diegues directs.
Bed Time Stories (Pop) Warner Music Madonna Rhythm and blues
2 Sobre Todas as Forcas (Reggae) Sony Music Cidade Negra Third release of this controversial reggae band
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3 Forrest Gump (Sound Track) Sony Music Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, & others
4 Voodoo (Rock) EMI-Odeon Rolling Stones
5 Perhaps Love (Romantic music) Sony Music Placid° Domingo Domingo sings American classics with John Denver•
1. Cruzando o Limiar da Esperanca - John-Paul II (Francisco Alves) 2. 0 Olho MOgico 2 N. E. Thing (Martins Fontes) 3. 0 Olho Magic() N. E. Thing (Martins Fontes) 4. Anjos Cabalisticos Monica Buonfiglio (Berkana) 5. 011w Mdgico 3 N.E. Thing (Martins Fontes) 6. Chato, o Rei do Brasil Fernando Morais (Comp. das Letras) 7. Cuminho das Borboletas - Meus 405 Dias ao Ludo de Senn a Adriana Galisteu (Caras) 8. A Lanterna na Papa Roberto Campos (Top Books) 9. 0 Brasil que Dá Certo Stephen Kanitz (Makron Books) 10. 0 Sucesso Não Ocorre por Acaso Lair Ribeiro (Objetiva)
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ON PORTUGUESE Professor Claude H. Hulet from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese of UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) is already busy getting ready for the XVIII Symposium on Portuguese Traditions (Europe, Ante. . ma. Africa, Asia). The event, that is a tradition itself, will happen this Year on April 22 and 23, at UCLA's Sunset Recreation Center. As always, the conference, that brings people from all over the Portuguese-speaking nations and from several US universities, w ill be open to everyone. This year, the Symposium w, ill pay a special tribute to John II and the Age of Discovery. Those interested in attending the event or in presenting a paper, in PortugueseorinEnglish, should call (310) 825-1036.
STRINGS AND KEYS If you like acoustic music, double pleasure is waiting for you. The first surprise is calledfacob do Bandolim: .1Iandolin Master of Brazil - 1'01 ume II, featuring 22 classic performances of Chorinho. Jacob do Bandolim, who died in 1969, is considered the best mandolin player Brazil has ever had. The Acoustic Disc — (800) 294-DISC — release brings, among other treasures. "Odeon'(Ernesto Nazareth), -Cochichando" (Pixinguinha), and -N5o me Toques" (Zequinha de Abreu). Lubambo & Druminond Two is the other gift. The first time around the piano and guitar duet drew lots of praise. including one from Dori Caymmi, who wrote: "Their musical relationship is one of the few preserving the true roots of Brazilian music in the USA." Together with a few of Brazilian and American standards, Romero Lubambo and Weber Drummond interpret eight of their own very lively originals. A GSP Recordings release. (415) 896-1122.
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FEIRA LIVRE OPEN MARKET ninas, alem de gibis, palavras cruzadas e livros de bolso. Tel. & fax: (617) 787-0758
BOOKS
Livros b rasileiros. Compre pelo Correio. Literatura, best-sellers, dicionarios, livrostecnicos. Peca catalogo gratuito. Luso Brazilian Books - P.O. Box 170286NFB - Brooklyn, NY 11217 Info: (718) 624-4000 - Only for orders: (800) 727-LUSO. Know-How - Ingles para Brasileiros - Livro pratico de InglesPortugues gravado em tres fitas K7. Pronfincia americana. $40 total. Envie cheque ou money order para: Graham Books - P.O. Box 291453 - Port Orange, FL 32129-1453. Tel: (407) 3510254.
Music Brazilian Music in its totality. Samba, bossa nova, jazz, chminho, lambada, baiao, frevo, axe, and more. CDs and Tapes. Mail delivery available. Merchant Express - (800) 589-5884 Guitars Di Giorgio for sale Order now with 10 free lessons on tapes. Audio visual method by Maia. Also video tapes available. Play from first lesson. More details call Las Vegas (702) 3692129
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Brazilian Music Therapy Group meetings to listen to, translate, understand and enjoy songs. This is an informal class for Brazilian song lovers not for music professionals. (415) 7719474 Enjoy the pleasures of life: learn to fly helicopter (in English or Portuguese)! Call now! Phone/Fax: (805) 297-3691 Pager: (310) 785-7188. Study Portuguese with credentialed instructors. Small groups and indi-dual tutoring. Regis-. tration always open. We also offer courses in Rio de Janeiro. (310) 839-8427 Portuguese classes - Individual & small groups. Relaxed, fun, but very efficient and personalized lessons. I'm a native Brazilian instructor with an university degree in languages. Try a free lesson. (415) 771-9474 COSTUME
Carnaval esta chegan do! Voce pode ter a sua propria fantasia de sonho e sambar dentro de uma fantasia de escola de samba do Rio. Tenho varias da Mangueira e de outras grandes escolas. E o preco é supercamarada, de Pierrot pra Colombina. Bate urn fib agora. (310) 798-4761 ENTERTAINMENT
Exotic samba dancers, traditional music and dance of Brazil. For clubs, celebrations, etc. Video available. (408)464-2234 MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
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Ganhe diariamente $200, $500 ou mais mostrando calculadora e relogio de pills° que realmente falam resultados e horas em Ingles e Espanhol, sendo alanna gabo que canta por urn minuto. Reahnente fora de serie. 0 povo praticamente o arrebata das maos. Amostra corn Aranjo. Drawer 66 - Mountain View, CA 94042 Prepaid domestic & international phone cards! Call anywhere trom'any toucfi phone for half the price of the big 3. No need for coins or expensive collect calls. Send these prepaid cards to Brazil so your family can call you here for 70% less than what it costs there. Cards cost $20 and can be renewed with your credit card. Try one. Once you've seen the difference in price, you'll never use any other card! Call Junior at (415) 648-5966. PERSONAL
Americano, 37 anos, delgado, ollios azuis, professor de Ingles. Fa la Frances, Espanhol, Italian°, Portugues. Desej a encontrar brasileira, 18-30 anos. Escreva para William, 1431 Ocean Ave., #1106, Santa Monica, CA, 9040.1. American Jewish man, 36, sincere, deep, fun, active, doctor, seeks Jewish lady under 35 with brown eyes and long dark hair,
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FE IRA LIVRE RATES: 500 a word. DISCOUNTS: For 3 times deduct 5%, for 6 times deduct 10%, for 12 times deduct 15%. POLICY: All ads to be prepaid. Ads are accepted at our discretion. Sorry, no credit card at this time. Your canceled check is your receipt. Please, include address and phone number, which will be kept confidential. DEADLINE: The 15th of the month. Late material will be held for the following month if appropriate. TO PLACE AD: Send ad with check or money order to News from Brazil , P.O. Box 42536 Los Angeles, CA 90050-0536. in Los Angeles area. (310) 2713168. American, 52, has travelled to Brazil, desires correspondence with young, open-minded Bmsileira living in the US, to explore compatibility and lo mance. Write: M.F.K., 13.0 B. 215, Redmond, WA 98073 . Brasileiro, 40 anos, , solteiro; residente, curso superior. Procura corresponder-se corn brasileira, morena elara on loira, entre 21 a 30 .anos, boa aparencia e fisico, corn satide, para urn compromisso senollevando a casamento. Escreva p ra 6601 Broadway St. -San Filancisco, CA 94133. - Ott chain (415) 399-0787 (Apreciari foto). Fernando Carioca. L.A./Ph.D. - Loyal, funny and supportive seeks smart, loyal and young Brazilian lady age 28 to 35 for love and companionship. Write letter with photo to Dr. G. Martin - 1107 .Fair Oaks #184 - South Pasadena, CA 91030 or call (213) 223-6100 Open minded and funny guy wants to meet garotinha uninhibited and open-minded, 18-30 for fun, friendship and ex hange of thoughts. Write: P. . c/o Box 42536 - Los Angelis, CA 90050 REAL ESTATE
Moving to Washington DC? Pick a good area with schools, large green areas, plentifultransportation, parking, prestige address: BETI-MSDA, MD. qwner offers elegant, de luxe, mint condition I BR, extralarg LR apartment next to Montgomery Mall (all large stores, sk thig, skiing). $95,000. Call fot appointment: (301) 365-207 NATAL, BRAZIL - Let' buy or build our own winter- um-
mer getaway pousada. Looking for partners: Call (813) 774-7458 or write: 6067 Hollow Dr. Naples, FL 33962 RECIFE, BRAZIL - Ecologist's dream. Pousada inside 400-acre forest reserve. 40 miles north of Recife. 10 minutes from beaches. Earn income while preserving nature. Information: Phone of Fax 011-55-81-4651383 SOUVENIRS
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8:00 PM -New Constellation Band at Zabumba - No cover charge
TUESDAY 3
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Sounds of Brazil - Every Thursday, 9 30 am - 11 am, KPFK, 90.7 FM with Sergio
Mielniczenko Brazilian Hour -Every Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 am - 10 am, KXLU, 88.9 FM with Sergio Mielniczenko
Views of Brazil - Sundays 9 pm - Continental Cable Ch 28 Fridays 2pm-Century Cable - Channel 3 Mondays 8 pm - United Artists Cable - Channel 25
MIAMI RADIO
Brazilians Love Jazz -Every Sunday, 500 pm - 600 pm with Gina Martelli- 93 9 - Love 94
TV BTN (Brazilian TV Network) - 11'00 pm - 1:00 am, DCI ch 40, S South ch. 51, Adelphia ch 52, Gold Coast ch 99
Luqui Corporation -Jornal Bandeirantes - 11:00 pm 1:00 am, Dynamic ch 20, S South ch. 41, Gold Coast ch 44, DCI ch. 45
IcIU 8:00 PM - Patricia Albella at Zabumba
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EST L.A. 9:00 PM - MILA at Café Danssa
4111W 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Sergio 2000 at Mauro's I ORWA0MAI14:1 8:30 PM - Tom Jobim Tribute with Taquinho & Band at Zabumba 8:30 PM & 10:30 PM - Garotas de Ipanema at Tatou
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Francisco- (415)2490900 Ashkenaz - 1317 San Pablo Ave.-Berkeley (510) 525-5054 Bahia - 41 Franklin St. - S Francisco (415) 626-3306 Chambord - 152 Keaniev St S. Francisco (415) 434-3688 Nino - 1916 Martin L King Jr., Berkeley (510) 845-9303 The Ramp -855 China Basin San Fiancisco (415)621-2378 Yoshi's -6030 Claremont Ave Oakland (510) 652-9200
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S. FRANCISCO Agora Brasil - Every Saturday, 3.00 PM - 4:00 PM, KPFA, 94.0 FM with Elvira Cola and Eric Taller Brasileirinho- Every Wednesday, 9. 30 PM, KZSC, 88.1 FM with Renato Frota Canta, Brasil - Every Sunday, 6.00 PM - 8.00 PM KKUP, 91.5 FM, with Xuxu, Maria Jose and David Heyman A Taste of Brazil - Every Sunday, 10'00 PM - 11:00 PM, KKSF, 103.7 with Dick Conte Tropicalia prasiliana Every Friday, 8:00 PM - 9.00 PM, KUSF, 90.3 with Raimundo Franco
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Boston Area Books Livraria Plenitude (800) 532-5809 Consulate Consulado G. do Brasil (617) 617-542-5202 Dentist Sylvio P. Lessa (617) 924-1882 Food & Products Aqui Brazil (617) 787-0758 Brasil Brasil (617) 561-6094 Instruction Braz. & Amer. Lg. Inst. (617) 787-7716 Music Brazil CDs (617) 524-5030 Publications The Brazilian Monthly (617) 566-3651 Restaurants Café Brazil (617) 789-5980 Tropicana (617) 567-4422 Pampas Churrascaria (617) 661-6613
Chicago Consulate Consulado G. do Brasil (312) 464-0244 Translations Portuguese Lang. Ctr. (312) 276-6683
Los Angeles Area ccountant Sheila Shanker (310) 836-3436 Airlines Yang (800) GO VARIG Vasp (310) 364-0160 Arts & Crafts Bakari Art Studio (213) 938-0523 Folk Creations (310) 693-2844 Uniquely Brazil - Folk (818) 458-1474 Zebi Designs (310) 391-6530 Auto Repair Cosmo Auto Parts (213) 259-9818 Joao Fontes (310) 396-6690 Pit Stop - Oficina do Its (310) 643-6666 Banks Banco do Brasil (213) 688-2996. Catering Joy's Catering (310) 438-3415 Remi Vila Real (818) 280-0061 Clothes Samba (310) 983-9190
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Clubs & Associations Centro CulturalGaficho (213) 256-6548 Clube Bras. da Calif. (714) 857-6764 MILA -Samba School (310) 305-8387 SambaLa -Esc. de Samba (310) 983-9190 Computer Henriques - Maintenance (818) 767-5153 Consulate Brazilian Consulate (213) 651-2664 1111111g=1.1111 Gilberto Henriques (213) 464-0524 Jose Carlos D. Pond° (714) 642-0112 Events Promotion Brazilian Nites Prod. (818) 760-4600 Pegasus Parties & Ent. (818) 549-0383 Ricardo Gehr (818) 831-0992 The Rio Thing (818) 753-4932 Food & Products Brazilian Market (310) 827-9139 Hair Ménage a Trois (310) 278-4430 Import/Export Brazil "R" US (310) 607-9771 nstruction Brasil Brasil Cult. Ctr (310) 397-3667 Modern Lang. Center (310) 839-8427 Music Bossa Nova - Ge6rgia (818) 891-0912 Braz. Jazz /Ail Occasions (310) 839-3788 Jazz - Richard Samuels (818) 798-5424 Physician Paulo Coharte (310) 285-9670 Decio Rangel (310) 828-7454 Ingrid Rodi - Gynec. (310) 451-8144 Nilson A. Santos (213) 483-3430 Psychotherapy' Elizabeth Almeida M.A. (310) 281-7536 Publications News from Brazil (213) 255-4953 Restaurants & Cafes Bossa Nova (310) 657-5070 Brazilian Tropical (714) 720-1522 By Brazil (310) 787-7520 Café Brasil (310) 837-8957 Copacabana (213) 467-3415 Pan Handler (714) 970-5826 Rio Grande (818) 376-0202 Voile's Brazilian Steak (714) 251-0722 Zabumba (310) 841-6525 Translation/interp. Brazilian Ini Affairs (310) 854-5881
Tocantins Communie. (818) 343-445I Travel Around the World Tn. (800) 471-6333 Brazil Tours. (818) 767-1200 Cheviot Hift Travel (310) 202-6264 F & H - Hotel Repres. (800) 544-5503
Miami Area Airlines Tranabrasil (800) 872-3153 yang (800) 468-2744 Vasp (800) 732-8277 Banco do Brasil (305) 358-3586 Banco Nadonal (305) 372-0100 Banco Real (305) 358-2433 Banespa (305) 358-9167 atloU s Clubs & ss ABFC - As. Bras. da Flor. (407) 354-5200 Cam. Corn. Brasil- EUA (305) 579-9030 ARARA - Amazon. As. (813) 8423161 Co isui. Consulado do Brasil (305) 285-6200 Dentists Arnaldo Souza (305) 595-3238 Hedimo de SA (305) 262-8212 Food & Beverages All Brae. Imp. & Exp. (305) 523-8134 Via Brasil (305) 866-7718 Physicians Dr. Jorge Macedo (305) 271-7311 Dr. Mario Sanches (305) 541-7819 Dr. Neri Franzen (305) 772-4694 Pub 'cations Florida Review (305) 374- 5 235 Restaurants Brazilian Tropicana (305) 781-1113 Brazilian Delight (305) 374-0032 Brazilian Pier (305) 866-10b1 Cheese Bread House (305) 443-5358 Guia Gula (305) 532-3636 Trave Agencies Atlantictur (800) 535-0942 Brazilian Wave (305) 561-3788 BTB Tours (8(J0) BRAS-TL-4 Discover Brazil Tours• (800) 524-3666 Euroanserica (305) 358-3003 International Tours (800) 822-1318 Lama Travel (305) 374-8635 Monark Travel (305) 374-5855
New Port Tours (305) 372,5007 Venture Travel (305) 379-7678 Via Brasil Travel (305) 866-7580
New York New Jersey --Tooks Luau-Brazil an Books (800) 727-LUSO Clubs 8. Associations Brazilian Ch. of Coin. (212) 575-9030 Brazilian Corn. Bureau (212) 916-3200 Brazilian Trade Bur. (212) 224-6280 Consulate Brazilian Gen. Cool. (2(2) 757-3080 Food & Products Amazania (718) 204-1521 Coisa Nossa (201) 578-2675 Merchant Express (201) 589-5884 t Public atiom Brazilian Voice , (201) 955-1137 Folha do Brasil Z (212) 869-7022 News from 'Brazil I (718) 746-0169 Portugal-Brasil News (212) 228-2958 The Brazilians (212) 382-1630 Restaurant> Brasilia (212) 869-9200 Brazil 2000 (212) 877-7730 ; Brazilian Pavan,' (212) 758-8129 Cabana Carioca' (212) 581-8088 1 Indigo Blues (212) 221-0033 S.O.B. (212) 243-4940 Travel Age Barb Tour Serv e (201) 313-0996 International Sandilly (718) 699-2900 Mystical Destinations (718) 956-1630 , Nascente Travet (718) 545-0608 Odyssea Travel Service (212) 826-3019 Santos Dumont Int. (212) 764-5680
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cal, it is poetic, it touches all the bases of SAM & HARRIET ROBBINS human feeling and resounds with laughter Uma enxurrada de A bonanza of goad throughout. Winner of bons filmes despencou films were released. in Best Director at the nos Oltimos metes de the last months of Cannes Film Festival 1994. Dai termos 1994, therefore we 1994. This film will dobrado nossa lista dos have doubled our-10 enchant you with its 10 melhores do ano. best films of the year. whimsical humor. A Fine Line feature. Foreign language films English language. films Century ***1/2 The year 1900 is the A Place in the World Death and the Maiden time, London, England (Argentine) Bullets over Broadway the place where this Caro Diana (Italy) Forrest Gump absorbing drama plays Eat, Drink, Man Heavenly Creatures out. Written and Woman (Taiwan) Madness of King George directed by Stephen Germinal (France) Airs. Parker and the Poliakoff and Starring Highway Patrolman Vicious Circle Miranda Richardson (Mexico) Pulp Fiction * (Clara) who is an Queen Margot (France) Quiz Show emancipated woman; Red * (France/Belgium) Ready to Wear Charles Dance (ProfesScent of the Green Ed Wood * sor Mandry), the Papaya (S. Vietnam) Documentary - Hoop brilliant head of a Sunday's Child Dreams - USA * medical research (Sweden) institute; Clive Owen To Live (China) * Awards given by the Los (Paul Reisner), the Angeles Film Critics young Doctor deterAssociation 1994 mined to make his mark; and Robert Stephens , Bullets Over Broadway Bullets Over Broadway (Mr. Reisner - Paul's *** 1 /2 ***1/2. father).This expert Woody Allen retorna Woody Allen returns group set against a with this film set in New com . este filme rapidly changing society ambientado em Nova York City, during highlights the universal Torque durante a prohibition, with a satire themes of love, prejuProibiyao, coin uma about gangsters and dice, ambition, and oangsters e satira sobre b their molls, combined conscience, an the while suas companheiras, ao with playwrights and bringing to. the story lado de teatrologos e their angels. A hoot and human desires and a holler entertainment as setts financiadores. Urn needs. Century is .a show cheio de vibracoes it tells it as it is. Dianne period piece that is as que retrato o real. Wiest is superb as 'a vivid and vital today as Dianne Wiest é fading stage star making it tells the story of our maravilhosa como a comeback inspiring entry into the 20th estrela cadente do palco John Cusack, the Century. I:R.S Releasing inspirando John Cusack, playwright, to new Corporation release. o teatrologO, a novas heights. Chazz Cobb **** alturas. Chazz Palminteri does a Written and directed by Palminteri surpreende. surprise turn in the film. Ron Shelton and starring Da Miran-lax. •A Miramax release. Tommy Lee Jones as the Caro Diana (Dear Caro Diario (Dear legendary Ty Cobb of Diary) ***1/2 Diary) ***1/2 baseball fame. A man of Italian°, corn. legendas Italian with English many contradictions, em .Ingles. Diretor subtitles. Italian director Robert Wuhl portrays Al Italian° Nanni Moretti é Nanni Moretti is a until legenda em sett pals Stump, the sportswriter legend in his country hired by Cobb to write e na Europa. and Europe. Unknown to his life's story. Not a Desconhecido do grande most in the US this is pretty story at all for priblico nos EUA, este é his first film that is Cobb. was noted for his sell primeiro fame being distributed in the excesses and hostility. distribuido aqui. 0 filme US. The film is a three Superbly performed in e um diario em tres segmented diary or his grand opera style: Jones panics visto pelos olhos life as viewed by this knocks you off your deste homem talentoso. talented man. It is . seat, with his grasp of E engracado, filosofico, funny, it is philosophi-
poetic°, abordando • todos os sentimentos humanos e nos fazendo gargalhar o tempo inteiro. Vencedor de Melhor Diretor do Festival de Cannes de 1994. Este filme o fascinara corn seu humor esdritxulo. Distribuido pela Fine Line. Century ***1/2 0 ano e o de 1900,0 luoar é Lomires, InTglaten-a. E ai que se passa esse drama empolgante. Escrito e dingidb por Stephen Poliakoff e estrelado por Miranda Richardson (Clara) que e tuna mulher email° ipacla; Charles Dance (Professor Mandry), o brilhante lider de um Institut° de pesquisa medica; Clive Owen (Paul Reisner), o joveni medico decidido a deixar sua marca; e Robert Stephens (Sr. Reisner - pat de Paul). orupo de Este ,, sumidades, vivendo em tuna saciedade ern rapida tranformacTio, realca os temas •umversais do amor, precopceito, ambicao, e consciencia, ao mesmo tempo em que traz para a historia necessidades e desejos humanos. Century é tuna obra de . uma epoca que ainda é vivida e vital por relatar nossa entrada no seculo XX. I.R.S Releasing Corporation. Cobb **** Escrito e dirioido por Ron Shelton e estrelado por Tommy Lee. Jones como o lendario Ty Cobb dos campos de beisebel. Robert Wuhl interpreta Al Stump, um jornalista contraditerio contratado por Cobb para escrever sua • biografia. No é uma bela historia ja slue Cobb era famoso por seus excessos e • hostilidade. Em estilo • operistico. Jones é fascinante corn sua
Cobb's malignant prejudices and internal chaos. Is this the stuff heroes are made of'? The film is a revealing exposé of the superstar syndrome in a realistic mode. A Warner Bros. release. Death and the Maiden **** Roman Polanski directs the film version of Aria Dorfman's play adapted by Dorfman and Rafael Yglesias into a film of great importance. With an ensemble cast of three, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and Stuart Wilson, you are transported to a coastal cottage in a Latin American country where the Furies are set loose when Weaver, who had been a prisoner of the exmilitary regime, recognizes the voice of her torturer (Kingsley), who had brought her husband (Stuart Wilson) home when his car was disabled by a flat tire. Wilson, a jurist, was appointed to investigate the crimes of the deposed regime that had victimized his wife. In this tenSe atmosphere, the air is charged with uncertainty, revenge, coupled with basic moral issues as the trio play out their emotional hang-ups. A powerful drama unfolds in this taut rendition of the truth and consequences of this volatile political and personal agenda. A Fineline Pictures release. Eat, Drink, Man, Woman *** 1/2 A delicious treat is this tale of a widowed Taiwanese chef and his three unmarried daughters. From the opening scene of a Chinese meal in preparation to its final conclusion, the film envelops you in its emotional fabric. The tantalizing food, expert performances, plus the story keep you guessing until its surprise ending. In Mandarin with English subtitles. A Samuel Goldwyn Pictures Release. Ed Wood ***l/2 Tim Burton directs Johnny Depp in a hilarious biopic of schlock director Ed Wood whose range of films produced in the fifties ran the gamut of bad to worse. Outrageous was his life style, corny were his
capacidade de retratar os preconceitos e cao,s interior de Cobb. E assim que se fazem •herois? 0 filme revela a sindrome de superestrela de fonna realistica. Lancamento da Warner Bros. Death and the Maiden **** Roman-Polanski dirige a versa() para o cinema da peca de Arid l Dorfman adaptada por Dorfman e Rafael Yglesias e faz urn importante filme. Corn a participacao de Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley e Stuart Wilson, voce é levado a um chafe de praia de urn pais latino-americano onde as Firrias se desembestam quando Weaver, prisioneira do passado regime militar, reconhece a voz de seu torturador (Kingsley), que traz sett mando (Stuart Wilson) para casa ap6s ele haver furado o pnen do can°. Wilson, um jurista, esti investigando os. crimes do regime depOsto e que vitimaram sua esposa. Neste clima de tensao, o ar esta carregado de incerteza e vinganca unidos a questoes morais basicas enquanto o trio destrincha setts problemas emocionais. Urn drama carregado se desenrola nesta interpretacao tensa da verdade e suas consequencias, quando existe unta agenda politica e pessoal extremamente volatil. Um lanyamento da Fineline Pictures. Eat, Drink, Man, Woman *** 1/2 Um.prato delicioso, essa historia de urn chef taitutnes enviuvado. Da cena de abertura, corn a preparacao de uma refeicao chinesa, ate sua conclusao, o filme nos envolve em sua urdidura emocional. A tentacao da comida e o desempenho soberbo dos atores, aliados ao enredo do (*.lime o mantem em urn. jogo de adivinha ate o final surpreendente. Em Mandanm, com legendas em Ingle's. Urn lancamento da Samuel Goldwyn Pictures Ed Wood ***I/2 Tim Burton dirige Johnny Depp nesta biografia Minna do diretor desclassificado Ed Wood cujo ambito de filmes produzidos nos anos 50 se situavam entre ruim e pessimo. Seu estilo de vida era escandaloso, setts filmes
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films,but Wood did put Bela Lugosi in. one of his rr ovies which iouives Martin Landau a chance for an Oscar with his nt performance of Lugo $i in Ins decline. A. Toucl stone Pictures relea e. Forr t Gump **** Forre t Gump (Tom Hank is a joy to see. He is simple minded man r used by a doting mothe (Sally Field) whosel old fashioned words of wisdom sustain him. EXamples: "What does n rnial mean ariywa ", "Stupid is as Stupid oes" and "Life is like box of chocolates, y u never know what u'te going to get". With these words of wisdom Forrest Gump .does not only survive, he manages to succeed brilliantly all the while participating in the most turbulei It years of recent Amenc r history. He is johimy n the spot in the major e ents of the nod. obert Zemeckis rings tl e teclmical magic to support the story. B ng rhee, Rain Mon and now Forrest Gump ce ebrate the simpIe a proach to life and its ir mc rewards. As we tr vel through the years witt Forrest Gump the franti and horrifying event that have. transpired become a bit clearer through his eccentric sensibility and leaves us with a bit of hope. Love, life and the pursuit of happiness as lived by Forrest Gump is a primer of faith and good will. A modern day Candide. A1 Paramount release. Heavenly reatures **** A film by eter Jackson set in New Zealand based on a true story. Innocence, imagination and obsess n combine to make a ascinating drama about love and murder, that evolves from an .ob essive friendship Ibetween two • teen-age girls and ends in tragedy. pauline Parker (Mel me Lynskey) anI Juliet Hulme (KateWmsley) portray this duo in a remarkable fashion. A Miramax release. Hoop Dreams **** A documentary based on a true-life story that spans five ye-1-s in the lives of two nner-city high school 1oys who dream of pla mg in the NBA. Arthur 'Agee and William Gates are followed through those years as the s ory plays
xaroposos, mas Wood usou Bela Lugosi em tun de seus filmes dando a Martin Landau a chance de veneer inn Oscar interpretando coin brillio urn Lugosi em declinio. Lancamento da Touchstone Pictures. Forrest Gump **** Forrest Gump (Torn Hanks) é um prazer de se ver. Ele é urn simplorio educado por tuna mile devotada (Sally Field) ,que o guia corn uma antiquada colecao de chavoes. Exemplos: "Afinal, o que e normal?", "Estimido C fazer estupidez" e "A vida e como um caixa de chocolates. Voce nunca sabe o que vai tirar". Coin estas sabias palavras, Forrest Gump no s6 sobrevive, como se- sai muito bem, participando dos anos mais turbulentos da recente hist6ria americana. Ele esta presente aos maiores acontecimentos da era. Robert Zemeckis usa a magica da tecnologia. Being There, Rani Man, e, agora, Forrest Gump celebram a vida simples e suas ironicas recompensas. Em nossa viagem pelo tempo coin Forrest Gump,. os eventos freneticos e assustadores tomam-se mars claros atraves de sua excentrica sensibilidade e nos da esperanca. Amor, vida, .e busca da felicidade de acordo corn Forrest Gump 6 uma cartilha .de fé e boa vontade. Urn Candide modemo. Lanyamento do Paramount. Heavenly Creatures **** Um fume de Peter Jackson ambientado na Nova Zelandia e baseado numa historia real. Inocencia, imaginacaoe obsessao se unem em um drama fascinante sobre amor e 'none, que comeca como uma amizade compulsiva entre duas adolescentes e tennina ent tragedia. • Pauline Parker (Melanie L_ynskey) e Juliet Hulme (Kate Winsley) mterpretam esta dupla de modo impressionante, Da Miramax. Hoop Dreams **** Documentario baseado dm histOria verdadeira que se estende por cinco anos na vida de dois garotos de segundo gratt que sonham jogar na BA. Arthur Agee e William Gates silo seguidos todos esse anos. 0 filme e um
romantic epic of the turn of the century values. Anthony Hopkins is father to three sons, Aidan Quinn, Brad Pitt, and Henry Thomas. Each with his own agenda but solidly entwined. A Western of the old school magnificently portrayed. A TriStar Pictures release. The Lion King ***1/2 Disney does it again. A new animated film that captures the beauty of Africa is a musical comedy-adventure that follows the journey of Simba, a lion cub who grows up in the jungle and learns the meaning of his destiny with the help of his 'animal friends.' With Elton John's new songs and the magic and artistry of Disney animation this is a pleasure treat for the whole family. ' Little Women **** Gillian Armstrong brings this classic story up to date. Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder and the rest of the cast bring a freshness to the story that is truly remarkable. A Columbia Pictures release. Jennifer Leigh & Matthew Broderick in The Madness of Mrs Parker King George **** Directed by Nicholas Hytner, • para conseguir a and her battle for based on a play by custedia. their custody. Lancamento Samuel Alan Bennett, From Samuel starring Nigel Goldwyn Co. Goldwyn Co. Hawthorne,- Helen The Last SeducThe Last SeducMirren and Ian tion *** tion *** Holm, this story. is Director John Dahl 0 diretor John Dahl set in England, in leva femme fatale brings jerpme 1788. The king Bridget (Linda fatale Bridget (Nigel Hawthorne) (Linda Fiorento) to Fiorento) a novas is ill. Is he, mad? alturas nesta new heights in this His bizarre behavimpiedosa.. historia ruthless tale of the ior brings on a das rotas ilegais illegal paths to political- power trilhadas por fortune taken by struggle. Based on velhacos em busca those who are true facts, Jthis is da fortuna. Uma cunning. A bizarre the same King histona de amor but believable love George who lost the bizarra mas story, a manipulaverossimil corn uma American colonies tive heroine who and now faces a heroina mampuescapes with the • losing battle on his ladora que foge loot. Bill Pullman home front as well, coin o espolio. Bill is her unfortunate until he meets Dr. Pullman e seu husband and Peter Willis (Ian Holme) infeliz marido e Berg her next who recommends a Peter Berg sua victim in this film new treatment. proxima vitima noir study of a no From the Samuel neste filme noir holds barred Goldwyn Company. movie. An October desinibido. Da Mrs. Parker and October Films. Films release. the Vicious Circle Legends of the Fall Legends of the ***1/2 ***I/2 Fall ***I/2 Dorothy Parker A saga da familia The saga of the known for her Ludlow family Ludlow family oetry, short stories reflects a swee mo ins ira urn é ico
out. The film is a collaborative work of Steve James, Frederick Marx and Peter Gilbert, and was produced by Kartemquin Films made over a period of seven years, as they film the boys and their families through those turbulent years. A Fine Line Features release. Ladybird, Ladybird **** A Ken Loach film based on a true story that relates the tale of woe of a lone parent with four different children from different fathers
trabalho a varias m5os de Steve James, Frederick Marx e Peter Gilbert, e foi produzido. pela Kartemquin Films. Fita rociada durante sete anos, corn filmagens dos garotas e suas familias por esses anos turbulentos. Lancamento da Fine Line Features. Ladybird, Ladybird *' Um fume de Ken Loach baseado em uma verdadeira historia sobre uma mae sozinha corn quatro filhos de qaatro pals diferentes c sua luta
romantico abrangente dos valores do inicio do setulo. Anthony Hopkins é o pai de Aidan Quinn, Brad Pitt, e Henry Thomas. Cada um corn seu objetivo, mas solidamente unidos. Urn Western da velha escola, soberbamente apresentado. Da TriStar Pictures The Lion King ***I./2 Outro sucesso da Disney. Urn novo desenho animado que ,captura a beleza da Africa em uma aventura-comedia •que acompanha a jornada de Simba, urn letiozinho que cresce na floresta e aprende o sentido .de seu destino corn a ajuda de .seus 'amigos animais.' Corn canc-Oes originals de Elton John e a magica e a arte da Disney este • é urn prato apetitoso para a familia inteira. Little Women **** Gillian Armstrong atualiza este classico. soberbamente. Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder e o restante do elenco traz impressionante frescor a historia. Da Columbia Pictures. The Madness of King George **** Dingido por Nicholas Ey tner, baseado na peca de Alan Bennett, estrelando Nieel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren,.e Ian Holm, a histona se passa na Inglaterra de 1788. 0 rei (Niel Hawthorne) esta enfermo. Ele esta louco? Seu estranho comportamento provoca urn guen-a pelo poder. Baseado em fatos reins., este é o mesmo rei George que perdeu as colonias. americanas e a agora enfrenta uma outra batalha inglaaria ate se encontrar coin o dr. Willis (Ian Holme) que recomenda urn novo tratamento. Samuel Goldwyn. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle "1/2 Dorothy Parker conhecida por sua oesia, contos e
and caustic wit is portrayed with deep understanding by Jennifer Jason Leigh in the latest Alan Rudolph film. Vicious though they were, her group of friends were the literary and artistic royalty of the 1920's in New York City. When they gathered for lunch at the Hotel Algonquin's Round Table their antics became legend. Robert Benchley (Campbell Scott), Charles MacArthur (Mathew Broderick); Alexander Woolcott (Tom McGowan), Robert Sherwood (Nick Cassavetes), Hewywood Broun (Gary Basaraba), Harold Ross (Sam Robards), and George S. Kaufman (David Thornton) were the talented and creative spirits that have influenced our cultural tastes for all time. In this re-creation of the roaring twenties, with Dorothy Parker as the set piece, we have a nostalgic look at the literary and artistic icons of the past. Parker was a troubled woman, filled with self destructive forces. Her life and loves are chronicled in this outstanding production. A Fine Line Features release. Nell **** • A great performance by Jodie Foster as Nell, a child of nature, whose exposure to the modern world brings snmrising results. IVlichaeF Aiited directs, Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson are the opposing forces in lqell's life that she brings to repose. From 20th Century Fox Nobody's Fool **** Paul Newman gives a sterling performance as an aging construction worker with no steady work, no money or personal commitment. Jessica Tandy, in her last role, gives a flawless erfor-
humor caustico é retratada corn conhecimento causa por Jennifer Jason Leigh no altimo filme de Alan Rudolph. Apesar de vicioso, seu. grupo de amigos era a . realeza literana e artistica da Nova Iorque dos anos 20. Quando se reuniam para o almoco no Hotel Algonquin's Round Table suas facanhas se tomaram lenda. Robert Benchley (Campbell Scott), Charles MacArthur (Mathew Broderick); Alexander Woolcott (Tom McGowan), Robert Sherwood. (Nick Cassavetes), Hewywood Broun (Gary Basaraba), Harold Ross (Sam Robards), e George S. Kaufman (David Thornton) eram os espint9s talentosos e cnativos que influenciaram nosso paladar cultural por geracOes. Nesta recriaçAo dos anos 20 coin Dorothy Parker comb figura central, temos uma visa() nostalgica dos icones literarios e artisticos do passado. Parker era uma mulher perturbada por forcas autodestrutivas. Sua vida e amores sao de.scritos nesta otima produc5o. Lancamento da Fine Line Features.
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Nell **** Maravilhosa Interpretacao de Jodie Foster como Nell, uma crianca da natureza cuja exposic5o o mundo modemo provoca resultados surpreendentes. Michael Apted dirige, Liam Neeson e Natasha Richardson se opOem a Nell. Lancamento da 20t1 Century Fox. Nobody's Fool **** Paul Newman interpreta magnificamente um idoso trabalhador em construcao sem empmgo fixo, dinheiro ou obrigacoes p_essoais. Jessica Tandy, em seu ultimo ea el faz NEWS from BRAZIL GUIDE - JANUARY 1995
mance as his sympathetic landlady. Laced with good humor, it is a welcome respite from the rash of violence. Robert Benton directs this family drama. From Paramount Pict. Pulp Fiction **** Writer/director/ actor Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs, True Romance) has done it again. Pulp Fiction,. with a star studded cast brings this exciting, entertaining and unique action thriller to full realization. Three stories criss cross presenting the small time criminal world, pitfalls and all, in a highly creative and imaginative , way. Done in the tradition of the film noir cycle of the 40's and 50's the film ricochets with laughter as we flip back and • forth through their lurid adventures. Miramax Films. Queen Margot **** Producer/Director Claude Beni based this film on a novel by Alexandre Dumas. Isabelle Adjani is. Queen Margot during the religious wars between the Catholics and, the Protestants. Vima Lisi is her mother Catherine De Medici. A Miramax release. Quiz Show **** Directed by Robert Redford, the inside story of a TV scam stars Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro and Rob Morrow, who are the three compelling components that reflect the tragedy of the set of circumstances that shattered their lives. Corruption, amorality and the lure of fame and fortune are all played out in the film. A truly American, experience. Hollywood Pictures. Ready to Wear (Peet -a-porter) **** Robert Altman at his best He strin s
uma perfeita and winds his way interpretagao de sua through the carinhosa locadora. trappings of the Salpicado de born world's top humor. Uma pausa designers and super refrescante no surto models in Paris. de violencia.Robert With a star cast that Benton dirige este includes Marcello drama familiar. Da Mastroianni, Sophia Paramount Pictures. Loren and Julia Pulp Fiction **** Roberts, who o escritoildiretor/ perform with style ator Quentin arid humor. A Tarantino (ReserMiramax release. voir Dogs, True Red **** Romance) repetiu a Director ,Krzystof magica. Pulp Kieslowiki brings Fiction, oom urn the Trois Couleurs elenco chew de series of Ins films estrelas, é uma to. an end with Red, realizaceo total corn staffing Irene Jacob suspense, e aceo and Jean-Louis empolgante e Trintignant. He divertida. No claims this is his pegueno mundo do last film. Red is a crime miiido, tres very satisfying, enredos se work. It is a . entrelaeam, corn mystical "turn on the todos os seus .daily lives pf its perigos, de tima characters: a young forma super lady; a retired • criativa. Feito na judge; and Auguste, tradicilo do ciclo do a young man who is flume noir dos anos trying to find his 40 e 50 o filme true love. A ressoa corn risos Miramax release. enquanto Shawshank gangorranaos em Redemption **-* sua aventuras Stephen King wrote sinistras. the story and Tim Lancamento da Robbins and Miramax Films, Morgan Preeman Queen Margot act it out in a prison . *-*** setting. Directed by Produtor/Diretor Frank Darabont. It Claude Berri reflects a 20 year baseou este filme friendship between na novela de two convicts. A Alexandre Dumas. Isabelle Adjani é a rainha Margot durante as guerras religiosas entre catolicos e protestantes. Virna Lisi é sua mae Catherine De Medici. Um langamento da Miramax. Quiz Show **** Dirigido por Robert Redford, o atlas dos bastidores de urn golpe na TV estrelando Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro e Rob Morrow, os tres componentes que refletem a tragedia das circunstancias que destmiram sua vidas. Corrupgao, amoralidade e a tentagao da lama e da fortuna sao apresentadas. Uma real experie'ncia americana. Langamento da Hollywood Pictures. Ready to Wear (Pret -1-porter) **** Robert Altman em seu nuae. Ele sabe
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epcontrar seu • caminho atraves dos adomos dos maiores costureiros e supermodelos de. Pans. Coteunt" elenco estelar que inclui Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren e Julia Roberts; que interpretam corn estilo e humor. Da Miramax. Red **** o diretor Krzystof Kieslowski conclui a serie Trois Couleurs de seus • fumes coin Red, estrelando Irene Jacob e Jean-Louis Trintignant. Ele diz que e seu ultimo Red é urn trabalho gratificante. E uma vfrada mistica na vida de seus personagens: uma joveni; urn juiz aposentado; e Auguste, um jovem a procura de seu verdadeiro amor. Da Miramax. Shawshank Redemption *** Stephen King escreveu a histeria e Tim Robbins e Morgan Freeman a interpretarn ern urn ambiente de prisao. Dirigido por -Frank Darabont. Mostra a amizade de 2() anos entre dois
very odd couple indeed. A Columbia, Castle Rock release. ' To Live **** • Chinese with English subtitles. A film by Zhang Yimou starring Ge You and Gong Li. This is a controversial film in China. To explain the content of the film I wish to quote the director: "Countless Chinese families have endured and survived a. turbulent half-century of extraordinary hardships. In To Live I am trying to show the grass roots lives of Chinese people from the point of view of an ordinary person." Zhang Yimon.has brought his point -cross. To Live is epic, ' • ulti-generational ' ove story that overs the period rom the 1940's rough to the 960'S and beyond. Samuel Goldwyn. o. release. &rows • CHICAGO
prisioneiros. Uma dupla estranha. Da Columbia/ Castle Rock. To Live ** ** Em chines, com legendas em ingles Um filme de Zhang Yimou estrelando Ge You e Gong Li Este 6 um filme controverso na China. Gostaria de citar o diretor para explicar o contend° do filme: "Infuneras familias chinesas sofreram e sobreviveram um memo semi.° turbulento de privagoes extraordinarias. Em To Live estou tentando mostrar o dia a dia da populagao chinesa do ponto de vista de uma pessoa comm." Zhang. Yimou conseguiu isso. To Live e tuna historia de amor e urn epic° ; envolvendo varias geragoes desde os anos 40 ate alai dos anos 60. Langamento da Samuel Goldwyn. SHOWS
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1930's starring Orson Bean continues its extended run.It chronicles the life experiences of three generations of a Jewish family caught in the throes of the depression era. A revival that works on all levels. A theatrical experience that has stood the test of time. At the Odyssey Theater Ensemble. - (310) 477-2055 Eating Raoul The Musical *** The movie was a hilarious black comedy that became a cult classic. Now it returns as a • musical to tickle your fancy. Paul Hanel wrote the book, Jed Feuer the music, Boyd Graham the lyrics and James J.Agazzi the sets. The ensemble cast features, Kiki Coates, Michelle Fox, Marci Johnson, Linda Kee, Hope Levy, Don Lucas, Tom McCleister, Rick Negron, Lisa Passero, Susan Skok and Tony Zarr. The director is Scott Wittman, musical direction by Lem Jay Ignacio and choreography by Adam Shankman. At the Odyssey Theater Ensemble. - (310) 477-2055 Picasso at the Lapin Agile *** 1/2 Steve Martin comic/actor/ playwright brings Einstein and Picasso together in an encounter that is bound to please and entertain all who see it. It is funny. It is smart. It is unique. A splendid treat for the theater goer who wishes to see something different and cdn chuckle all the • while. At the Westwood Playhouse.
Odet estrelando Orson Bean continua sendo apresentada..Relata as experiencias de vida de tres geracpes de uma . familia judia em luta com a era da depressao. Uma reencepacdo que funciona em todos os niveis..Uma expenencia teatral que resistm ao teste do tempo. No Odyssey Theater Ensemble. - (310) 477-2055 Eating Raoul - The Musical *** O filme foi uma c9media negra hilanante que se tomou urn classic° de culto. Paul Bartel escreveu o libreto, Jed Feuer a mnsica, Boyd Graham as letras e James J:Agazzi desenhou Os sets. 0 elenco conta corn nomes comb Kiki Coates, Michelle Fox, Marci Johnson, Linda Kee, Hope Levy, Don Lucas, Tom McCleister, Rick Negron, Lisa Passero, Susan Skok and Tony Zan. 0 diretor e Scott Wittman, a direcito musical esti a cargo de Lem Jay Ignacio e..a coreograt foi fella por Adam Shankman. Em cartaz no Odyssey Theater Ensemble. (_310) 477-2055 Picasso at the Lapin Agile *** 1/2 Steve Martin comediante/ator/ teatrologo promove o encontro de Einstein corn Picasso em uma peca que garante agradar o mais , exigente espectador. F engracada. E, inteligente. E • original. Um brinde para quem gosta de teatni e quer yer algo diferente e se divertir ao .mesmo tempo. No Westwood Playhouse.
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corn Adrian Zi4ed. Estimulante. (212) 239-620a Jackie Mason Politically Incorrect UnL pada poi- min o neste show de ; Jackie Mason.' Golden Th. - /i52 W. 45th St. - (1112) 239;6200. Jelly Roll *** 1/2 Urn musical sobre a vida de Jelly Roll Morton. Musica de Morton, livret9 de
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Gilligan's Island, The Musical For the die hard fans, this is a stage version of the popular TV series, at the Theater in Old Town, San Diego. - (619) 6882494 Home David Storey comic look at the undercurrents of conversation. The chit chat that we all do as we pass the time of day. At the Old Globe Theatre Cassius Carter Stage. (619) 2392253 Later Live A. R. Gurney's new comedy when he meets a former flame that he had rejected 30 years before, hoping that their love will rekindle. Old Globe Theatre. (619) 2392255
Gilligan's Island, 'The Musical Para os fanaticos esta e tuna versa() teatral da serie popular de televisdo. No Theater in Old Town, San Diego. (619) 688-2494 Home A visa° comica de David Storey do subtext° da linguagem. A . conversa mole em que todos nos nos engaramos. No Old Globe Theatre Palco Cassius Carter. (619) 2392255 Later Live A nova comedia de A. R. Gurney em que ele reencontra uma velha paixdo que havia rejeitado ha 30 anos, esperando que a chama se reacenda. Old Globe Theatre. (619) 239-2255
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Beach Blanket Babylon Esta revista musica. debochada tern lotado a casa por 2( anos. Este monument° local faz parte da paisagem de San Francisco e precisa ser visto. No Club Fug ard. 41 421-4222
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