Filmmaker, chronicler and journalist Arnaldo Jabor died today (15), aged 81. He had been hospitalized since December 17, 2021 at Hospital Sírio-Libanês, in the capital of São Paulo, after suffering an ischemic vascular accident (CVA).
Jabor participated in the Cinema Novo movement in the 1960s, which sought to bring a new aesthetic to national cinema, influenced by Italian neorealism and new wave French
O Italian neorealism It was a cultural movement that emerged in Italy at the end of the Second World War, whose greatest expressions occurred in cinema.
O Italian neorealist cinema It was characterized by the use of elements of reality in a piece of fiction, approaching to a certain extent, in some scenes, the characteristics of documentary film. Unlike traditional fiction cinema, neo-realism sought to represent the social and economic reality of a time.
In 1967 Jabor released his first feature film, Public Opinion, which features excerpts from interviews and scenes from everyday life in Rio de Janeiro. In the following years, he launched pindorama (1973) and All Nudity Will Be Punished (1973), an adaptation of the play by Nelson Rodrigues. Darlene Glória, playing the prostitute Geni, won the Silver Bear for best actress at the Berlin Film Festival.
In 1975, he adapted the novel The wedding, by Nelson Rodrigues, which had actress Camila Amado awarded at the Gramado Festival as best supporting actress.
In 1978, the so-called Apartment Trilogy began, launching Alright, awarded best film at the Brasília Festival, starring Paulo Gracindo and Fernanda Montenegro.
With Paulo César Pereio and Sônia Braga in the main roles, he directed the second film in the trilogy, in 1980, I love you. In the next film, I Know I Will Love You (1986), Fernanda Torres wins the award for best actress at the Cannes Film Festival.
In the 1990s, with the dismantling of policies to encourage Brazilian cinema, Jabor resumed his career as a journalist. He was a columnist for newspapers such as The Globe and Folha de S. Paul. It also had fixed opinion boards on TV Globo and CBN radio.
In the 2000s he released the books Love is Prose, Sex is Poetry (2004) and Pornopolitics (2006)
The National Cinema Agency (Ancine) released a note lamenting Jabor's death. The agency remembered the trajectory of the filmmaker and journalist and sent condolences to his family and friends. (Agency Brazil)
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