The Artist and the City (Portuguese: O Pintor e a Cidade) is a 1956 short Portuguese documentary film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. The film shows a series of watercolor paintings by Portuguese artist António Cruz of what he sees while walking through different parts of the city of Porto.[1] It was the first color film directed by Oliveira.[2] Oliveira considers it forms a trilogy about the Douro and Porto, with Douro, Faina Fluvial and Aniki-Bóbó[3]
| The Artist and the City | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Manoel de Oliveira |
| Written by | Manoel de Oliveira |
| Produced by | Manoel de Oliveira |
| Starring | António Cruz |
| Cinematography | Manoel de Oliveira |
| Edited by | Manoel de Oliveira |
| Music by | Luís Rodrigues |
Release date |
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Running time | 26 min |
| Country | Portugal |
References
edit- ^ "O Pintor e a Cidade | Viennale". www.viennale.at. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ^ "Manoel de Oliveira. Retrato do cineasta enquanto fotógrafo de eleição". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ^ Viegas, Susana (2021). "Cinema, the City, and Manoel de Oliveira's Logic of Sensation" (PDF). Nova Research.
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