I'd like to get into a trance, like what happens to people in the movie Black Orpheus. How?
[2007-01-12 18:49:19]

Q: What's a good way to go into a trance?

A: think about somethijng really deep and concentrate on only that thought. forget everything around you anf only think of that thought.

Mythology & Folklore »

Does the film black orpheus(1959) interpret the original ancient greek myth effectively?
[2009-12-09 13:39:28]
Vespidae (ID please)



Yea, its one of my favorite movies.

Basically Orpheus plays a song so nice that the gods finds his love Eurydice from the underworld.

In the movie the carnaval represent the underworld and her ex boyfriend represents dea

Thanks to Charlie Byrd, the Bossa Nova stole America's heart

They listen intently. The tape ends. They pack up and begin loading the instruments and equipment back into the vehicles. They shake hands. They say goodbye. The session is ended. "We'll see how it goes," Getz says. The others “Amen” that.

Getz flies back to New York. Byrd and his brother, Joe who played rhythm guitar, drive down Columbia Road and turn left on 18th Street to the Showboat. Bassist Keter Betts drives home to eat and dress for that evening's gig.

Drummers Bill Reichenbach and Buddy Deppenschmidt load their instruments into their respective vehicles and drive away. The session is past tense. Time, technology and business will take over from here.

Languages »

In the movie Black Orpheus in the Portuguese language...?
[2010-07-24 22:38:34]
Elisabeth & Märchen

In the movie Black Orpheus, in the Portuguese language, Orfeo is singing to bring his loved one back from the dead. Does anyone know what the verse is that Orfeo sings over and over in the scene?
I'm sorry, I should have been more specific. I mean


I'm assuming the scene you are talking about is when Orfeu is carrying his dead love in his arms and starts singing...
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Movies »

I NEED TO PUT ON A MOVIE CALLED BLACK ORPHEUS FOR MY GRANDMA S B-DAY PLEASE HELP ME FIND A PLACE TO WATCH IT?
[2010-04-03 19:04:59]
Elisabeth & Marchen

please find a place i can watch it FREE online preferable but i don't mind downloading it,


I'm not sure but you can try http://movies.technoslum.com

You can also download it from: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4901089/ Marcel_Camus_-_Orfeu_Negro_aka_Black_Orp heus(1959)

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