Desertos

A video essay by Luiz Rosemberg Filho on the standardization of beauty through mass media.

In a world troubled between capital and hunger, free thinking about the importance of enjoyment and enjoyment as an act of resistance. No longer representation as a metaphor for the relationships sold by American cinema, but life lived as a metaphor for resistance to bad politics lived in the world.

Questions about film language.

A$$untina of the Amerikas is a musical comedy of a prostitute that, in 24 hours, wakes up, fights her mother, puts her son in anarchy, has a date with Santa Claus, a blue bear and two girlfriends. Then she finally meets her old millionaire lover. They spend their time to talk about everyday life and make love. Based on the novels of Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Wilhelm Reich.

Two brides wait in a church room while their marriages don't begin. But they are not anxious, as expected: they do act like ghosts in existential horror. As they wait to be called to the start of their respective ceremonies, they reflect on their relationships and lives.