1. The Brilliant and Dramatic Evolution of Cinema
(pg. 536) " This untold story of their disappearance exemplifies the impermanence and fragility of personal relationships while providing a perfect formula for a trilogy whose theme is about the hopelessness of love in contemporary life. As the use of color became prevalent, these filmmakers began to typify a new European art cinema, expressing a distinctly contemporary ennui. ...
Atlantida studios were established in Rio in 1943 by Moacyr Fenelon, it was here that chanchada was perfected on the premise that Brazilian films did not have the technical ability of Hollywood films and it was at these studios that the careers of Oscarito and Grande Otello were natured and developed (Rist 1). ...