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Ricardo Costa (director)

This article is about the film director. For other uses, see Ricardo Costa.

Ricardo Costa (25 January 1940 – 8 July 2021) was a Portuguese film director.[1] He wrote texts on cinema, vision, and language.[2]

Ricardo Costa
Costa in 2013
Born25 January 1940
Peniche, Portugal
Died8 July 2021(2021-07-08) (aged 81)
NationalityPortuguese
OccupationFilm director

Works

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Costa's works were primarily composed of documentaries, many of them containing elements of fiction. He used direct cinema as a tool for salvage ethnography.[3] His film, Mists [pt], was displayed at the 60th Venice International Film Festival in 2003.[4] It was released at the Quad Cinema in New York City in April 2011. His film, Drifts [pt], was released in 2016,[5] followed by Cliffs in 2017.[6]

Biography

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Costa studied at the University of Lisbon, where he obtained a doctorate in literature in 1969 after defending a thesis on the works of Franz Kafka.[7] He worked as a high school teacher and editor of sociological books. Following the Carnation Revolution, he became a professional film director and producer. He was a partner in the GRUPO ZERO alongside João César Monteiro, Jorge Silva Melo, Alberto Seixas Santos, and others.[8][9] The group organized cinematic screenings in Paris at the Cinémathèque Française.[10]

Death

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Ricardo Costa died on 8 July 2021 at the age of 81.[11]

Writings

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Articles

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In Portuguese

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  • "O olhar antes do cinema" (1982)
  • "A outra face do espelho" (2000)
  • "Jean Rouch do avesso" (2017)

In English

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  • "Having to create" (2019)
  • "Having to be" (2019)
  • "Having to see" (2019)
  • "Having to do" (2020)
  • "Lecture"

Essays

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In Portuguese

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  • Os olhos e o cinema (1997)
  • Olhos no ecrã (2000)
  • Os olhos da ideia (2002)

In English

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  • Happiness from the past to the future (2020)

Filmography

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Feature films

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Short and medium-length films

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  • No Fundo de Troia [pt] (1974)
  • Apanhadores de Algas [pt] (1974)
  • Agar-Agar [pt] (1974)
  • Tresmalho [pt] (1975)
  • O Trol [pt] (1975)
  • O Arrasto (1975)
  • Oceanografia Biológica (1975)
  • Ti Zaragata e a Bateira (1975)
  • Pesca da Sardinha (1975)
  • Conchinha do Mar (1975)
  • Às Vezes Custa (1975)[13]
  • A Sacada (1975)
  • Os Irmãos Severo e os Cem Polvos (1976)
  • À Flor do Mar [pt] (1976)
  • A Colher (1976)
  • O Velho e o Novo (1976)
  • A Falta e a Fartura (1976)
  • Quem só muda de Camisa (1976)
  • A Máquina do Dinheiro (1976)
  • Viver do Mar (1976)
  • Uma Perdiz na Gaiola (1976)
  • Nas Voltas do Rio (1976)
  • O Submarino de Vidro (1976)
  • Cravos de Abril [pt] (1976)
  • Das Ruínas do Império (1977)[14]
  • E do Mar Nasceu (1977)
  • Música do Quotidiano (1978)
  • Abril no Minn (1978)
  • A Lampreia (1979)
  • A Coca (1979)
  • Histórias de Baçal (1979)
  • Esta aldeia, Rio de Onor (1979)
  • O Pisão (1979)
  • A Feira (1979)
  • O Outro Jogo (1979)
  • Joaquim da Loiça (1980)
  • Pastores da Serra da Estrela (1980)
  • Barcos de Peniche (1980)
  • O Parque Nacional de Montesinho (1980)
  • Lisboa e o Mar (1982)
  • GIG (2014)[15]

External sources

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References

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  1. ^ "Morreu o realizador e ensaísta Ricardo Costa, aos 81 anos". Público (in Portuguese). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ^ "A Look at Portugal". Cineuropa. 27 September 2002.
  3. ^ "Une ethnographie de sauvegarde ?". Plozcorpus (in French). Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Venise 2003". Cineuropa (in French). Archived from the original on 3 December 2005.
  5. ^ "Drifts (Derivas)". wixsite.com.
  6. ^ a b "Arribas (Cliffs) - a film by Ricardo Costa". cliffs.name.
  7. ^ "Franz Kafka : uma escrita invertida". comuf.com (in Portuguese).
  8. ^ "Un cycle tout portugais". Cineuropa (in French). 27 September 2002.
  9. ^ "Margarida Cordeiro, António Reis et le cinéma du Trás-os-Montes". Seances (in French). Archived from the original on 3 October 2008.
  10. ^ "Cinemateca Francesa homenageia dupla Reis-Cordeiro". Público (in Portuguese). Paris. 30 September 2002. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Morreu o realizador e ensaísta Ricardo Costa. Tinha 81 anos". Noticias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  12. ^ Castro Laboreiro 1979 (YouTube) (in Portuguese). Valter Alves. 1979. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  13. ^ Às Vezes Custa, Nazaré, 1975 (YouTube) (in Portuguese). Lisbon Souvenir. 1975. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Das Ruínas do Império". RTP Arquivos (in Portuguese). 1 May 1977.
  15. ^ GIG (YouTube). Ricardo Costa. 2014.
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