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currently watching Orfeu, which is a remake of Black Orpheus, a retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice set during Rio's Carnival. One of my former coworkers was from Brazil and has seen both, he thinks that Orfeu is better. Black Orpheus was slow and plodding for the first 45 minutes or so- could have done without a good deal of it, but the rest of it was disorienting, garish and heartbreaking. (In this case, the garishness was perfectly appropriate.) I think I could have done without the last couple of minutes too, but overall, the movie was very well worth watching- enough that I bought it.)

I hope Orfeu is good too.