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Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss
Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss
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STEEL MASK VERSUS BLUE ABYSS

Máscara de Aço Contra Abismo Azul

Directed by Paulo Rocha
Portugal, 1989
Biography

Synopsis

Surprising collage on Portuguese Modernism, focusing on Amadeo de Sousa-Cardoso, the “Orfeu” years & the Futuristic manifesto. A Gulbenkian exhibit fusing itself with quelled oneirism. Singular & fascinating film about Painting: colours & metals, as nostalgic as anarchistic, as towering as insecure.

Synopsis

Surprising collage on Portuguese Modernism, focusing on Amadeo de Sousa-Cardoso, the “Orfeu” years & the Futuristic manifesto. A Gulbenkian exhibit fusing itself with quelled oneirism. Singular & fascinating film about Painting: colours & metals, as nostalgic as anarchistic, as towering as insecure.