Underplayed Gems

Demons and Wonders (1987)

Demons and Wonders poster
Original title
Demônios e Maravilhas
Directed by
José Mojica Marins
Genre
documentary film
Country
Brazil
Runtime
49 min
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary is about Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins, who is also known as Coffin Joe. He talks about his life and his work making movies, especially focusing on his many struggles with the country's film censors.

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What happens

Demons and Wonders (original title: Demônios e Maravilhas) is a 1987 Brazilian autobiographical documentary film by and about Brazilian filmmaker, director, screenwriter, film and television actor and media personality José Mojica Marins. Marins is also known by his alter ego Zé do Caixão (in English, Coffin Joe). In the film Marins focuses on himself in scenes recounting life and experiences in filmmaking, with much focus on Marins' many battles with Brazilian film censors. Marins began filming a second installment of the film called Alucinação Macabra (Macabre Hallucination), which consisted of scenes from his films mixed with video segments. Although all filming was completed, the film was never edited or released due to finances. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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