The Artist and the City

The Artist and the City
The Artist and the City
Directed by	Manoel de Oliveira
Written by	Manoel de Oliveira
Produced by	Manoel de Oliveira
Starring	António Cruz
Cinematography	Manoel de Oliveira
Edited by	Manoel de Oliveira
Music by	Luís Rodrigues
Release date	1956;
Running time	26 min
Country	Portugal

The Artist and the City (Portuguese: O Pintor e a Cidade) is a 1956 short Portuguese documentary film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. The film shows a series of watercolor paintings by Portuguese artist António Cruz of what he sees while walking through different parts of the city of Porto.^[1] It was the first color film directed by Oliveira.^[2] Oliveira considers it forms a trilogy about the Douro and Porto, with Douro, Faina Fluvial and Aniki-Bóbó^[3]

References

^ "O Pintor e a Cidade | Viennale". www.viennale.at. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
^ "Manoel de Oliveira. Retrato do cineasta enquanto fotógrafo de eleição". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
^ Viegas, Susana (2021). "Cinema, the City, and Manoel de Oliveira's Logic of Sensation" (PDF). Nova Research.

External links

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[1] "O Pintor e a Cidade | Viennale". www.viennale.at. Retrieved 2023-06-13.

[2] "Manoel de Oliveira. Retrato do cineasta enquanto fotógrafo de eleição". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2023-06-13.

[3] Viegas, Susana (2021). "Cinema, the City, and Manoel de Oliveira's Logic of Sensation" (PDF). Nova Research.

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