The Art of Amália (2000)
December 8, 2000Release Date
The Art of Amália (2000)
December 8, 2000Release Date

Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

Amália Rodrigues
Self - Singer

John Ventimiglia
Narrator (voice)

Maria de Medeiros
Narrator (voice)

David Byrne
Introduction (English version)

Alain Oulman
Self - Composer (archive footage)

Bruno de Almeida
Director

Mustapha Barat
Director of Photography

Eddie Fisher
Self - Singer

Frank Coelho
Writer

João Ascenso
Editor

Manuel Falcão
Producer

Vitor Pavão dos Santos
Writer

Artur Ribeiro
Writer

Raul Ferrão
Composer
Details.
Release DateDecember 8, 2000
Original NameA Arte de Amália
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Genres
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Wiki.
The Art of Amália is a documentary by Bruno de Almeida on the artistic career of Amália Rodrigues (1920–1999), the celebrated Fado singer from Portugal. The 90-minute film is based on a previous five-hour made-for-television mini-series on the singer that dealt with her life and career; it was also de Almeida’s fourth cinematic project celebrating Rodrigues’ career.
The film opens with an on-screen introduction by David Byrne, who praises the singer for “singing in these fado songs about the sadness of the universe, not only about a personal sadness or a tragedy in her own life or in the writer's life, but she was expressing the sadness of existence." The Art of Amália mixes rare film, television and concert footage from different periods of Rodrigues’ career. The film also presents a previously thought lost clip of a rare appearance (billed only as “Amália”) on U.S. television in 1953, where she performed her hit song "Coimbra" (better known to U.S. audiences in the English-language version "April in Portugal").
The Art of Amália also includes the last filmed interview by Rodrigues, who died one week before production was completed.
The film had its U.S. premiere in March 2000 at a United Nations benefit, and its theatrical premiere in New York in December 2000. A DVD was released 2004.
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