The Vampire of the Cinematheque

As filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo In O VAMPIRO DA CINEMATECA Ferreira develops a poetic representation of his idea of inventive cinema without a plot in the classical sense Ferreira mixes situations of everyday life in the streets of São Paulo with scenes from classics of film history which he filmed from television or from a projection with his Super 8 camera The author as a vampire sucks from various sources not only in cinema but also in poetry and music and creates a portrait of his time