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Arne Edvard Sucksdorff (3 February 1917 – 4 May 2001) was a Swedish film director, considered one of cinema's greatest documentary filmmakers. He was particularly celebrated for his visually poetic and scenic nature documentaries.
Jul 17, 2012 · The “nature” documentary was nothing new, but the Swede Arne Sucksdorff (1917–2001) did bring a personal vision to his films unlike that of Flaherty or others. His films were lyrical, but he was willing to expose the cruelty of the natural world.
Sucksdorff remained in Brazil until 1993 when, in poor health, he was taken back to Sweden, where he lived on government support until his death. Fábula is considered his masterpiece and, in Esther Hamburger’s evaluation, has every element needed to be recognized in Brazil as one of the most important films of the time.
According to Forbes, penguin footage shot by Arne Sucksdorff on location in Antarctica did not cut smoothly into scenes involving humans shot in the studio. He says the Boulting Brothers and Launder and Gilliat, then on the Board of British Lion "were adamant that drastic changes had to be made.
Dec 23, 2013 · Films have portrayed suicide attempts across a tonal smorgasbord - darkly funny, bitterly tragic or stoic and even totally emotionless.
The Swedish filmmaker Arne Sucksdorff arrived in Brazil in 1962, when filmmaking was dominated by the desire to turn the camera into an instrument of political intervention and the awareness of the national condition.
My Home Is Copacabana. Directed by Arne Sucksdorff • 1965 • Sweden. Four homeless orphans struggle to survive in Rio de Janiero's slums.
