28, Sep — 1996

The consecration of the art soap opera genre

  • Patricia Andrade
  • O Globo

“Luiz Fernando Carvalho believes in soap opera as a work of art. And never had to express it in words. He just shows it. ”

11, Jun — 1996

The carioca from the countryside

  • Angela Senra
  • Contigo

Luiz Fernando Carvalho: “I have been studying Brazilian independent TV culture for over ten years. I have an emotional hobby, let’s say, which is the culture of this country”.

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The Polaroid Girl

  • Vera Sastre
  • Contigo

Luiz Fernando Carvalho: “Without her, there’s no soap opera. She is much more than a Script Supervisor. He is an assistant director, assists me in casting, creating costumes and setting. Besides, she has high sensitivity, she is an artist who transcends the technical part”.

10, Nov — 1996

Sinhonsé from Araguaia

  • Marcelo Dantas
  • A Tarde

Regina Dourado: “He (Luiz Fernando Carvalho) takes care of everything, he follows everything, puts the music on, chooses along, get his hands dirty, he’s a flawless director.”

16, Jun — 1996

Battlefield

  • Folha de S.Paulo

“Get your hands on the land reform wasp. That’s what Benedito Ruy Barbosa promises. ”

15, Apr — 1996

The Best of the Rural Soap Opera

  • Simone Magalhães
  • O Dia

“At 34 year old, director Luiz Fernando Carvalho is almost a specialist in rural plots. After Pedra sobre Pedra, Renascer e Irmãos Coragem, he is back 24 hours for the new venture”.

15, Jun — 1996

The heads of O Rei do Gado

  • Jornal do Brasil

“Director brought Globo a more cinematic way to record soap operas.”

16, Jun — 1996

Julieta of the farm

  • Eduardo Elias
  • O Estado de S.Paulo

“The treatment is like cinema“.

23, Mar — 1996

Make up queen

  • Ana Claudia Souza
  • Jornal do Brasil

“The director (Luiz Fernando Carvalho) has hired the services of American makeup artist Vee Neil, responsible for making up films like Batman I and II, Edward Scissorhands.”

21, Jun — 1996

Director gives recipe for magic light in soap opera

  • Jornal do Brasil

“The beautiful images of O Rei do Gado are impressing the public. They are the result of the successful double of cinematography director Walter Carvalho with the director of the soap opera, Luiz Fernando Carvalho”.

17, Jun — 1996

The artificer of slowness

  • Mônica Soares
  • Jornal do Brasil

Luiz Fernando Carvalho: “My work depends directly on the direction of actors. In fact, I see them as collaborators”.

16, Jun — 1995

The aesthetics of cinema in video

  • O Globo

“In love with Brazil and the very Brazilian types, Luiz Fernando Carvalho is thrilled with the new venture in which he once again makes cinema on TV.”

3, Jun — 1996

The laborer of the soap opera

  • Marcia Vieira
  • Veja Rio

“Luiz Fernando Carvalho is a rising star. SinceRenascer(1993), he has been printing a directig style with long shots, many exterior scenes and a prime-time film aesthetic”.

17, Jun — 1996

O Rei do Gado arrives with operatic ambience

  • Marcelo Migliaccio
  • O Estado de S.Paulo

“Four months ago, since he got involved with the new production, he travels, chooses locations, tracks fittings and even worries about the stock of mineral water.”

10, Nov — 1996

O Rei do Gado soundtrack should break record

  • Cristina Rigitano
  • Folha de S.Paulo

“The 2 million copies sold on the Album “O Rei do Gado 1″ explain why soap opera soundtracks are so popular”

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