Blindspotting: A Film Discovery Podcast
Blindspotting: A Film Discovery Podcast
Episode #28: Limite (1931)
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Two dear friends and Film Festival colleagues attempt to bridge the gaps of their long-distance relationship — and their own film educations — through a bi-weekly screening and discussion project of the gap films that have eluded their cinematic discovery.
In this episode, Scott and Jack finally chase down Limite — Mário Peixoto's legendary 1931 Brazilian silent experimental film, a long-lost cinematic holy grail that spent decades languishing in obscurity while earning the devotion of cinephiles (and the admiration of Orson Welles). Through fragmented memories, breathtaking visual poetry, and the haunting image of three strangers adrift at sea, Limite feels less like a film than a dream recovered from the depths of cinema history—a great white whale of world cinema that rewards every ounce of the obsession required to find it. You DON'T want to miss this piece of film history- or the discussion about it!
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