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Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made (1994)
Directed by Mika Kaurismäki
Documentary · 1h 15m
In 1993, Sam Fuller takes Jim Jarmusch on a trip into Brazil's Mato Grosso, up the River Araguaia to the village of Santa Isabel Do Morro, where 40 years before, Zanuck had sent Fuller to scout a location and write a script for a movie based on a tigrero, a jaguar hunter. Sam hopes to find people who remember him, and he takes film he shot in 1954. He's Rip Van Winkle, and, indeed, a great deal changed in the village. There are televisions, watches, and brick houses. But, the same Karajá culture awaits as well. He gathers the villagers to show his old film footage, and people recognize friends and relatives, thanking Fuller for momentarily bringing them back to life.
Cast
Jim Jarmusch
Samuel Fuller
Crew
- Director
- Mika Kaurismäki
- Writer
- Mika Kaurismäki
- Director of Photography
- Jacques Cheuiche
- Original Music Composer
- Naná Vasconcelos, Chuck Jonkey
- Editor
- Mika Kaurismäki
- Producer
- Mika Kaurismäki
Details
- Release date
- 1994-03-25
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Portuguese, Finnish
- Countries
- Brazil, Finland, Germany
- Production
- Marianna Films, Premiere, YLE, Skylight Cinema Foto Art, Mira Set, Lichtblick Film