The sudden passing of Eduardo Coutinho, arguably Brazil's nest documentarian, has left many of us feeling out of sorts. This is in part due to the circumstances of his death. It is an unwelcome turn of fate that a lmmaker known for his... more
The sudden passing of Eduardo Coutinho, arguably Brazil's nest documentarian, has left many of us feeling out of sorts. This is in part due to the circumstances of his death. It is an unwelcome turn of fate that a lmmaker known for his understated dramaturgy and rare gift for empathetic conversation should go in a manner so tragically Greek. Even if his death had been less dramatic, though, it would still feel untimely. Given Coutinho's remarkable output during the nal fteen years of his life, it is possible to feel that this 80 year-old documentarian was still mid-career.
In Film, Theory, and Philosophy (ed. Felicity Coleman, McGill University Press, 2009), the essay is the only contribution that engages a cinematographer as a thinker and his cinema as "a form that thinks."
