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Author Randal Johnson

Randal Johnson

Randal Johnson is professor of Luso-Brazilian literature and culture at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author or editor of numerous books on Brazilian cinema, and he is currently engaged in research on Portuguese cinema, with a special focus on Manoel de Oliveira.

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Against the Grain: On the Cinematic Vision of Manoel de Oliveira

Randal Johnson
October 2003
Feature Articles
Issue 28
This discussion of Oliveira focuses on his '70s work and its interest in the specificity of cinema in relation to theatre, literature and the other arts.

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