Máximo Barro

Known for Editing

4/13/1930

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Biography

Maximo Barro (São Paulo, April 13, 1930 - São Paulo, October 31, 2020) was a Brazilian film editor, teacher and writer.

Known For (6 credits)

7.0

Movie

Na Ilha

2019

Immersive documentary in the film editing process. Twenty Brazilian cinema editors expose the nuances of this art, its secrets and processes.

Movie

When The Marquees' Lights Go Out

2018

With archive footage and testimonials from former filmgoers, a story of movie theaters that were located on the avenues of São João and Ipiranga and its surroundings, in São Paulo's city centre. Known as Cinelândia Paulistana, this area lived its heyday in the 1950s, reaching more than 15 cinemas in full operation.

8.5

Movie

Mazzaropi

2013

A documentary on the life and work of Amácio Mazzaropi, a phenomenon of popularity and profitability of Brazilian cinema.

1.0

Movie

The First Time of Brazilian Cinema

2013

In 1982, almost five million people took theaters to see Erotic Things, the first Brazilian porn film. The production is today considered a major episode in the history of Brazilian cinema because it was launched during the country's military dictatorship. Thirty years later, The First Time of Brazilian Cinema found the producers and actors to tell the inside story of this fascinating journey.

4.5

Movie

Reparation

2010

In 1968, Orlando Lovecchio was made victim of a guerilla's bomb terrorist attack, which main objective was to fight against the Military Regime. Orlando lost one leg after the world-reckoned attack against the U.S. Consulate in Sao Paulo.

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O Cineasta das Platéias

2002

This documentary, produced by the Mazzaropi Institute, shows movie scenes, testimonials of researchers, historians, intellectuals, and popular artists. As a bonus, it shows parts of Mazzaropi's last appearance on TV, on Hebe Camargo Show.