Ricardo Costa
Costa in 2013
Born25 January 1940
Peniche, Portugal
Died8 July 2021(2021-07-08) (aged 81)
NationalityPortuguese
OccupationFilm director

Ricardo Costa (25 January 1940 – 8 July 2021) was a Portuguese film director.[1] He wrote texts on cinema, vision, and language.[2]

Works

Costa's works were primarily composed of documentaries, many of them containing elements of fiction. He used direct cinema as a tool for salvage ethnography.[3] His film, Mists, was displayed at the 60th Venice International Film Festival in 2003.[4] It was released at the Quad Cinema in New York City in April 2011. His film, Drifts, was released in 2016,[5] followed by Cliffs in 2017.[6]

Biography

Costa studied at the University of Lisbon, where he obtained a doctorate in literature in 1969 after defending a thesis on the works of Franz Kafka.[7] He worked as a high school teacher and editor of sociological books. Following the Carnation Revolution, he became a professional film director and producer. He was a partner in the GRUPO ZERO alongside João César Monteiro, Jorge Silva Melo, Alberto Seixas Santos, and others.[8][9] The group organized cinematic screenings in Paris at the Cinémathèque Française.[10]

Death

Ricardo Costa died on 8 July 2021 at the age of 81.[11]

Writings

Articles

In Portuguese

  • "O olhar antes do cinema" (1982)
  • "A outra face do espelho" (2000)
  • "Jean Rouch do avesso" (2017)

In English

  • "Having to create" (2019)
  • "Having to be" (2019)
  • "Having to see" (2019)
  • "Having to do" (2020)
  • "Lecture"

Essays

In Portuguese

  • Os olhos e o cinema (1997)
  • Olhos no ecrã (2000)
  • Os olhos da ideia (2002)

In English

  • Happiness from the past to the future (2020)

Filmography

Feature films

  • As Armas e o Povo (1975)
  • Avieiros (1975)
  • Mau Tempo, Marés e Mudança (1976)
  • Abril no Minho (1978)
  • Castro Laboreiro (1979)[12]
  • Pitões, Aldeia do Barroso (1979)
  • Verde por Fora, Vermelho por Dentro (1980)
  • Longe É a Cidade (1981)
  • Ao Fundo desta Estrada (1981)
  • O Pão e o Vinho (1983)
  • O Nosso Futebol (1985)
  • Paroles (1998)
  • Mists (2003)
  • Drifts (2016)
  • Cliffs (2017)[6]

Short and medium-length films

  • No Fundo de Troia (1974)
  • Apanhadores de Algas (1974)
  • Agar-Agar (1974)
  • Tresmalho (1975)
  • O Trol (1975)
  • O Arrasto (1975)
  • Oceanografia Biológica (1975)
  • Ti Zaragata e a Bateira (1975)
  • Pesca da Sardinha (1975)
  • Conchinha do Mar (1975)
  • Às Vezes Custa (1975)[13]
  • A Sacada (1975)
  • Os Irmãos Severo e os Cem Polvos (1976)
  • À Flor do Mar (1976)
  • A Colher (1976)
  • O Velho e o Novo (1976)
  • A Falta e a Fartura (1976)
  • Quem só muda de Camisa (1976)
  • A Máquina do Dinheiro (1976)
  • Viver do Mar (1976)
  • Uma Perdiz na Gaiola (1976)
  • Nas Voltas do Rio (1976)
  • O Submarino de Vidro (1976)
  • Cravos de Abril (1976)
  • Das Ruínas do Império (1977)[14]
  • E do Mar Nasceu (1977)
  • Música do Quotidiano (1978)
  • Abril no Minn (1978)
  • A Lampreia (1979)
  • A Coca (1979)
  • Histórias de Baçal (1979)
  • Esta aldeia, Rio de Onor (1979)
  • O Pisão (1979)
  • A Feira (1979)
  • O Outro Jogo (1979)
  • Joaquim da Loiça (1980)
  • Pastores da Serra da Estrela (1980)
  • Barcos de Peniche (1980)
  • O Parque Nacional de Montesinho (1980)
  • Lisboa e o Mar (1982)
  • GIG (2014)[15]

External sources

References

  1. ↑ "Morreu o realizador e ensaísta Ricardo Costa, aos 81 anos". Público (in Portuguese). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "A Look at Portugal". Cineuropa. 27 September 2002.
  3. ↑ "Une ethnographie de sauvegarde ?". Plozcorpus (in French). Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Venise 2003". Cineuropa (in French). Archived from the original on 3 December 2005.
  5. ↑ "Drifts (Derivas)". wixsite.com.
  6. 1 2 "Arribas (Cliffs) - a film by Ricardo Costa". cliffs.name.
  7. ↑ "Franz Kafka : uma escrita invertida". comuf.com (in Portuguese).
  8. ↑ "Un cycle tout portugais". Cineuropa (in French). 27 September 2002.
  9. ↑ "Margarida Cordeiro, António Reis et le cinéma du Trás-os-Montes". Seances (in French). Archived from the original on 3 October 2008.
  10. ↑ "Cinemateca Francesa homenageia dupla Reis-Cordeiro". Público (in Portuguese). Paris. 30 September 2002. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Morreu o realizador e ensaísta Ricardo Costa. Tinha 81 anos". Noticias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  12. ↑ Castro Laboreiro 1979 (YouTube) (in Portuguese). Valter Alves. 1979. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  13. ↑ Às Vezes Custa, Nazaré, 1975 (YouTube) (in Portuguese). Lisbon Souvenir. 1975. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  14. ↑ "Das Ruínas do Império". RTP Arquivos (in Portuguese). 1 May 1977.
  15. ↑ GIG (YouTube). Ricardo Costa. 2014.
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