Rogério Sganzerla (4 May 1946 — 9 January 2004) was a Brazilian filmmaker. One of the main names of the '' cinema marginal'' underground movement, his most known work is ''

The Red Light Bandit ''The Red Light Bandit'' () is a 1968 Brazilian crime film directed by Rogério Sganzerla, inspired by the crimes of the famous real-life robber João Acácio Pereira da Costa, nicknamed the "Red Light Bandit" (''Bandido da Luz Vermelha''). The ...

'' (1968). Sganzerla was influenced by

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, and

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, and often used clichés from

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and

pornochanchada ''Pornochanchada'' () is a genre of sex comedy films (' means a kind of light comedy, a burlesque) produced in Brazil that was popular from the late 1960s after popularity of commedia sexy all'italiana. By the 1980s, with the wide availability of ...

s. Irony, narrative subversion and collage were trademarks of his film aesthetics.

Biography

Sganzerla was born in Joaçaba, in the state of Santa Catarina. During the 1960 decade, he wrote for the newspaper ''

O Estado de S. Paulo ''O Estado de S. Paulo'' (; ), also known as ''Estadão'' (; ), is a daily newspaper published in State of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest newspaper in Brazil, and its format changed from broadsheet to Berliner (format), ...

'' as film reporter. In 1967, Sganzerla directed his first short film, ''Documentário''. In 1968 he directed his first feature film, ''O Bandido da Luz Vermelha'' (The Red Light Bandit) In 1970, he founded the Bel-Air film company, together with Júlio Bressane. Headed by Sganzerla, the company produced the films ''Copacabana Mon Amour'' and '' Sem essa, aranha'' (1970). In 1985, Sganzerla directed the

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''Nem Tudo É Verdade'' (It's Not All True) about

' arrival to Brazil to film his unfinished documentary '' It's All True''. Sganzerla died in 2004, of a

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, shortly after finishing his last film ''O signo do caos''.

Filmography

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at Contracampo Revista de Cinema {{DEFAULTSORT:Sganzerla, Rogerio 1946 births 2004 deaths Brazilian film directors Deaths from brain cancer in Brazil People from Joaçaba Deaths from cancer in Santa Catarina (state)