Piero Sbragia
The master of Brazilian documentary, Eduardo Coutinho, try to explore some different venues in probably his most controversy documentary. "Um dia na Vida" is a 90 minutes clip of almost 24 hours of recorded television broadcast. The images were collected during only one day in several TV channels of Brazil. Coutinho used to explore interviews in his work. Here it's different. Coutinho is just a watcher, as us. He watched all the TV programs and try to deconstructing them, mostly, Broadcast and News programs. The idea of recordings during only a day is similar to Ridley Scott's "Life in a Day", made a year later. Because of legal problems and copyrights, the movie is not released yet. There were selected sessions only in festivals, without selling of tickets. We watch the movie for free. By the end of the 90 minutes compilation of the best (or is it worst) of the Brazilian television, the feeling is unique: how poor is our popular culture today, addict to gossips and griped in a sort way of misery. Hail to the king! Hail to Coutinho!
