Breaking Baz: ‘Train Dreams’ Brazilian DoP Adolpho Veloso Says His Country Is Celebrating Oscar Nominations “Like It’s A World Cup”

Breaking Baz: ‘Train Dreams’ Brazilian DoP Adolpho Veloso Says His Country Is Celebrating Oscar Nominations “Like It’s A World Cup”

EXCLUSIVE: Brazilian Adolpho Veloso, the Academy Award- and BAFTA-nominated cinematographer of Train Dreams, declares that his country has World Cup-like Oscar fever. “This whole Oscar thing is so big in Brazil,” he says, “that people are celebrating everything, like it’s a World Cup!” Veloso adds: “I think is amazing because suddenly we are celebrating culture and art like we used to celebrate only football, which is also amazing. I’m a big…

‘I’ve been advised not to say certain things’: The Secret Agent makers on Oscars, dictators and death threats

The actor Wagner Moura and writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho explain how the Brazilian thriller mirrors their experiences of political corruption and why they are compelled to speak outUnusually for a political period drama that is not in the English language, runs nearly three hours and peppers its authentic portrayal of a military dictatorship with sight gags and gory shootouts, The Secret Agent has transpired to be quite the awards magnet…