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Monday, February 27, 2006

Fat Tuesday's DVD Pick
Orfeu Negro (1959) is the ideal film to watch tomorrow. Not only is its background the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the movie is full of legitimate pleasures, filmed in glorious Eastmancolor, that we might do well to deny ourselves during Lent: a beautiful pagan myth, some of the best popular music ever recorded, and, yes, the exquisite loveliness of lead actress Marpessa Dawn.