Cinema’Cazuza: Good News’ rekindles the memory of an indomitable artist

In the year in which 35 years are completed of the death of Cazuzapremiere CAZUZA, GOOD NEWdocumentary that is more than a posthumous tribute: it is an intimate reunion with the soul of a man who lived and died in high voltage. Directed by Nilo RomeroFriend and Stage Partner of Cazuzanext to ROBERTO MORETthe film moves away from traditional biography and plunges into a more affective territory, built by those who met him inside. There is no attempt to canonize the idol – And need it? – but to rekindle the memory of the genius but unbearable subject; Generous and brilliant, although also inconsequential, that he went.

The biggest asset of the feature is precisely in this proximity to its protagonist. Nile It is not just an observer: it is part of the story, and its presence on the screen may seem vanity, but it is also a necessity. Conversations, memories, meetings with friends of Cazuza as Ney Matogrosso, Gilberto Gil, Frejat, George Israel and the mother, Lucinha AraújoThey gain heat because they come from a place of true affection. It is not an inventory, it is an evocation. Cazuza It appears in VHS, shows, backstage and, above all, in the eyes of those who still miss you. There is pain, but there is also a raw celebration without makeup.

The film hits by avoiding the easy way of embalic nostalgia. What we see is a Cazuza Still pulsating, provocative, passionate and uncomfortable. Curated files is a delight for fans: rare scenes, home recordings, excerpts of known but recontextualized interviews. The soundtrack, treated by Nileit works as part of the assembly. Even in excerpts, the songs act as small manifestos and make the audience sing together, as if Cazuza was there with us.

But CAZUZA: GOOD NEWS It is not a light or complacent portrait. The documentary faces AIDS, prejudice and physical decay with frankness and courage. Without poorness, without sanctification. Recalls the cruelty of the cover of Lookthe lucidity of the interview with Marília Gabrielathe symbolic (and even controversial) gesture of spitting on the Brazilian flag during a show. It’s a movie that embraces your character’s contradictions and, therefore, hits the vein. In doing so, it also offers direct criticism to the present times, where everything needs to be sanitized, explained and accepted, in which figures like Cazuza Maybe they didn’t even have space.

There is also time for lightness, as in the case told by Leo Jaime About a US phone blow. This is where the movie shines: by balancing irreverence and pain, laughter and mourning. The assembly of Jordana Berg – longtime collaborator of Eduardo Coutinho Sew these contrasts sensitively, without haste and without having to scream. In the end, the title is understood: Good news It is not about redemption, but about a life that, even in the face of death, continued saying new, uncomfortable and beautiful things.

More than remembering who was Cazuzathe movie causes a question: Why don’t we have more people like that? In a time of self -censorship and easy formulas, CAZUZA: GOOD NEWS It is a reminder that art can be faded, sweaty, passionate, dirty, and yet – or for that reason – deeply human. A portrait made by those who loved him closely and who delivers the most rare in a musical documentary: truth without masks.

Also read:The song Cazuza kept after composing and never sang – but Ney Matogrosso recorded

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