Ricardo Costa (director) explained

Ricardo Costa
Birth Date:	25 January 1940
Birth Place:	Peniche, Portugal
Nationality:	Portuguese
Occupation:	Film director

Ricardo Costa (25 January 1940 – 8 July 2021) was a Portuguese film director.^[1] He wrote texts on cinema, vision, and language.^[2]

Works

Costa's works were primarily composed of documentaries, many of them containing elements of fiction. He used direct cinema as a tool for salvage ethnography.^[3] His film, , was displayed at the 60th Venice International Film Festival in 2003.^[4] It was released at the Quad Cinema in New York City in April 2011. His film, , was released in 2016,^[5] followed by Cliffs in 2017.^[6]

Biography

Costa studied at the University of Lisbon, where he obtained a doctorate in literature in 1969 after defending a thesis on the works of Franz Kafka.^[7] He worked as a high school teacher and editor of sociological books. Following the Carnation Revolution, he became a professional film director and producer. He was a partner in the GRUPO ZERO alongside João César Monteiro, Jorge Silva Melo, Alberto Seixas Santos, and others.^{[8] [9]} The group organized cinematic screenings in Paris at the Cinémathèque Française.^[10]

Death

Ricardo Costa died on 8 July 2021 at the age of 81.^[11]

Writings

Articles

In Portuguese

• "O olhar antes do cinema" (1982)
• "A outra face do espelho" (2000)
• "Jean Rouch do avesso" (2017)

In English

• "Having to create" (2019)
• "Having to be" (2019)
• "Having to see" (2019)
• "Having to do" (2020)
• "Lecture"

Essays

In Portuguese

• Os olhos e o cinema (1997)
• Olhos no ecrã (2000)
• Os olhos da ideia (2002)

In English

• Happiness from the past to the future (2020)

Filmography

Feature films

• As Armas e o Povo (1975)
• (1975)
• (1976)
• Abril no Minho (1978)
• (1979)^[12]
• (1979)
• (1980)
• (1981)
• (1981)
• (1983)
• (1985)
• Paroles (1998)
• Mists (2003)
• Drifts (2016)
• Cliffs (2017)^[6]

Short and medium-length films

• (1974)
• (1974)
• (1974)
• (1975)
• (1975)
• O Arrasto (1975)
• Oceanografia Biológica (1975)
• Ti Zaragata e a Bateira (1975)
• Pesca da Sardinha (1975)
• Conchinha do Mar (1975)
• Às Vezes Custa (1975)^[13]
• A Sacada (1975)
• Os Irmãos Severo e os Cem Polvos (1976)
• (1976)
• A Colher (1976)
• O Velho e o Novo (1976)
• A Falta e a Fartura (1976)
• Quem só muda de Camisa (1976)
• A Máquina do Dinheiro (1976)
• Viver do Mar (1976)
• Uma Perdiz na Gaiola (1976)
• Nas Voltas do Rio (1976)
• O Submarino de Vidro (1976)
• (1976)
• Das Ruínas do Império (1977)^[14]
• E do Mar Nasceu (1977)
• Música do Quotidiano (1978)
• Abril no Minn (1978)
• A Lampreia (1979)
• A Coca (1979)
• Histórias de Baçal (1979)
• Esta aldeia, Rio de Onor (1979)
• O Pisão (1979)
• A Feira (1979)
• O Outro Jogo (1979)
• Joaquim da Loiça (1980)
• Pastores da Serra da Estrela (1980)
• Barcos de Peniche (1980)
• O Parque Nacional de Montesinho (1980)
• Lisboa e o Mar (1982)
• GIG (2014)^[15]

Notes and References

1. News: 8 July 2021. Morreu o realizador e ensaísta Ricardo Costa, aos 81 anos. Portuguese. Público. 13 July 2021.
2. Web site: A Look at Portugal. 27 September 2002. Cineuropa.
3. Web site: Une ethnographie de sauvegarde ?. Plozcorpus. French. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222172416/http://plozcorpus.tge-adonis.fr/?q=node/140. 22 February 2014.
4. Web site: Venise 2003. Cineuropa. French. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20051203084221/http://www.cineuropa.org/section_sp.asp?lang=fra&treeID=452&documentID=35536. 3 December 2005.
5. Web site: Drifts (Derivas). wixsite.com.
6. Web site: Arribas (Cliffs) - a film by Ricardo Costa. cliffs.name.
7. Web site: Franz Kafka : uma escrita invertida. comuf.com. Portuguese.
8. Web site: Un cycle tout portugais. 27 September 2002. Cineuropa. French.
9. Web site: Margarida Cordeiro, António Reis et le cinéma du Trás-os-Montes. Seances. French. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081003093353/http://www.seances.org/html/cycle.asp?id=162&mode=2. 3 October 2008.
10. News: 30 September 2002. Cinemateca Francesa homenageia dupla Reis-Cordeiro. Portuguese. Paris. Público. 13 July 2021.
11. News: 8 July 2021. Morreu o realizador e ensaísta Ricardo Costa. Tinha 81 anos. Portuguese. Noticias ao Minuto. 13 July 2021.
12. 1979. Castro Laboreiro 1979. YouTube. Portuguese. 13 July 2021. Valter Alves.
13. 1975. Às Vezes Custa, Nazaré, 1975. YouTube. Portuguese. 13 July 2021. Lisbon Souvenir.
14. Web site: Das Ruínas do Império. 1 May 1977. RTP Arquivos. Portuguese.
15. 2014. GIG. YouTube. Ricardo Costa.