Coffin Joe may be dead and yet he lives. How else do we have a new film that he hosts? Yes, through the fire and the flames, he comes back to us, warning us about making a joke of the unknown world. Perhaps he would also do well to warn us that if you see a witch in the countryside, there's really no reason to take her photo.
José Mojica Marins, the human repository for the evil being known as Coffin Joe, originally filmed The Curse for his Brazilian TV show in 1967, but it was lost when a fire burned down the station two years later. In 1980, he started a second version, but production was halted due to financial issues. The existing footage went missing until 2007 when producer Eugenio Puppo rediscovered it while preparing a retrospective of the work of Marins.
Years of intensive restoration later -- including shooting new scenes and recovering the lost dialogue with the assistance of a lip-reader -- The Curse is making its U. S. debut along with a making of documentary The Last Curse of Mojica.
Based on a story in graphic novel series O Estranho Mundo de Zé do Caixão, this nar-hour-long story has Juvenal (Felipe Von Rhine) and his girlfriend Mariana (Silvia Gless) meeting that witch we discussed above (Wanda Kosmo) and deciding that it's not only a good idea to take that photo but also to be rude to her. He's soon that with a gaping and festering wound in his side that demands raw meat at all times or it will destroy him. Of course, his lover would make the perfect meal to stop that insatiable hunger, right?
How magical is it that we can find this film as part of our lives? All hail Coffin Joe. You shall never die.
José Mojica Marins, the human repository for the evil being known as Coffin Joe, originally filmed The Curse for his Brazilian TV show in 1967, but it was lost when a fire burned down the station two years later. In 1980, he started a second version, but production was halted due to financial issues. The existing footage went missing until 2007 when producer Eugenio Puppo rediscovered it while preparing a retrospective of the work of Marins.
Years of intensive restoration later -- including shooting new scenes and recovering the lost dialogue with the assistance of a lip-reader -- The Curse is making its U. S. debut along with a making of documentary The Last Curse of Mojica.
Based on a story in graphic novel series O Estranho Mundo de Zé do Caixão, this nar-hour-long story has Juvenal (Felipe Von Rhine) and his girlfriend Mariana (Silvia Gless) meeting that witch we discussed above (Wanda Kosmo) and deciding that it's not only a good idea to take that photo but also to be rude to her. He's soon that with a gaping and festering wound in his side that demands raw meat at all times or it will destroy him. Of course, his lover would make the perfect meal to stop that insatiable hunger, right?
How magical is it that we can find this film as part of our lives? All hail Coffin Joe. You shall never die.
