I saw super-homem the Movie in a theater in 1978. It was a moment in movie history before mtv or the internet when filmmakers were creating filmes to be experienced in a movie theater. These filmes used special effects the way Stanley Kubrick did in 2001: A o espaço Odyssey. The visuals were like a paint brush creating broad strokes across the screen meant to mesmerize viewers. Like Close Encounters or estrela Trek the Motion Picture, super-homem was about the larger than life world it played out in. But unlike 2001, these filmes also had endearing characters and situations that you wanted to spend time...
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