António Reis: the life of forms and a form of life

This book compiles revised and enlarged versions of conferences presented in October 2018 as part of a homage to the director, poet and teacher, that took place at Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema (ESTC-IPL), Lisbon; an enlarged biographical note by Fátima Ribeiro and also presents, by Maria Patrão, a series of slides from Reis’ classes unearthed from ESTC’s archives. As we will see, all the essays present a clearly aesthetical approach to Reis’ works as filmmaker, poet and teacher, which makes it unprecedented: Maria Filomena Molder and Manuel Guerra’s essays are mainly focused on the film Jaime (1974); Nuno Júdice analyses António Reis’ main poetry book and José Bogalheiro explores the relation between Reis’ filming praxis and his propaedeutic approach.