Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard vs Nelson Cavaquinho

Nelson Cavaquinho has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.5/10 for Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard). Nelson Cavaquinho is the shorter watch at 15m compared with 1h 50m. Nelson Cavaquinho is the older of the two (1969 against 2011). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard posterAutoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard2011 VS Nelson Cavaquinho posterNelson Cavaquinho1969
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. HowardNelson Cavaquinho
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 8.8/10
Year20111969
Length1h 50m15m
GenresDocumentary, MusicDocumentary, Music
Country–Brazil
DirectorLynn-Maree Milburn, Richard LowensteinLeon Hirszman
Main castNick Cave, Henry Rollins, Rowland S. Howard, Bobby Gillespie, Wim WendersNelson Cavaquinho

Synopsis

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard

From myth to legend Rowland Howard appeared on the early Melbourne punk scene like a phantom out of Kafkaesque Prague or Bram Stoker’s Dracula. A beautifully gaunt and gothic aristocrat, the unique distinctive fury of his guitar style shot him directly into the imagination of a generation. He was impeccable, the austerity of his artistry embodied in his finely wrought form, his obscure tastes and his intelligently wry wit. He radiated a searing…

Nelson Cavaquinho

A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose adopted last name ‘Cavaquinho’ refers to the small guitar-like instrument that he played and used to compose his songs.

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