简介：PrecursorofTropicalismo,writerandfilmmaker,JoseAgrippinodePaulawasagenuinerepresentativeofthecounter,leavingitentirelyuptotheBrazilianculturalscene.HeisnotamongthestarsofTropicaliaisnotoftenrememberedwhenitisthismovementthatturnedtheinsideoftheBrazilianculturalsceneofthelateof1960.ButJoseAgrippinodePaulawasthere.Infactitwasoneofthefirsttoarrive.And,unfortunately,oneofthefirsttoleave.Thewriterlivedwhatcouldbecalledthepeakuntilthefollowingdecadeandthenshiftedthewaytolife,robbinghimwithadiagnosisofschizophrenia,theclarityandcontactwiththerealworld.AuthorofPanAmerica(1967),thebookthatilluminatedtheheadofCaetanoVelosojustbeforeTropicalismo,AgrippinospentmuchoflifealoneinahouseinEmbu,withoutradio,television,phone,anythingthatconnectsyoutosomeoneortowhattheywere.Justhim,itwasanantenna.…