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DVD City of God
Like cinematic dynamite, City of God lights a fuse under its squalid Brazilian ghetto, and we're a captive audience to its violent explosion. The titular favela is home to a seething army of impoverished children who grow, over the film's ambitious 20-year timeframe, into cutthroat killers, drug lords, and feral survivors. In the vortex of this maelstrom is L'il Z (Leandro Firmino da Hora--like most of the cast, a nonprofessional actor), self-appointed king of the dealers, determined to eliminate all competition at the expense of his corrupted soul. With enough visual vitality and provocative substance to spark heated debate (and box-office gold) in Brazil, codirectors Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund tackle their subject head on, creating a portrait of youthful anarchy so appalling--and so authentically immediate--that City of God prompted reforms in socioeconomic policy. It's a bracing feat of stylistic audacity, borrowing from a dozen other films to form its own unique identity. You'll flinch, but you can't look away. --Jeff Shannon
I wish I could rate this movie higher because I would. I only looked this movie up so I can tell the synopsis of it to a friend, but wow! I didnt expect to see so many reviews for it. So I'll give one, too.
This movie was more than good, it was beautiful, it was real, it was mesmerizing.....it was everything you could want in a movie. It was everything I wanted. With close to 300 reviews I dont think I need to say "See this movie", anytime you come across a movie with this many reviews and nearly a 5 star rating you should just INSTINCTIVELY buy it.
This might be the best movie i've ever seen
Wow, there is a lot of persons who have posted their comments here. Thus, I will keep this short. I just have to say that I could not believe how well this film was done. Nothing short of sheer movie magic. The character's are all extremely believable, the acting here is just incredible. I highly, highly recommend you view this film. I had to offer some of my thoughts because I hold this movie so high. I would go on, but there are plenty of other reviews on here that do go into detail. Enjoy.
Great impact from knife-wielding start to bloody end
From the very first scene, when a large knife screeches against a sharpening stone, and its intended victim chicken races to escape, the viewer knows he's found something special. As a Brazilian film, it's in Portugese with English subtitles, but that detracts in no way from its impact. The young narrator tells the story of the City of God, a barrio set up by the Brazilian government outside Rio de Janiero. There the economy and the law are driven by gangs of youthful hoodlums. At first we meet the Tender Trio, who seem pretty much out-of-control as they crash into a local cantina, but their story pales in comparison to the mayhem wrought by Lil' Z, a protégé who proves to be much more ruthless. His rise and fall are by turns shocking and ironic. An amazing cast of young Brazilian actors, some recruited from the real City of God, make you forget just how young they are. The director employs a number of cinematic techiques, particularly with time, that enhance the story--although a repeat watching will help keep it all straight.
Amores Perros roughly translates to "Love's a bitch," and it's an apt summation of this remarkable film's exploration of passion, loss, and the fragility of our lives. In telling three stories connected by one traumatic incident, Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu uses an intricate screenplay by novelist Guillermo Arriaga to make three movies in close orbit, expressing the notion that we are defined by what we lose--from our loves to our family, our innocence, or even our lives. These interwoven tales--about a young man in love with his brother's pregnant wife, a perfume spokeswoman and her married lover, and a scruffy vagrant who sidelines as a paid killer--are united by a devastating car crash that provides the film's narrative nexus, and by the many dogs that the... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Emilio Echevarría - Gael García Bernal Director(s): Alejandro González Iñárritu DVD Release Date: Released the 25 September 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Plenty of juicy "s" words apply to And Your Mother Too: sexy, sweet, subtle, sad, surprising, superb... and did we say sexy? With enough male and female nudity to qualify as softcore porn--but deserving none of the stigma attached to that label--this vibrant coming-of-age road movie is guaranteed to jumpstart any viewer's libido. Frank treatment of its characters' burgeoning sexuality makes this unrated film a real eye-opener, but it's never prurient or juvenile. Rather, the three-way odyssey of two 17-year-old Mexican boys (Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna) and a 28-year-old Spanish beauty (Maribel Verdú) is energetic and affirmative, while acknowledging that relationships--and sexual adventures--rarely develop without a hitch or two (or three). Filmed in sequence by... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Gael García Bernal - Maribel Verdú Director(s): Alfonso Cuarón DVD Release Date: Released the 22 October 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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When a movie can blend passionate social concern with good old-fashioned suspense, it must be doing something right. Maria Full of Grace scores high on both counts. Maria is a Colombian teenager who, for a large paycheck, agrees to be a mule for drug-runners: she has to swallow dozens of thumb-sized capsules of heroin and smuggle them into New York. This debilitating process is painstakingly described, and of course not everything goes as planned when Maria and her fellow mules land in America. Director Joshua Marston is working on a low budget, which explains the film's narrow, single-minded focus--but this may be a strength, not a weakness. The trump card is the lead performance of Catalina Sandrino Moreno, who won awards at the Seattle and Newport Film Festivals. Her empathetic... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Catalina Sandino Moreno - Guilied Lopez - Orlando Tobon Director(s): Joshua Marston DVD Release Date: Released the 07 December 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The beauty of the South American landscape and of Gael Garcia Bernal (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Bad Education) gives The Motorcycle Diaries a charisma that is decidedly apolitical. But this portrait of the young Che Guevara (later to become a militant revolutionary) is half buddy-movie, half social commentary--and while that may seem an unholy hybrid, under the guidance of Brazillian director Walter Salles (Central Station) the movie is quietly passionate. Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna, a lusty and engaging actor) set off from Buenos Aires, hoping to circumnavigate the continent on a leaky motorcycle. They end up travelling more by foot, hitchhiking, and raft, but their experience of the land and the people affects them profoundly. No... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Walter Salles DVD Release Date: Released the 15 February 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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In the opening scenes of Central Station, colorful crowds of Brazilians stream into and out of a Rio de Janeiro train, pushing through doors and windows. You're immediately pulled into the brutal vitality of a nation in motion, setting the tone for a picturesque road movie that charts Brazil's renaissance in a little boy's search for his father and an old woman's emotional reawakening. When we first meet Dora (Fernanda Montenegro), this frozen-hearted, sour-faced woman is the epitome of immobility: day after day, she sits in the train station selling her letter-writing skills to all comers, but often doesn't bother to mail these precious messages. When a woman who's paid Dora to write a pleading note to her son's long-missing dad gets run over by a bus, the child, Josue... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Fernanda Montenegro - Vinícius de Oliveira Director(s): Walter Salles DVD Release Date: Released the 13 July 1999 Usually ships in 24 hours
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