City of God

[whistlelock]

If you haven't seen this brazilian movie, do so.


I found the fractured narrative to be effective at building the story. The acting was excellent and I felt that I could have followed the movie without the benifits of subtitles.


and excellent movie about poverty, violence, and drugs.

[Qazworld]

it blew me away.

but theres no way i can watch it again, its just brutal.

[whistlelock]

Yeah, incredibly raw in its depiction of emotion and the lack of it in some of the characters.

[MacG]

Brilliant piece of filmmaking. Heads and shoulders above the director's follow-up, THE CONSTANT GARDENER....

[Biohazard]

Didn't see ...Gardener but City of God was pretty damn good.

[tabula rasa]

Agree absolutely. It's very powerful, it puts you in what seems like a whole different world. Gritty, naked violence of poverty and despair, very great. What everyone's saying: see it.

[joeld42]

I saw it as part of a double feature with "Kill Bill". Perfect contrast of how the same level of extreme violence can be absolutely essential and meaningful or absolutely gratituitous and pointless.

I agree, City of God is one of my all-time favorite movies.

[Republic of Stephen]

I have to see it now.

[mad_r0]

City of God was great... i don't see what was OScar worthy about 'The Constant Gradner' though. It must be the controversial = oscar mentality.

[alveraz]

This is in my top ten films of all time. Brilliant film. Fernando Meirelles is a genius.

[Hairy Lime]

Not bad for a former TV commerical director, huh?

[Qazworld]

Not bad for a former TV commerical director, huh?

but what happened to him and the rest of the cast?

i thought they were great.

and loved the girl.

[jkk808]

There's now a tv series spin off of the movie.

[Hairy Lime]

but what happened to him and the rest of the cast?

i thought they were great.

and loved the girl.Well, he made The Constant Gardener and is working on a script about the perils of globalization.

As to the actors, dunno. Probably stars in Brazil now.