CityOfAngels

I just saw this movie a few nights back, and I must say WOW. It is supposedly based on the life of Wilson Rodriguez, a famous Brazilian photographer, and it takes place in the druglord-run slums of Rio De Janeiro from the sixties to the seventies. I won't give anything away, but I must say this: SEE THIS MOVIE!
Warning: This movie is extremely violent, involving children murderers and children being murdered.

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The words "love" and "life" go together. It is almost as if they are one. You must love to live, and you must live to love, or you have never lived nor loved at all.

Jeff

I saw this one a few months back. Amazing movie. One of my favorites.

A lot of those actors were really from the around that area, too. They did an amazing job.

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For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.
--Charles Bukowski

roachboy

i liked the film much more after watching the documentary that accompanies it on the dvd...mostly because of things talked about in the documentary that are erased in the film.

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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear

it make you sick.

-kamau brathwaite

philosopherking

Great film. I have the dvd, but haven't watched the documentary yet. I usually don't get around to watching the special features, but I think I'll have to check this one out...

lukethebandgeek

I just saw this movie last week. Very good, if not extremely distubing.

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Yes, band camp is all it's cracked up to be.

So I like Chrono... So what?

begforme2

Definatly check out the documentary. It's almost as shocking as the movie.

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Evil Milkman

Great film. From the beginning it was really intriguing, but it only got better throughout.

the_marq

Very dark and freaky. It was almost too violent to be real, at least from my western point of view.

I'd recommend this film to any one who is: a) not overly sensitive to violence and b) willing to read subtitles.

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The Truth:

Johnny Cash could have kicked Bruce Lee's ass if he wanted to.

#3 in a series

djflish

God damn region 2 DVD's!! They don't have half the stuff on them that region 1 do

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Europes two great narcotics, Alcohol and Christianity.
I know which one I prefer.

jorgelito

This movie was made very well. It's amazing considering the relatively low budget, and governemtn assistance. A very well made film. Nicely shot, edited everything.

I am now scared to go to Brazil.

Nimbletoe

I'll never look at a banana the same way again.


Good documentary though.

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mmm...kyle

LOVE this film, bought it a while back on dvd after reading a couple of good reviews of it. first time I watched it was so into it that I completely forgot that I was reading subtitles and could not actually understand portugese...

Suave

Great movie. It was violent, but not gratuitously so, and avoided being preachy. Very realistic in its portrayal. I'm also amused by the name of the thread starter and the relation to the movie.