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Film Of The Week #21 - City Of God (Cidade De Deus)

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  • 01-06-2007 3:49pm
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    Karl Hungus
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    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248/

    I haven't actually seen this one myself, which is rather odd with this being a highly praised foreign film. It's been on my to-do list, but as with a lot of things, I've just not got around to seeing it yet.

    Anyway, discuss.


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    Heisenberg.
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    Karl Hungus
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    The Scientist wrote:
    Karl, hang your head in shame...

    No, I think I shalln't.


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    Peyton Manning
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    The only praise I can give this film is, that in my own humble opinion, it it the single greatest movie of all time. As The Scientist said, pure cinematic perfection. Lil Zé will go down as one of the greatest and most memorable characters seen on screen. Ever.


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    johnny_ultimate
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    It's a fine film, but one which I felt could be appreciated on asethetic and technical levels more than anything. Its wondefully made, and all the more impressive when you consider the danger the filmmakers put themselves in to make it. Impressive acting from the non-actors too.

    But like its most obvious influence Goodfellas, it is a film which I can appreciate when Im watching but then completely forget about after.


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    randomchild
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    A masterpiece of a film, interweaving storylines has become a bit cliched by now, but this film is one of the reasons everyone wants to have crack at them!


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    lodgepole
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    Interestingly the documentary upon which the film makers based a lot of the film (the general story was taken from a book), called News Of A Private War, is actually a lot better than the film. There's some really chilling stuff in it. I believe it's an extra on the DVD.


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    Captain Smiggy
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    I can see the similarities to Goodfellas, but it's not fair to criticise just because Goodfellas did the "whole life of crime" thing first. It's an incredible film really. Performance wise, no one is anything less then excellent, and some go above that. I don't even speak portuguese(spell?) and i know a lot of the lines off by heart.... Cinematically it's also incredible, the shot where it rolls around rocket and goes back in time being my favourite. Simply perfect


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    Necronomicon
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    Excellent film, although I still haven't gotten around to getting the 'City of Men' mini-series.


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    Valmont
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    Loved it, although drawing comparisons to goodfellas is pointless as I think the films are just too different even considering the drugs/gangs theme.

    Interesting trivia: I'm twenty and was asked for I.D when buying this in HMV:D


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    spacecoyote
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    This was a great movie, i must say & deserving of a FOTW spot. To me, its not just a great "foreign language film", its just a great film, full stop! I enjoy foreign language movies, alot of my friends & family don't, but they all thought this was an excellent movie...and i think thats a pretty strong recommendation


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