City Of God

[technoticau]

Watch this movie....

[bakednotfried]

word

[Ragin Bajin]

Cliff Notes on the movie?

[technoticau]

Gang wars in Rio....brilliant story-telling....

[buzzboy]

city of gawd is myyyyyyy houze!!!! ehhh :FUBAR:

[technoticau]

I just wanted to bring this post up again for people who havent seen this. Also watch "Igby Goes Down", Culkin is suprisingly great in this movie! Love the vegetarian' joint......

- So what do you do? Paint?
- I am a performance artist.
- ah, so you dont paint.

[bakednotfried]

Yes Igby was good.Amanda Peete was smoking hot in that one right there.

[kemo]

Has anyone here seen "City of Lost Children"? It's a foriegn flick and I always mean to rent it but keep forgetting...

[ransom]

Is it playing anywhere still? I want to see it. Brazil is crazy.

[technoticau]

I dont know if it is still in theaters, but I've "heard" that you can download it from emule but that would be copyright .........

[bakednotfried]

I think it's on DVD as well.

[BrianArsenault]

City of God is a mindblower. i caught it at that indie theatre in Bethesda on Woodmont ave maybe 6 months ago. as i described it before, watching it makes you realize your own life isn't as rough as you might have thought.

[ZRilla]

City of Men / Cidade dos Homens - Season 1

After completing the critically acclaimed, Oscar®-nominated 2002 feature City of God, filmmakers Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardner) and Kátia Lund continued their stories from a notorious slum in Rio de Janeiro in this multi-part TV series. “City of Men” follows the day-to-day life of Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha) and Acerola (Douglas Silva), two 13-year-olds from a Rio favela. In the course of the series, the two friends must live by their wits in an environment where food and money are scarce and drug dealing and violence are ever present.

Episode 1:
Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha) and Acerola (Douglas Silva) are studying the Napoleonic wars in history class … or at least that’s the lesson plan. Their teacher’s bored delivery of facts and dates means little to the boys, whose understanding of the world is largely limited to the shanty favelas of Rio de Janeiro. So, to inspire her students, their teacher plans a field trip. The only catch: everyone must pay $6.50. Soon Acerola and Laranjinha are forging some extremely dangerous alliances to come up with the cash. Directed by Cesar Charlone.

http://www.sundancechannel.com/film/?ixFilmID=6903

[Russell Christ]

Watch this movie....

I fucking agree
http://www.filmfrasor.no/fileupload/city-of-god-web.jpg

This movie fucking rocks... one I have to see again soon now that I think about it

[Cliff]

definitely a good movie

[Sunspot8785]

weeeeeee old thread!!

and yes, fantastic movie!

[BizarroCub]

Yeah...this is definately one of my favorite movies. I was fucking pissed when my friends dog ate my dvd of it.

[ZRilla]

weeeeeee old thread!!

and yes, fantastic movie!

I bumped the thread to highlight that the related TV series, City of Men, will be premiering in the U.S. on the Sundance channel next week. I believe there may also be a region 1 subtitled DVD release of the TV series later this year.

[BizarroCub]

I bumped the thread to highlight that the related TV series, City of Men, will be premiering in the U.S. on the Sundance channel next week. I believe there may also be a region 1 subtitled DVD release of the TV series later this year.

If you happen to catch it, let me know how it is. I don't think I get Sundance and you know how much I love this flick.

[Louis Riley]

Just bought this film the other day....fucking harrowing

[surelock22]

I fucking looooooooved it. Never heard of it till my artsy fartsy friend recommended it. The raves in Rio are scary !!!