In most cases, every time I see a style film, I will sigh at the strange way of thinking of foreigners, but after watching this film, I was a little stunned.
The film witnessed the slums in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from the perspective of A Pao. The City of God (or the City of God) has been robbed for 20 years in a chaotic life full of drugs, robbery, shooting, revenge, etc. But in this movie, killing is about helping the rebellious teenagers who grew up in the city of God. It is like a homely pleasure, like drugs. It is more like an ordinary appetizer.
The strange thing is that I didn't shudder at the chaos and brutality for most of the time I watched this movie. but in a state of extreme HIGH. It seems that I have never seen a movie with such a compact structure and story before, starting from the peculiar title of the flight of a chicken that is about to be plucked and cut its throat; moving shots; fast cuts The short, concise, and tight narrative quickly brought me to a state of extreme joy, and right up to the end of the story. This experimental film reminded me of Laura Run, except that, in terms of expressing the lives of the characters and the storytelling, I think this movie does a better job.
Xiaodouzi is the coolest, youngest, and most dangerous boy I have ever seen. He handles affairs by his own rules, has a business sense, and values brotherhood. He likes He was majestic, and in the end, his death was the most touching part of the whole film. He killed his boss a few years ago, and a few years later he was killed by his junior in the same way. So, sooner or later is the best interpretation. The same sentence applies to the death of handsome Ned. But when watching a group of teenagers laughing and shooting Xiaodouzi, I was watching the movie before. At that time, all the pleasure brought by shooting and robbery disappeared, replaced by a deep worry about fate. The children who shot and killed Xiaodouzi at the end of the film opened another round of the era of a bully in the city of God. When they chatted, they mentioned the Red Guards. Perhaps the actions of the two are almost equivalent, but the era of the Red Guards has passed, and in the city of God, a corner of Brazil and the world that is hoped for by such gangs fighting innocent How many more years will the murder story be repeated?
When I start to reminisce after watching the whole movie, I will feel that if the world I live in is also free of legal restrictions like the city of God, I must be a member of the robbery team holding a gun behind Xiaodouzi. people. There will always be tyrannical elements in the subconscious of the film, and the law can only be a restraint on behavior, not spiritual. I think when the director uses black humor to express this story, he is not only satirizing the government's laissez-faire for the life safety of slum dwellers but also the biggest The purpose of the film is to evoke a moral awakening in people's spirits.
A film with a deep theme under a euphoric surface is very good.View more about City of God reviews
