bringing mass international recognition to the long neglected favelas of Rio de Janeiro through his directing of movies such as City of God (2003)‚ but he has also asserted a solid position within the North American film industry with films such 360 (2011). The response the former received after its release was unprecedented in national cinema. Internationally speaking‚ City of God‚ or Cidade de Deus‚ was also very well recognized by critics as well as the general public. More than simply national and
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asked to choose a film based on its great editing techniques‚ I had to choose academy award winning‚ The Departed (Scorsese‚ 2006). This film starring Hollywood power houses‚ Matt Damon‚ Leonardo DiCaprio‚ Mark Wahlberg‚ and Jack Nicholson‚ won the 2006 academy for best editing and I believe that it was deservingly so. The editing in this film is very interesting in a sense that it is pretty different from the editing of most films that I have viewed. The editing is done by Thelma Schoonmaker. She is
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In the film City of God‚ director Fernando Meirelles and Kàtia Lund utilize subtle yet effective cimatography techniques to call attention to the inequality that lies within the favelas of Brazil. City of God‚ released on January 17‚ 2003‚ focuses on the lives of two black boys‚ Lil Zé and Rocket‚ from the City of God. Rocket is the ambitious‚ kind‚ and charming photographer while Lil Zé is the as the callous‚ sinister‚ and selfish drug lord. Meirelles and Lund utilize this film in order to expose
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City of God (Meirelles 2002) was an eye opening film about the life of the people living in favelas in Rio de Janeiro. It depicts the gruesome details of growing up in a slum and the choices youths must make in order to survive their reality. In an article by Joanne Laurier called “Sincere‚ but avoiding difficult questions”‚ Laurier attacks director Fernando Meirelles on his artistic choices when creating his film City of God (Meirelles 2002). However‚ Laurier completely misses what Meirelles brought
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of your works on the Christian theology and I do respect you by my heart. Yet I write you this letter‚ because I have some doubts about your statements concerning your doctrine of two cities‚ namely civitas dei and civitas terrena. As far as I understand civitas dei is the eternal‚ immutable and transcendental city‚ in which people live after the spirit‚ love eternal things. and have amour Dei. There none are born‚ none die. (A18) Citivas terrena‚ on the other hand‚ is temporary‚ changing and immanent
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Sean Remington April 20‚ 2013 Editing Analysis Professor John Cole When I was thinking about what film I should write about on editing only one film came to mind‚ and that film is Memento. Memento was directed by the great Christopher Nolan and starred Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby. Memento is known for its very unconventional editing and nontraditional storytelling. Memento is broken up into two different types of scenes. The first type of scene is the main plot of the story where each scene
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City Of God The film that I chose to watch and analyze is the Brazilian film City of God. The movie takes place in one of Rio de Janeiro’s 500 favelas‚ a favela known as the City of God. The name of the city is disturbingly ironic‚ as most of the activities that take place in the slum are decidedly ungodly. The movie‚ spanning three decades‚ chronicles the lives of some of the residents‚ most adolescent‚ from their pre-pubescent years to their upbringing into the criminal underworld. This movie
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The film that we screened in class was titled the City of God and was directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund. The film spans three decades and starts with an escaped chicken that is getting chased by a neighborhood gang. The chicken then stops between the gang‚ Rocket and police then a flashback appears on screen. The first story is about the Tender Trio and how they rob business; however‚ on one of their biggest robbery (Motel) something goes tremendously wrong. The next stories are about
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Gabriella Targa City of God Since I am Brazilian‚ I decided to choose this movie to watch for this essay topic. When I first saw this movie I was really surprised with it; the storyline and plot left me in shock and I mean that in a good way. The story took place in the rural or “favela” areas in Brazil. In these areas there is a heavy crime rate. This movie depicted true events on how life is in the favelas of Brazil. There is always someone dying almost every day in Brazil because of
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Hunter Brown Professor McLeoy Writing Assignment #4 March 22‚ 2012 The editing style in the movie Reservoir Dogs by writer and director Quentin Tarantino is an example of a film going against the continuity editing style. When considering a movie to be using the continuity style the movie must consistent of a few editing techniques that are trying to envelope the audience into the story‚ and make them forget that they are watching a movie. Reservoir Dogs goes against continuity style through
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