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[braziliancinema]

Cidade de Deus, 2002 dir. by Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund

[closetofcuriosities]

City of God (Cidade de Deus) - 2002 - Dir. Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund

"15 miles from paradise... one man will do anything to tell the world everything."

[movie-gate]

Cidade De Deus (2002) Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund

[addictivecontradiction]

Cidade de Deus, 2002

[byneddiedingo]

City of God (Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, 2002)

Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele. Screenplay: Bráulio Mantovani, based on a novel by Paulo Lins. Cinematography: César Charlone. Production design: Tulé Peak. Film editing: Daniel Rezende. Music: Ed Côrtes, Antonio Pinto. 

City of God is an exceptionally involving docudrama that employs non-professional actors to stunning effect. The only experienced professional in the cast was Matheus Nachtergaele, who plays the drug dealer known as "Carrot." The rest were mostly recruited from the streets and slums of Rio de Janeiro, and put through several months of training, largely under the supervision of Kátia Lund, who also worked with the cast during filming and is billed as "co-director." Lund had become familiar with Rio's slum-dwellers through her work on music videos and documentary films. The shape of the film, including its flashback structure and use of quick cutting and hand-held camera, is largely that of Fernando Meirelles, whose later work includes coverage of the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympics in Rio. And that reliance on flashy camerawork and narrative tricks is, I think, the greatest flaw of City of God. It detracts from some of our involvement in the lives of its characters, turning away from documentary-like reality into sheer "movie-making." Nevertheless, the film successfully immerses us in the violent lives of the people of the favelas. It was a significant critical and even commercial hit, earning four Oscar nominations, a rare feat for a foreign-language film, although it wasn't submitted by Brazil for the foreign-language Oscar. Instead it was nominated for best director, best adapted screenplay, cinematography, and film editing. Some controversy arose when only Meirelles was cited in the directing nomination, but the Academy has strict eligibility rules, and Lund's credit of "co-director" was judged to be a disqualifier. Given my reservations about Meirelles's use of the camera, I think maybe Lund deserved the nomination more than he did.

[firelise]

Film & TV I Think About A Lot » City of God / Cidade de Deus (2002) dir. Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund

Sun is for everyone, beach for a few.

[naturalbrunett3]

"Know what I'm thinking, Benny?... We could go away from here. This violence sucks."

City of God (2002, dir. Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund)

[deepdwnbodythurst]

Cidade de Deus (2002) dir. Kátia Lund & Fernando Meirelles

[ridethepunkhorse]

City of God (Fernando Meirelles/Kátia Lund, Brazil, 2003)

[victusinveritas]

City of God (2002)

Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund

[closetofcuriosities]

City of God (Cidade de Deus) - 2002 - Dir. Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund

"Gangsters never stop. They just take a break."

[movie-gate]

Cidade De Deus (2002) Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund

[01ology]

City of God, dir. Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund

[addictivecontradiction]

Cidade de Deus, 2002

[visualpoett]

City of God (2002)

Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund

[naturalbrunett3]

"But for the rich and powerful our problems didn't matter. We were too far removed... from the picture postcard image of Rio de Janeiro."

City of God (2002, dir. Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund)