Here are three movies I’ve seen lately that are worth the time. Some of them are a little graphic so beware.
Ikiru: I loved this movie! It was made in 1952 so the quality isn’t so hot and it’s subtitled. But it was so inspiring to me. It may be hard to sit through but if you can make it through you won’t be disappointed.
Netflix Summary: When a stoic government official in post-war Japan learns he has terminal cancer, he realizes he has squandered his life on meaningless red tape and has no close family or friendships to lean on. He resolves to use his remaining time to usher an insignificant but popular civic project, a children's playground, through the bureaucracy he knows so well.
Cidade de Deus (City of God): This is a contender for “The Best Movie I’ve Ever Seen” contest. It was filmed in Brazil, which I find myself strangely drawn to lately and is again subtitled. I learn of this movie from a Netflix favorites list of Golden State Warriors guard Baron Davis. It is graphic and violent. Frankly it can be very hard to watch at time.
Netflix Summary: Busca-Pe lives in Cidade de Deus (City of God), a housing project reputed to be one of the most dangerous parts of otherwise magical Rio de Janeiro. He's frightened he'll end up like the countless others around him -- troubled, violent or dead. But his saving grace is his photographer's eye, through which the stories of several people who live in this forsaken "city" unfold. …
Bus 174: Again, a film about Brazil. Again, this movie is graphic and violent. Please use caution. This movie stuck with me for days, and really started my interest in Brazil. It’s a documentary with partial subtitles.
Netlix Summary: This moving documentary depicts a fateful day in June 2000 when a Rio de Janeiro bus carrying 12 passengers was hijacked by a man named Samdro Do Nascimento. Cameras rolled as he touted his plans to kill all aboard as the police try to persuade him to give himself up. Details of Nascimento's very troubled childhood are also featured.
Hope you like them!
1 comments:
jake it's probably a good idea to shave that extra hairy back of yours! ha ha i'm sure! good to hear from you though! :)
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