Los Olvidados is a cruel movie, hard, but not so hard and
violent than Pixote and the City of God. It happens in
Mexico. When I saw City of god I automatically thougt about
Pixote. Bit I also thought about an South-African movie
"Hight-jacking" (I can't remember the exact title); It's not
exactlly the same kind of film but it's about the dream of
crime of boys from Soweto, I think, who does Car-jacking, a
form of delminquence very commun in South-Africa.
Fabienne
William Ahearn <
williamahearn@yahoo.com> a 飲it :
--- jacquesdebierue <
jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> wrote:
> And Luis Buñuel's _Los olvidados_ is a
worthy
> precedent... though
> Pixote is absolutely shocking, all the more
so
> because it is so realistic.
>
I thought about Pixote while I was watching City of God and
how Fernando Ramos Da Silva the "star" of Pixote was murdered
less than 10 years after making the film and returning to his
criminal life. And while I agree with you about the content,
City of God is so unself-consciously presented that the way
the film is done is part of its power. Haven't seen the
Buenuel film yet but I just reserved it at the library.
William
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