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Mitch
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on Apr 05 2008 @ 3:11 am - Popularity: 130 views
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Movies, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Cesar Charlone, Fernando Meirelles, Glauber Rocha, Guillermo del Toro, Hard Boiled, Hector Babenco, Hong Kong Cinema, John Hillcoat, John Woo, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Ringo Lam, Roger Schwentke, the Invasion, Tomb Raider, Tropa de Elite, Tsui Hark, Walter Carvalho, Walter Salle
Dreams Die First
At this moment by common consensus South Korea and Brazil make the most innovative, insane and influential movies anywhere in the globe. I try to watch each and every Brazilian film I can get my hands on coz I’m just in love with the kinetic yet organic feel of their cinema. My samba heroes are Fernando Meirelles, Glauber Rocha, Walter Salles, Hector Babenco, Cesar Charlone and Walter Carvalho. One of the most brilliant films I have seen in 2008 is “Tropa de Elite” which recently won the Golden Bear at Cannes. Last year I fell in love with an absolute gem of a movie called “The Year my Parents went on Vacation‘.
The same adulation and reverence that is accorded to these two cinematic powerhouses today was replicated for the sole benefit of one nation about 15-20 years ago. Those guys were the …
