Thursday, December 4, 2008

Mandabala

This doc felt like an old James Bond flick. There were so many different players and victims involved that at times it was hard to keep up. I feel like I would have to watch it again and perhaps learn more bout the socio-economics and history of Brazil in order to appreciate it more.

However, it did a great job of conveying how dangerous Brazil was and how beautiful it was at the same time.

The director was obviously trying to make it more narrative movie or James Bond-esque because one of his interviewees reacted to one of the questions as such. He succeeded with the film stock, sweeping shots of Brazil and interesting conflicts of government officials and the people.

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