Amazon.ca    View CartWishlistYour AccountHelp
Welcome
Books
Music
DVD
Video
Software
Video Games
Gifts
Nos boutiques Francophones
Search     

Vous voulez voir cette page en français ? Cliquez ici.

3 used & new from CDN$ 34.09
See All Buying Options
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Tell a Friend
City of God (Sub)
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images
City of God (Sub)
4.7 out of 5 stars  (96 customer reviews)

Availability: Available from these sellers.

3 used & new available from CDN$ 34.09

Customers Who Viewed This Item Also Viewed

City of Men: The Complete Series

City of Men: The Complete Series

CDN$ 28.49
Amores Perros (Widescreen Subtitled) (Signature Series)

Amores Perros (Widescreen Subtitled) (Signature Series) DVD ~ Alejandro González Iñárritu

4.5 out of 5 stars (89)  CDN$ 19.99
The Motorcycle Diaries (Full Screen Edition)

The Motorcycle Diaries (Full Screen Edition)

3.8 out of 5 stars (4)  CDN$ 11.64
Y tu Mamá También [Unrated] (Widescreen Subtitled)

Y tu Mamá También [Unrated] (Widescreen Subtitled) DVD ~ Alfonso Cuarón

3.5 out of 5 stars (195)  CDN$ 15.99
Bus 174

Bus 174 DVD ~ José Padilha

4.0 out of 5 stars (1)  CDN$ 8.30
› Explore similar items : DVD (47) Books (2)

Product Details

  • Format: Import, NTSC, Subtitled
  • Language: Portuguese
  • VHS Release Date: Jun 8 2004
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  (96 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0001WTUPI

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Amazon.ca
Adapté d’un best-seller de Paulo Lins, tiré de faits réels, City of God est la première réalisation du tandem brésilien Katia Lund-Fernando Meirelles. Percutant et inventif, le film, co-produit par le cinéaste Walter Salles, confirme également la bonne santé du cinéma sud-américain.

Construite dans les années 60 dans la banlieue de Sao Paulo, la cité de Dieu est une favela gangrenée par la violence et le trafic de drogue. Sous les yeux de Fusée, gamin déterminé à se créer un avenir dans la photographie, la cité en expansion devient le terrain d’une guerre civile entre deux brigands, Petit Zé et Manu Tombeur, secondés par leurs gangs sans pitié.

Sorte de Scarface revisité par un Wong Kar Wai fan de samba, City of God est un film ambitieux, parfois choquant mais réellement solide. Retraçant avec une cohérence stylistique impressionnante l’histoire de la cité des années 60 à nos jours, il montre de près l’effondrement moral et social de toute une génération en proie à la pauvreté, à quelques kilomètres d’un Rio touristique de rêve. Sans concession, tirant profit d’images très dures pour susciter la réflexion, il a l’intelligence de ne pas glorifier la violence. Malgré quelques longueurs, mais dynamisé par une audace esthétique époustouflante, City of God est le fruit d’un réel talent de mise en scène et remplit avec justesse le rôle social que le cinéma peut avoir à jouer. – Helen Faradji.

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Amores Perros (Widescreen Subtitled) (Signature Series)

Amores Perros (Widescreen Subtitled) (Signature Series) DVD ~ Alejandro González Iñárritu

4.5 out of 5 stars (89)  CDN$ 19.99
Y tu Mamá También [Unrated] (Widescreen Subtitled)

Y tu Mamá También [Unrated] (Widescreen Subtitled) DVD ~ Alfonso Cuarón

3.5 out of 5 stars (195)  CDN$ 15.99
Memento (Widescreen)

Memento (Widescreen) DVD ~ Christopher Nolan

4.3 out of 5 stars (785)  CDN$ 12.46
City of Men: The Complete Series

City of Men: The Complete Series

CDN$ 28.49
The Motorcycle Diaries (Full Screen Edition)

The Motorcycle Diaries (Full Screen Edition)

3.8 out of 5 stars (4)  CDN$ 11.64
› Explore similar items : DVD (27) Books (1)
 

Customer Reviews

96 Reviews
5 star: 80%  (77)
4 star: 14%  (14)
3 star: 2%  (2)
2 star: 2%  (2)
1 star: 1%  (1)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Create your own review
Most helpful customer reviews

 
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars SIMPLY AMAZING, Jul 26 2004
By Vara Kulasingam (Mississauga, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: City Of God (DVD)
I thinks its one of the best films I've ever seen. I don't think you will ever see something as amazing as this film. It left me speechless. I don't think people realize that many of the actors in the film are from the slums of Brazil with no prior acting and that the budget of the movie is almost nothing compared to Hollywood. Keep that in mind when your watching this movie and you will realize that this is as good as it gets. AMAZING!
Was this review helpful to you? YesNo (Report this)



 
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Modern day film makers should question their work., Sep 5 2004
By Antonio Giusto (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)   
This review is from: City Of God (DVD)
Though filled with dizzying violence and brutality (things I usually frown upon in films) City of God is one of the best films I've ever had the pleasure of seeing. The violence and brutality is necessary in this film in order for the story to be told the way it was intended to. This film is a true depiction of an impoverished community where there are very few legitimate ways out and also very little value placed on human life. In the tradition of films like Francesco Rosi's "Salvatore Giuliano", City of God takes a true story and tells it with realistic acting and visionary film-making. After watching City Of God modern day film makers should really question their work and decide if they're really putting their talents to use for the better of humankind. It's about time film makers stopped entertaining and started to educate the viewer on injustices in this world. Hold off 300 million dollar productions of fantasy films and show the world some things that really need to be changed.

City Of God is not just a film, it's stunning portrayal of corruption, greed, and how desperation in poverty can lead to senseless violence. It achieves something way more powerful than just being labeled as "a work of art." What could that be you ask? Watch for yourself and see.

Was this review helpful to you? YesNo (Report this)



 
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars 4 star movie 5 star bonus documentary, Aug 7 2004
By H S Marks (Manchester UK) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: City Of God (DVD)
CITY OF GOD does pay off in the end but I think that the bonus documentary has more relevant meaning to it. But the movie is a TOUR DE FORCE of CINEMA no doubt about that. It is very much a GOODFELLAS/CASINO of the flavellas.

The superb documentary contained on this disc in the special features section explains far more the political dimensions of the subject.

One thing that is not explained in either the movie or the documentary is the origins of the 1964 Coup that over-turned Brazilian democracy and saw a fascist junta come to power.
That event was the fruition of a plan and a policy conceived and insisted upon by John F Kennedy though the Hollywood JFK mythology machine does not want to "go there" or you to know it.
Kennedy was an ardent supporters of neo-nazis across the Third World from Indonesia to Iraq to Brazil. Though his plan for Brazil did not come to a full fruition until after his assassination the plan was very much Kennedy's and all the key people Rusk. McNamara etc were still in power.

In theory Brazil should be a 1st World rich country it has all the resources. They now have the first decent President in their history. But he has forty years of interferance from the North and a culture of brutality to over-come.

hsm_melody@hotmail.com

Was this review helpful to you? YesNo (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 		 Most recent customer reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Seeking to survive in a brutal environment...
"City of God" ("Cidade de Deus") is the story of a boy, but also the story of a "favela" (Portuguese word with similar meaning to slum or shantytown) on the outskirts of Rio de... Read more
Published 19 months ago by M. Alcat

5.0 out of 5 stars A Frightening, yet Uplifting Masterpiece
City of God is disturbing. It gave me chills seeing coked up juvenile kids putting bullets through other kids' heads, and a ghetto neighorhood which offers no hope whatsoever to... Read more
Published on Jul 19 2004 by S. Sommerville

4.0 out of 5 stars Tragic Side Of A Great People