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DESCRIPTION:Join us on July 28 at 1 p.m. for our weekly Sunday screening se
 ries\, featuring co-director Fernando Meirelles' Oscar-nominated drama "Ci
 ty of God" (2002) in digital projection.\n\n \n\nCITY OF GOD | 2002 | CO-D
 IRECTORS: Fernando Meirelles\, Katia Lund | WITH: Alexandre Rodrigues\, Le
 andro Firmino\, Matheus Nachtergaele | RUNNING TIME: 2H 10M | RATED R for 
 strong bloody violence\, vulgar language\, adult themes | DIGITAL PROJECTI
 ON\n\n \n\nNominated for four Oscars\, including Best Director\, Best Adap
 ted Screenplay\, Best Editing and Best Cinematography\, this hyper-kinetic
 \, harrowing and exhilarating drama is set in the slums of Rio\, Brazil\, 
 where two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer an
 d the other a kingpin.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n""City of God" churns with furiou
 s energy as it plunges into the story of the slum gangs of Rio de Janeiro.
  Breathtaking and terrifying\, urgently involved with its characters\, it 
 announces a new director of great gifts and passions: Fernando Meirelles. 
 The film has been compared with Scorsese's "GoodFellas\," and it deserves 
 the comparison. Scorsese's film began with a narrator who said that for as
  long as he could remember he wanted to be a gangster. The narrator of thi
 s film seems to have had no other choice.\n\n \n\n"The movie takes place i
 n slums constructed by Rio to isolate the poor people from the city center
 . They have grown into places teeming with life\, color\, music and excite
 ment--and also with danger\, for the law is absent and violent gangs rule 
 the streets.\n\n \n\n"In the virtuoso sequence opening the picture\, a gan
 g is holding a picnic for its members when a chicken escapes. Among those 
 chasing it is Rocket\, the narrator. He suddenly finds himself between two
  armed lines: the gang on one side\, the cops on the other.\n\n \n\n"Worki
 ng with the cinematographer Cesar Charlone\, director Meirelles uses quick
 -cutting and a mobile\, hand-held camera to tell his story with the haste 
 and detail it deserves. Sometimes those devices can create a film that is 
 merely busy\, but "City of God" feels like sight itself\, as we look here 
 and then there\, with danger or opportunity everywhere." -- Roger Ebert\n\
 n \n\nThe screening will be introduced by Bill Cosford Cinema manager Rene
  Rodriguez. Tickets are $5 and available at link above. Students use code 
 UMSTUDENT at checkout for free admission. Cane card must be shown at the d
 oor.
LOCATION:Bill Cosford Cinema\, Dooly Memorial 225
SUMMARY:SUNDAYS AT THE U WITH MOVIES: "CITY OF GOD" (2002)
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