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UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Jackson Booth-Millard I found this Brazilian / Portugese film in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, it certainly had an interesting sounding title, so I was looking forward to seeing what it would be about, directed by Glauber Rocha (Entranced Earth). Basically set in the 1940s during another drought in the sertão (outback), common rural worker and ranch hand Manuel (Geraldo Del Rey) is dissatisfied with his current situation. He kills his boss when he tries to cheat him of his earnings, and he flees, leaving his wife Rosa (Yoná Magalhães), becoming an outlaw and descending further into a life of crime. Manuel joins up with self-proclaimed saint, in fact bandit and hired gunman Antônio das Mortes (Maurício do Valle), he condones violence, even at one point slaughtering a baby, and preaches disturbing statements of his plans or beliefs. Rosa also turns to a life of crime, and Manuel joins the gang of Antônio's sworn enemy, Corisco the Blond Devil (Othon Bastos), and the Pedra Bonita Massacre. Also starring Lidio Silva as Sebastiãn, Sonia Dos Humildes as Dadá, João Gama as Priest and Antônio Pinto as Colonel. This film blends together mysticism, religion and popular culture to create a symbolic and realistic drama, and one of the characters goes by the logic that man must determine his path by his own voice, I just remember this black and white film having quite a few dark moments and many longs takes and montages, it makes for an interesting crime drama. Good!

Tim Kidner I loved the first two-thirds of this jaw-dropping epic. For my second viewing, this time with a friend, we both agreed that it fell to pieces after that point, becoming incoherent and unfathomable, whilst still being stylish and remaining 'strange'.The visual sense was part 'Aguirre, Wrath of God' and Sergio Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in the West'. But, in grainy, high contrast black & white. Camera movements are urgent rather than flowing with the odd editing flourish to enliven the action. We both found this approach initially utterly mesmerising.This film is of hardcore fanaticism, with religious bigotry and the sheer survival in the harsh scrub desert-lands of northern Brazil. Some scenes are reminiscent of Russian cinematic masterpieces by Eisentstein, as in Ivan the Terrible. I think some scenes will offend and appal many viewers whilst still retaining mystery and that 'Wow, this is something totally different and exciting'. The sort of film that has the critics swooning but with the actual film-lover rather less than overawed. I'd rather not go into all the narrative in and outs, mostly because it is the overall effect and impression that it has left on me. Unforgettable, true; daring and significant, undoubtedly. But that doesn't make it a film any easier to watch, though. I would give the first two thirds 9/10 and the remainder five.

gustavo_ma92 This movie is so fantastic! I've seen it like 10 times or so, and I still get impressed whenever I watch it. Glauber Rocha, who was a total genius, unites various elements of Brazil's Northeastern culture in a great story about alienation of the people. The story is narrated by a singer who impersonates a regional popular singer; and the visual aspects of the film and the tone of black and white are supposed to resemble the rhymes and the woodcut covers which invoke the "literatura de cordel", or "string literature", which is very common in the northeast of Brazil(not so much today, but certainly in the 60's). The film shows how the powerful control the poorest through violence and intimidation, and how religion and the "Cangaço" movement can be bad when a person without perspective and objectives in life get involved with them. Manuel, the main character, is totally alienated by the "black god" Sebastião, which resembles, in many ways, real Brazilian preacher Antônio Conselheiro; and by the "white devil" Corisco(a real Cangaceiro who worked with real and, in the 20's and 30's, widely famous Cangaço boss Lampião), wonderfully performed by Othon Bastos, while the hired gun Antonio das Mortes is on the look for both Sebastião and Corisco through the badlands of Northeast. This is a real masterpiece!!

dbaltz2003 I'm very pleased to comment this picture. It treats about all the hard life of Brazil's northeast population in 60's. Every person should have this knowledge, to understand why Brazil's people are so strong. Even if many people didn't understand, the picture is very realist.It's the fight for life in a place where there is no hope, unless you make justice with your own hands. There is a significant way of showing how poor people survive in extreme conditions of weather. Another thing that it should be said about this wonderful movie is that there is no political structure able to stop life, as it is demonstrated in the scenes of the movie.This is a movie to anyone who wants to have a better idea about real life.