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Amores Perros
Starring:
Emilio Echevarría ,
Gael García Bernal ,
Goya Toledo ,
Álvaro Guerrero , and
Vanessa Bauche
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Amores Perros roughly translates to "Love's a bitch," and it's an apt summation of this remarkable film's exploration of passion, loss, and the fragility of our lives. In telling three stories connected by one traumatic incident, Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu uses an intricate screenplay by novelist Guillermo Arriaga to make three movies in close orbit, expressing the notion that we are defined by what we lose--from our loves to our family, our innocence, or even our lives. These interwoven tales--about a young man in love with his brother's pregnant wife, a perfume spokeswoman and her married lover, and a scruffy vagrant who sidelines as a paid killer--are united by a devastating car crash that provides the film's narrative nexus, and by the many dogs that the characters own or care for. There is graphic violence, prompting a disclaimer that controversial dog-fight scenes were harmless and carefully supervised, but what emerges from Amores Perros is a uniquely conceptual portrait of people whom we come to know through their relationship with dogs. The film is simultaneously bleak, cynical, insightful, and compassionate, with layers of meaning that are sure to reward multiple viewings. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
Movie's a bitch........2007-08-01
Amores Perros (Alejandro Gomez Inarritu, 2001)
If nothing else, Amores Perros would be remembered as the film that made Gael Garcia Bernal a star. But there is more. Amores Perros is a movie that's pretty much full of more.
The movie centers around a car crash, when a fleeing Octavio (Bernal) runs a red light and slams into a car driven by supermodel Valeria (Goya Toledo). Once we have seen the film's driving mechanism, we are presented with three stories that surround it: Octavio's, in which he tries to get his brother's wife Susanna (Vanessa Bauche) to run away with him, and gets involved in the underground world of dogfighting in order to try and make enough money to finance his dream; Valeria's, as we see the disintegration of her life after the accident; and that of El Chivo (Emilio Echevarria), a not-so-innocent bystander who rescues Cofi, Octavio's fighting dog, from the wreck. While the three stories never intersect save in the crash itself, characters intertwine, with major characters from one piece popping up in minor parts in others.
What is most impressive about this movie, perhaps, is Inarritu's sense of restraint. He's not one to lay everything out for the viewer; ambiguity abounds in this movie. That's uncommon, and it's noteworthy. What was the last movie you remember seeing from Hollywood that made you think, that forced you to consider many possible motives for any one action any character made, and then compound that hundreds of times? The ambiguity that is the film's main strength is backed up by very good acting, excellent cinematography, a wonderful score, and, of course, fine direction. I admit to shying away from this one for a while because of the weakness of 21 Grams, but this is a much better movie in every respect. See it, if you haven't. (Be warned, however, the animal lovers among you may have a very hard time getting through portions of the first story.) ****
Amores Perros.......2007-07-18
Bleak and brutal, Iñárritu's "Perros"--literally, "Love's a bitch"--takes Tarantino up a notch with a story of crime, betrayal, and abuse set in the rough-and-tumble slums and posh, sanitized condos of Mexico City. Filmed in grainy light to accentuate the hard edges of the story's interconnected plots, "Perros" is at once jolting and unsettling, opening with a tour-de-force car chase that not only rivals "The French Connection," but sets in place the tone and sense of desperation embodied in the film's other theme: the anguished nature of love.
One of the best mexican mvies in recent times.......2007-05-21
What a movie! reason why Mexican cinema is moving forward at a fast pace
Mexican version of 11:14.......2007-05-13
I enjoyed watching *Amores Perros* even though it was quite long. About almost an hour into the movie, I realized that this was a Mexican version of *11:14* If you like 11:14, then you should like this movie. The only difference was that you'll see stories leading up to the pivotal accident and afterwards. The afterwards is what carries on...like forever.
This movie is three-fold or rather three-parts and all involve a dog or more (hence the movie's title). The first part is Octavio, who is in love with his sister-in-law. The sister-in-law is in a trapped marriage with her abusive husband. Octavio offers his sister-in-law to escape with him elswhere. She's worried about the lack of money. So, Octavio bets his dog, Cofi, in dog fights.
The second story involves Daniel leaving his wife and daughters for a well-known model, Valeria. Valeria has her own little dog, Richie, that she always totes with her. Things changed when she's caught in the middle of the pivotal accident. In fact, her career is on hold. She seems to take it in good strides until Richie disappears down a hole in her new apartment.
El Chivo is a homeless man, surrounded by a pack of dogs. El Chivo is also an assassin, if paid the right price. Not only that but he also spies on his estranged daughter, whom she believes her father is dead.
So, like I said, good movie...just a little too long. My favorite part is the first part involving Octavio and his sister-in-law. I looked forward to their story.
No English audio track.......2007-03-28
Beware, that this DVD does not have English audio track despite its Amazon description. This is an outstanding movie, but Amazon has wrong data and issued a full refund for me.
Amazon.com
Amores Perros roughly translates to "Love's a bitch," and it's an apt summation of this remarkable film's exploration of passion, loss, and the fragility of our lives. In telling three stories connected by one traumatic incident, Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu uses an intricate screenplay by novelist Guillermo Arriaga to make three movies in close orbit, expressing the notion that we are defined by what we lose--from our loves to our family, our innocence, or even our lives. These interwoven tales--about a young man in love with his brother's pregnant wife, a perfume spokeswoman and her married lover, and a scruffy vagrant who sidelines as a paid killer--are united by a devastating car crash that provides the film's narrative nexus, and by the many dogs that the characters own or care for. There is graphic violence, prompting a disclaimer that controversial dog-fight scenes were harmless and carefully supervised, but what emerges from Amores Perros is a uniquely conceptual portrait of people whom we come to know through their relationship with dogs. The film is simultaneously bleak, cynical, insightful, and compassionate, with layers of meaning that are sure to reward multiple viewings. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
Movie's a bitch........2007-08-01
Amores Perros (Alejandro Gomez Inarritu, 2001)
If nothing else, Amores Perros would be remembered as the film that made Gael Garcia Bernal a star. But there is more. Amores Perros is a movie that's pretty much full of more.
The movie centers around a car crash, when a fleeing Octavio (Bernal) runs a red light and slams into a car driven by supermodel Valeria (Goya Toledo). Once we have seen the film's driving mechanism, we are presented with three stories that surround it: Octavio's, in which he tries to get his brother's wife Susanna (Vanessa Bauche) to run away with him, and gets involved in the underground world of dogfighting in order to try and make enough money to finance his dream; Valeria's, as we see the disintegration of her life after the accident; and that of El Chivo (Emilio Echevarria), a not-so-innocent bystander who rescues Cofi, Octavio's fighting dog, from the wreck. While the three stories never intersect save in the crash itself, characters intertwine, with major characters from one piece popping up in minor parts in others.
What is most impressive about this movie, perhaps, is Inarritu's sense of restraint. He's not one to lay everything out for the viewer; ambiguity abounds in this movie. That's uncommon, and it's noteworthy. What was the last movie you remember seeing from Hollywood that made you think, that forced you to consider many possible motives for any one action any character made, and then compound that hundreds of times? The ambiguity that is the film's main strength is backed up by very good acting, excellent cinematography, a wonderful score, and, of course, fine direction. I admit to shying away from this one for a while because of the weakness of 21 Grams, but this is a much better movie in every respect. See it, if you haven't. (Be warned, however, the animal lovers among you may have a very hard time getting through portions of the first story.) ****
Amores Perros.......2007-07-18
Bleak and brutal, Iñárritu's "Perros"--literally, "Love's a bitch"--takes Tarantino up a notch with a story of crime, betrayal, and abuse set in the rough-and-tumble slums and posh, sanitized condos of Mexico City. Filmed in grainy light to accentuate the hard edges of the story's interconnected plots, "Perros" is at once jolting and unsettling, opening with a tour-de-force car chase that not only rivals "The French Connection," but sets in place the tone and sense of desperation embodied in the film's other theme: the anguished nature of love.
One of the best mexican mvies in recent times.......2007-05-21
What a movie! reason why Mexican cinema is moving forward at a fast pace
Mexican version of 11:14.......2007-05-13
I enjoyed watching *Amores Perros* even though it was quite long. About almost an hour into the movie, I realized that this was a Mexican version of *11:14* If you like 11:14, then you should like this movie. The only difference was that you'll see stories leading up to the pivotal accident and afterwards. The afterwards is what carries on...like forever.
This movie is three-fold or rather three-parts and all involve a dog or more (hence the movie's title). The first part is Octavio, who is in love with his sister-in-law. The sister-in-law is in a trapped marriage with her abusive husband. Octavio offers his sister-in-law to escape with him elswhere. She's worried about the lack of money. So, Octavio bets his dog, Cofi, in dog fights.
The second story involves Daniel leaving his wife and daughters for a well-known model, Valeria. Valeria has her own little dog, Richie, that she always totes with her. Things changed when she's caught in the middle of the pivotal accident. In fact, her career is on hold. She seems to take it in good strides until Richie disappears down a hole in her new apartment.
El Chivo is a homeless man, surrounded by a pack of dogs. El Chivo is also an assassin, if paid the right price. Not only that but he also spies on his estranged daughter, whom she believes her father is dead.
So, like I said, good movie...just a little too long. My favorite part is the first part involving Octavio and his sister-in-law. I looked forward to their story.
No English audio track.......2007-03-28
Beware, that this DVD does not have English audio track despite its Amazon description. This is an outstanding movie, but Amazon has wrong data and issued a full refund for me.
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Salted pork shanks as leitmotiv in Jamón Jamón a dark comedy about an absurd love triangle: this is what post-Franco cine is all about (food and sex). Spanish tortillas (i.e., potato omelets) are also big in this one. Director José Juan Bigas Luna is intelligent, wry, and--despite the formulaic narrative that melodrama must essentially contain--unpredictable. At times his film exudes a certain Almodóvar flavour, but there is an edge, perhaps even heavy-handedness, to the dark humour that is either Luna's success or his downfall. The film garnered the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, after all. Try to follow: sexy Penelope Cruz (Belle Epoque) is growing up with her mother outside town on the wrong side of the highway. Together they run a truck stop where cars and life literally race past. Cruz is in love with Jordí Molla, by whom she is pregnant, but Molla's bourgeois mother, played by Anna Galiena (Being Human), thinks he can and should do better (of course, neither Cruz nor his mother knows of the erotic, avian interludes Molla enjoys on the side.) To save her son from the lower classes, Galiena hires Javier Bardem, a muscular, pretty man (whose regular consumption of the pork he distributes for a living has enhanced his sexual appeal) to pursue Cruz. The dark comedy finds a proper ending to the triangle in a grotesque but comedic landscape of death. This is not a cookie-cutter movie but rather one that will resonate with both your light and dark sides. After each surprise, you'll chuckle, feel guilty, and chuckle again. --Erik Macki, Amazon.com
Customer Reviews:
A Very Dark but Enormously Successful Unique Film.......2006-11-07
'Jamón, jamón' is a tremendously creative movie by director José Juan Bigas Luna and his writing partner Cuca Canals (Son de mar, Volavérunt, Bámbola, Lumière et compagnie, La Teta y la luna, and Huevos de oro), a film that is a dark comedy but not in the ho-ho manner: the comedy is the human comedy and watching it evolve may at times make the viewer avert the eyes because of its truthfulness.
Silvia (a very young Penélope Cruz) lives with her prostitute mother (Stefania Sandrelli) in a truck stop bordello, obviously in the lower caste of society. Silvia works in the Under Wear factory owned by the parents (Anna Galiena and Juan Diego) of Penelope's boyfriend José Luis (Jordi Molla). Penelope is pregnant by José Luis but of course this low class association will never do to his mother so she sets about to distract Silvia from José Luis's attentions. Enter a ham seller and wannabe bullfighter Raúl (the very buff and hunky young Javier Bardem) who is a macho as they come (a night scene where Raúl and his handsome friend played by Tomás Martín fight a bull in the nude is the pinnacle of machismo!) whom the mother hires to distract Silvia. But the plot thickens when the intended coupling becomes crazily rearranged (Raúl has sex with José Luis's mother, José Luis seeks out the corporal companionship of Silvia's prostitute mother, José Luis's father grasps for Silvia, etc) until the sextet comes to a strange ending on the twilight plains of Spain.
This color-saturated movie by cinematographer José Luis Alcaine is a visual delight and the accompanying musical score by Nicola Piovani adds just the right amount of spice. But it is the extraordinary acting of the young actors who were to become international stars - Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, and Jordi Mollà - that bring the excitement and aura of sensuality to this very controversial film. José Juan Bigas Luna is a terrific combination of Dalí, Almodóvar, Cocteau, and Buñuel, but he carries his dark comedic sense into the critical eye of the human microscope. The film is a delight and a joy to see, if only to watch the three big names at their early stages! Grady Harp, November 06
Amazon.com
Amores Perros roughly translates to "Love's a bitch," and it's an apt summation of this remarkable film's exploration of passion, loss, and the fragility of our lives. In telling three stories connected by one traumatic incident, Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu uses an intricate screenplay by novelist Guillermo Arriaga to make three movies in close orbit, expressing the notion that we are defined by what we lose--from our loves to our family, our innocence, or even our lives. These interwoven tales--about a young man in love with his brother's pregnant wife, a perfume spokeswoman and her married lover, and a scruffy vagrant who sidelines as a paid killer--are united by a devastating car crash that provides the film's narrative nexus, and by the many dogs that the characters own or care for. There is graphic violence, prompting a disclaimer that controversial dog-fight scenes were harmless and carefully supervised, but what emerges from Amores Perros is a uniquely conceptual portrait of people whom we come to know through their relationship with dogs. The film is simultaneously bleak, cynical, insightful, and compassionate, with layers of meaning that are sure to reward multiple viewings. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
Movie's a bitch........2007-08-01
Amores Perros (Alejandro Gomez Inarritu, 2001)
If nothing else, Amores Perros would be remembered as the film that made Gael Garcia Bernal a star. But there is more. Amores Perros is a movie that's pretty much full of more.
The movie centers around a car crash, when a fleeing Octavio (Bernal) runs a red light and slams into a car driven by supermodel Valeria (Goya Toledo). Once we have seen the film's driving mechanism, we are presented with three stories that surround it: Octavio's, in which he tries to get his brother's wife Susanna (Vanessa Bauche) to run away with him, and gets involved in the underground world of dogfighting in order to try and make enough money to finance his dream; Valeria's, as we see the disintegration of her life after the accident; and that of El Chivo (Emilio Echevarria), a not-so-innocent bystander who rescues Cofi, Octavio's fighting dog, from the wreck. While the three stories never intersect save in the crash itself, characters intertwine, with major characters from one piece popping up in minor parts in others.
What is most impressive about this movie, perhaps, is Inarritu's sense of restraint. He's not one to lay everything out for the viewer; ambiguity abounds in this movie. That's uncommon, and it's noteworthy. What was the last movie you remember seeing from Hollywood that made you think, that forced you to consider many possible motives for any one action any character made, and then compound that hundreds of times? The ambiguity that is the film's main strength is backed up by very good acting, excellent cinematography, a wonderful score, and, of course, fine direction. I admit to shying away from this one for a while because of the weakness of 21 Grams, but this is a much better movie in every respect. See it, if you haven't. (Be warned, however, the animal lovers among you may have a very hard time getting through portions of the first story.) ****
Amores Perros.......2007-07-18
Bleak and brutal, Iñárritu's "Perros"--literally, "Love's a bitch"--takes Tarantino up a notch with a story of crime, betrayal, and abuse set in the rough-and-tumble slums and posh, sanitized condos of Mexico City. Filmed in grainy light to accentuate the hard edges of the story's interconnected plots, "Perros" is at once jolting and unsettling, opening with a tour-de-force car chase that not only rivals "The French Connection," but sets in place the tone and sense of desperation embodied in the film's other theme: the anguished nature of love.
One of the best mexican mvies in recent times.......2007-05-21
What a movie! reason why Mexican cinema is moving forward at a fast pace
Mexican version of 11:14.......2007-05-13
I enjoyed watching *Amores Perros* even though it was quite long. About almost an hour into the movie, I realized that this was a Mexican version of *11:14* If you like 11:14, then you should like this movie. The only difference was that you'll see stories leading up to the pivotal accident and afterwards. The afterwards is what carries on...like forever.
This movie is three-fold or rather three-parts and all involve a dog or more (hence the movie's title). The first part is Octavio, who is in love with his sister-in-law. The sister-in-law is in a trapped marriage with her abusive husband. Octavio offers his sister-in-law to escape with him elswhere. She's worried about the lack of money. So, Octavio bets his dog, Cofi, in dog fights.
The second story involves Daniel leaving his wife and daughters for a well-known model, Valeria. Valeria has her own little dog, Richie, that she always totes with her. Things changed when she's caught in the middle of the pivotal accident. In fact, her career is on hold. She seems to take it in good strides until Richie disappears down a hole in her new apartment.
El Chivo is a homeless man, surrounded by a pack of dogs. El Chivo is also an assassin, if paid the right price. Not only that but he also spies on his estranged daughter, whom she believes her father is dead.
So, like I said, good movie...just a little too long. My favorite part is the first part involving Octavio and his sister-in-law. I looked forward to their story.
No English audio track.......2007-03-28
Beware, that this DVD does not have English audio track despite its Amazon description. This is an outstanding movie, but Amazon has wrong data and issued a full refund for me.
Amazon.com
Amores Perros roughly translates to "Love's a bitch," and it's an apt summation of this remarkable film's exploration of passion, loss, and the fragility of our lives. In telling three stories connected by one traumatic incident, Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu uses an intricate screenplay by novelist Guillermo Arriaga to make three movies in close orbit, expressing the notion that we are defined by what we lose--from our loves to our family, our innocence, or even our lives. These interwoven tales--about a young man in love with his brother's pregnant wife, a perfume spokeswoman and her married lover, and a scruffy vagrant who sidelines as a paid killer--are united by a devastating car crash that provides the film's narrative nexus, and by the many dogs that the characters own or care for. There is graphic violence, prompting a disclaimer that controversial dog-fight scenes were harmless and carefully supervised, but what emerges from Amores Perros is a uniquely conceptual portrait of people whom we come to know through their relationship with dogs. The film is simultaneously bleak, cynical, insightful, and compassionate, with layers of meaning that are sure to reward multiple viewings. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
Movie's a bitch........2007-08-01
Amores Perros (Alejandro Gomez Inarritu, 2001)
If nothing else, Amores Perros would be remembered as the film that made Gael Garcia Bernal a star. But there is more. Amores Perros is a movie that's pretty much full of more.
The movie centers around a car crash, when a fleeing Octavio (Bernal) runs a red light and slams into a car driven by supermodel Valeria (Goya Toledo). Once we have seen the film's driving mechanism, we are presented with three stories that surround it: Octavio's, in which he tries to get his brother's wife Susanna (Vanessa Bauche) to run away with him, and gets involved in the underground world of dogfighting in order to try and make enough money to finance his dream; Valeria's, as we see the disintegration of her life after the accident; and that of El Chivo (Emilio Echevarria), a not-so-innocent bystander who rescues Cofi, Octavio's fighting dog, from the wreck. While the three stories never intersect save in the crash itself, characters intertwine, with major characters from one piece popping up in minor parts in others.
What is most impressive about this movie, perhaps, is Inarritu's sense of restraint. He's not one to lay everything out for the viewer; ambiguity abounds in this movie. That's uncommon, and it's noteworthy. What was the last movie you remember seeing from Hollywood that made you think, that forced you to consider many possible motives for any one action any character made, and then compound that hundreds of times? The ambiguity that is the film's main strength is backed up by very good acting, excellent cinematography, a wonderful score, and, of course, fine direction. I admit to shying away from this one for a while because of the weakness of 21 Grams, but this is a much better movie in every respect. See it, if you haven't. (Be warned, however, the animal lovers among you may have a very hard time getting through portions of the first story.) ****
Amores Perros.......2007-07-18
Bleak and brutal, Iñárritu's "Perros"--literally, "Love's a bitch"--takes Tarantino up a notch with a story of crime, betrayal, and abuse set in the rough-and-tumble slums and posh, sanitized condos of Mexico City. Filmed in grainy light to accentuate the hard edges of the story's interconnected plots, "Perros" is at once jolting and unsettling, opening with a tour-de-force car chase that not only rivals "The French Connection," but sets in place the tone and sense of desperation embodied in the film's other theme: the anguished nature of love.
One of the best mexican mvies in recent times.......2007-05-21
What a movie! reason why Mexican cinema is moving forward at a fast pace
Mexican version of 11:14.......2007-05-13
I enjoyed watching *Amores Perros* even though it was quite long. About almost an hour into the movie, I realized that this was a Mexican version of *11:14* If you like 11:14, then you should like this movie. The only difference was that you'll see stories leading up to the pivotal accident and afterwards. The afterwards is what carries on...like forever.
This movie is three-fold or rather three-parts and all involve a dog or more (hence the movie's title). The first part is Octavio, who is in love with his sister-in-law. The sister-in-law is in a trapped marriage with her abusive husband. Octavio offers his sister-in-law to escape with him elswhere. She's worried about the lack of money. So, Octavio bets his dog, Cofi, in dog fights.
The second story involves Daniel leaving his wife and daughters for a well-known model, Valeria. Valeria has her own little dog, Richie, that she always totes with her. Things changed when she's caught in the middle of the pivotal accident. In fact, her career is on hold. She seems to take it in good strides until Richie disappears down a hole in her new apartment.
El Chivo is a homeless man, surrounded by a pack of dogs. El Chivo is also an assassin, if paid the right price. Not only that but he also spies on his estranged daughter, whom she believes her father is dead.
So, like I said, good movie...just a little too long. My favorite part is the first part involving Octavio and his sister-in-law. I looked forward to their story.
No English audio track.......2007-03-28
Beware, that this DVD does not have English audio track despite its Amazon description. This is an outstanding movie, but Amazon has wrong data and issued a full refund for me.
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City Of God (Cidade De Deus) [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import]
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Like cinematic dynamite, City of God lights a fuse under its squalid Brazilian ghetto, and we're a captive audience to its violent explosion. The titular favela is home to a seething army of impoverished children who grow, over the film's ambitious 20-year time frame, into cut-throat killers, drug lords and feral survivors. In the vortex of this maelstrom is L'il Z (Leandro Firmino da Hora--like most of the cast, a non-professional actor), self-appointed king of the dealers, determined to eliminate all competition at the expense of his corrupted soul. With enough visual vitality and provocative substance to spark heated debate (and box-office gold) in Brazil, codirectors Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund tackle their subject head on, creating a portrait of youthful anarchy so appalling--and so authentically immediate--that City of God prompted reforms in socioeconomic policy. It's a bracing feat of stylistic audacity, borrowing from a dozen other films to form its own unique identity. You'll flinch, but you can't look away.
Amazon.com
Amores Perros roughly translates to "Love's a bitch," and it's an apt summation of this remarkable film's exploration of passion, loss, and the fragility of our lives. In telling three stories connected by one traumatic incident, Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu uses an intricate screenplay by novelist Guillermo Arriaga to make three movies in close orbit, expressing the notion that we are defined by what we lose--from our loves to our family, our innocence, or even our lives. These interwoven tales--about a young man in love with his brother's pregnant wife, a perfume spokeswoman and her married lover, and a scruffy vagrant who sidelines as a paid killer--are united by a devastating car crash that provides the film's narrative nexus, and by the many dogs that the characters own or care for. There is graphic violence, prompting a disclaimer that controversial dog-fight scenes were harmless and carefully supervised, but what emerges from Amores Perros is a uniquely conceptual portrait of people whom we come to know through their relationship with dogs. The film is simultaneously bleak, cynical, insightful, and compassionate, with layers of meaning that are sure to reward multiple viewings. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
Movie's a bitch........2007-08-01
Amores Perros (Alejandro Gomez Inarritu, 2001)
If nothing else, Amores Perros would be remembered as the film that made Gael Garcia Bernal a star. But there is more. Amores Perros is a movie that's pretty much full of more.
The movie centers around a car crash, when a fleeing Octavio (Bernal) runs a red light and slams into a car driven by supermodel Valeria (Goya Toledo). Once we have seen the film's driving mechanism, we are presented with three stories that surround it: Octavio's, in which he tries to get his brother's wife Susanna (Vanessa Bauche) to run away with him, and gets involved in the underground world of dogfighting in order to try and make enough money to finance his dream; Valeria's, as we see the disintegration of her life after the accident; and that of El Chivo (Emilio Echevarria), a not-so-innocent bystander who rescues Cofi, Octavio's fighting dog, from the wreck. While the three stories never intersect save in the crash itself, characters intertwine, with major characters from one piece popping up in minor parts in others.
What is most impressive about this movie, perhaps, is Inarritu's sense of restraint. He's not one to lay everything out for the viewer; ambiguity abounds in this movie. That's uncommon, and it's noteworthy. What was the last movie you remember seeing from Hollywood that made you think, that forced you to consider many possible motives for any one action any character made, and then compound that hundreds of times? The ambiguity that is the film's main strength is backed up by very good acting, excellent cinematography, a wonderful score, and, of course, fine direction. I admit to shying away from this one for a while because of the weakness of 21 Grams, but this is a much better movie in every respect. See it, if you haven't. (Be warned, however, the animal lovers among you may have a very hard time getting through portions of the first story.) ****
Amores Perros.......2007-07-18
Bleak and brutal, Iñárritu's "Perros"--literally, "Love's a bitch"--takes Tarantino up a notch with a story of crime, betrayal, and abuse set in the rough-and-tumble slums and posh, sanitized condos of Mexico City. Filmed in grainy light to accentuate the hard edges of the story's interconnected plots, "Perros" is at once jolting and unsettling, opening with a tour-de-force car chase that not only rivals "The French Connection," but sets in place the tone and sense of desperation embodied in the film's other theme: the anguished nature of love.
One of the best mexican mvies in recent times.......2007-05-21
What a movie! reason why Mexican cinema is moving forward at a fast pace
Mexican version of 11:14.......2007-05-13
I enjoyed watching *Amores Perros* even though it was quite long. About almost an hour into the movie, I realized that this was a Mexican version of *11:14* If you like 11:14, then you should like this movie. The only difference was that you'll see stories leading up to the pivotal accident and afterwards. The afterwards is what carries on...like forever.
This movie is three-fold or rather three-parts and all involve a dog or more (hence the movie's title). The first part is Octavio, who is in love with his sister-in-law. The sister-in-law is in a trapped marriage with her abusive husband. Octavio offers his sister-in-law to escape with him elswhere. She's worried about the lack of money. So, Octavio bets his dog, Cofi, in dog fights.
The second story involves Daniel leaving his wife and daughters for a well-known model, Valeria. Valeria has her own little dog, Richie, that she always totes with her. Things changed when she's caught in the middle of the pivotal accident. In fact, her career is on hold. She seems to take it in good strides until Richie disappears down a hole in her new apartment.
El Chivo is a homeless man, surrounded by a pack of dogs. El Chivo is also an assassin, if paid the right price. Not only that but he also spies on his estranged daughter, whom she believes her father is dead.
So, like I said, good movie...just a little too long. My favorite part is the first part involving Octavio and his sister-in-law. I looked forward to their story.
No English audio track.......2007-03-28
Beware, that this DVD does not have English audio track despite its Amazon description. This is an outstanding movie, but Amazon has wrong data and issued a full refund for me.
Description
Australian actor Naomi Watts discusses her work in the film 21 Grams, which also stars Sean Penn, and reflects on her previous roles. Then, director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and actors Melissa Leo and Benicio Del Toro discuss their work on the film.
Amazon.com
Amores Perros roughly translates to "Love's a bitch," and it's an apt summation of this remarkable film's exploration of passion, loss, and the fragility of our lives. In telling three stories connected by one traumatic incident, Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu uses an intricate screenplay by novelist Guillermo Arriaga to make three movies in close orbit, expressing the notion that we are defined by what we lose--from our loves to our family, our innocence, or even our lives. These interwoven tales--about a young man in love with his brother's pregnant wife, a perfume spokeswoman and her married lover, and a scruffy vagrant who sidelines as a paid killer--are united by a devastating car crash that provides the film's narrative nexus, and by the many dogs that the characters own or care for. There is graphic violence, prompting a disclaimer that controversial dog-fight scenes were harmless and carefully supervised, but what emerges from Amores Perros is a uniquely conceptual portrait of people whom we come to know through their relationship with dogs. The film is simultaneously bleak, cynical, insightful, and compassionate, with layers of meaning that are sure to reward multiple viewings. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
Movie's a bitch........2007-08-01
Amores Perros (Alejandro Gomez Inarritu, 2001)
If nothing else, Amores Perros would be remembered as the film that made Gael Garcia Bernal a star. But there is more. Amores Perros is a movie that's pretty much full of more.
The movie centers around a car crash, when a fleeing Octavio (Bernal) runs a red light and slams into a car driven by supermodel Valeria (Goya Toledo). Once we have seen the film's driving mechanism, we are presented with three stories that surround it: Octavio's, in which he tries to get his brother's wife Susanna (Vanessa Bauche) to run away with him, and gets involved in the underground world of dogfighting in order to try and make enough money to finance his dream; Valeria's, as we see the disintegration of her life after the accident; and that of El Chivo (Emilio Echevarria), a not-so-innocent bystander who rescues Cofi, Octavio's fighting dog, from the wreck. While the three stories never intersect save in the crash itself, characters intertwine, with major characters from one piece popping up in minor parts in others.
What is most impressive about this movie, perhaps, is Inarritu's sense of restraint. He's not one to lay everything out for the viewer; ambiguity abounds in this movie. That's uncommon, and it's noteworthy. What was the last movie you remember seeing from Hollywood that made you think, that forced you to consider many possible motives for any one action any character made, and then compound that hundreds of times? The ambiguity that is the film's main strength is backed up by very good acting, excellent cinematography, a wonderful score, and, of course, fine direction. I admit to shying away from this one for a while because of the weakness of 21 Grams, but this is a much better movie in every respect. See it, if you haven't. (Be warned, however, the animal lovers among you may have a very hard time getting through portions of the first story.) ****
Amores Perros.......2007-07-18
Bleak and brutal, Iñárritu's "Perros"--literally, "Love's a bitch"--takes Tarantino up a notch with a story of crime, betrayal, and abuse set in the rough-and-tumble slums and posh, sanitized condos of Mexico City. Filmed in grainy light to accentuate the hard edges of the story's interconnected plots, "Perros" is at once jolting and unsettling, opening with a tour-de-force car chase that not only rivals "The French Connection," but sets in place the tone and sense of desperation embodied in the film's other theme: the anguished nature of love.
One of the best mexican mvies in recent times.......2007-05-21
What a movie! reason why Mexican cinema is moving forward at a fast pace
Mexican version of 11:14.......2007-05-13
I enjoyed watching *Amores Perros* even though it was quite long. About almost an hour into the movie, I realized that this was a Mexican version of *11:14* If you like 11:14, then you should like this movie. The only difference was that you'll see stories leading up to the pivotal accident and afterwards. The afterwards is what carries on...like forever.
This movie is three-fold or rather three-parts and all involve a dog or more (hence the movie's title). The first part is Octavio, who is in love with his sister-in-law. The sister-in-law is in a trapped marriage with her abusive husband. Octavio offers his sister-in-law to escape with him elswhere. She's worried about the lack of money. So, Octavio bets his dog, Cofi, in dog fights.
The second story involves Daniel leaving his wife and daughters for a well-known model, Valeria. Valeria has her own little dog, Richie, that she always totes with her. Things changed when she's caught in the middle of the pivotal accident. In fact, her career is on hold. She seems to take it in good strides until Richie disappears down a hole in her new apartment.
El Chivo is a homeless man, surrounded by a pack of dogs. El Chivo is also an assassin, if paid the right price. Not only that but he also spies on his estranged daughter, whom she believes her father is dead.
So, like I said, good movie...just a little too long. My favorite part is the first part involving Octavio and his sister-in-law. I looked forward to their story.
No English audio track.......2007-03-28
Beware, that this DVD does not have English audio track despite its Amazon description. This is an outstanding movie, but Amazon has wrong data and issued a full refund for me.
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