Mercurial » Films http://www.mercurial.cc Weighty, fluid, brilliant and toxic Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:54:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 “Perro come Perro” nominated to the Oscar! http://www.mercurial.cc/archives/2008/09/16/perro-come-perro-nominated-to-the-oscar/ http://www.mercurial.cc/archives/2008/09/16/perro-come-perro-nominated-to-the-oscar/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:27:49 +0000 Camilo http://www.mercurial.cc/?p=2284 Ah, at last a Colombian film for the Oscar. Of course it falls within the violent archetype, but at least…

No. Anywhoo, here is a blurb: a film revolving around corrupt cops, hired killers, betrayal, revenge, and the drug trade with a bit of South American witchcraft thrown in for good measure…

OK, talk to [...]]]> perro_06.jpgAh, at last a Colombian film for the Oscar. Of course it falls within the violent archetype, but at least…

No. Anywhoo, here is a blurb:

a film revolving around corrupt cops, hired killers, betrayal, revenge, and the drug trade with a bit of South American witchcraft thrown in for good measure…

OK, talk to me on this one: how’s withcraft different from the hexes in USA? How is typical from South America?

I like better this review, that, although scathing, makes me even more curious:

The movie emphasize the gritty and nasty with its over the top violence that seems to glamorize gross brutality for the sake of violence, as though it’s the cinematic love letter to violence that only the death-row prisoners would admire for depicting absolute nihilism. Maybe that’s the actual point of the title.

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