carandiru is a 2003 brazilian drama film directed by héctor babenco .

it is based on the book estação carandiru by dr. drauzio varella , a physician and aids specialist , who is portrayed in the film by luiz carlos vasconcelos .

carandiru tells some of the stories that occurred in carandiru penitentiary , which was the biggest prison in latin america .

the story culminates with the 1992 massacre where 111 prisoners were killed , 102 by police .

the film was the last thing for which the prison was used before it was demolished in 2002 , one year before the release of the film .

babenco states that carandiru is the “ most realistic film [ he ’s ] ever made , ” presenting a new kind of brazilian realism inspired by cinema novo ( not only is it meant to portray different sides of brazil , but also it was shot on location and used many actual prisoners as actors ) .

due to this focus on portraying reality and the film ’s memoir inspiration , carandiru can be read as a docudrama or as a testimony from the prisoners .

carandiru ( film )

cast of ' carandiru ' during 2003 cannes film festival - ' carandiru ' photo call at . . .
cast of ' carandiru ' during 2003 cannes film festival - ' carandiru ' photo call at palais des festivals in cannes , france .
carandiru is the most powerful brazilian film i have seen outside of cidade de deus .
hector babenco during 2003 cannes film festival - ' carandiru ' photo call at palais . . .
drauzio varella during 2003 cannes film festival - ' carandiru ' photo call at palais . . .
rodrigo santoro during 2003 cannes film festival - ' carandiru ' photo call at palais . . .
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aida leiner during 2003 cannes film festival - ' carandiru ' photo call at palais des festivals in cannes , france .
hector babenco during 2003 cannes film festival - ' carandiru ' photo call at palais des festivals in cannes , france .
drauzio varella during 2003 cannes film festival - ' carandiru ' photo call at palais des festivals in cannes , france .
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rodrigo santoro during 2003 cannes film festival - ' carandiru ' photo call at palais des festivals in cannes , france .
hector babenco ' s prisondrama carandiru has become thehighest grossing brazilian film of all time in its home territory according tolocal distributor columbia tristar .
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drauzio varella of the movie ' carandiru ' poses for portraits during the 2004 sundance film festival january 17 , 2004 in park city , utah .
the film is an adaptation ofnon - fiction best seller carandiru station by dr drauzio varella , who was babenco ' s oncologist when he contractedlymphatic cancer . the film weaves together several stories from sao paolo ' sinfamous carandiru prison as seenthrough the eyes of dr varella who worked at the penitentiary for 12 years as an aids doctor . carandiru played in competition at cannes last month to mixedreviews .
actor rodrigo santoro of the movie ' carandiru ' poses for portraits during the 2004 sundance film festival january 17 , 2004 in park city , utah .
drauzio varella of the movie ' carandiru ' poses for portraits during the 2004 . . .
actor rodrigo santoro of the movie ' carandiru ' poses for portraits during the 2004 . . .
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in 1992 , police went berserk in brazil ' s notorious carandiru jail , killing 111 inmates . now the story of the massacre has been turned into a film . by patrick wilcken
producer hector babenco , actor rodrigo santoro and drauzio varella of the movie ' carandiru ' pose for portraits during the 2004 sundance film festival january 17 , 2004 in park city , utah .
actor rodrigo santoro , producer hector babenco and drauzio varella of the movie ' carandiru ' pose for portraits during the 2004 sundance film festival january 17 , 2004 in park city , utah .
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“carandiru . doc” intends to have that same attentive and revealing look on the movie “carandiru” . it will be like an open and privileged window that will reveal for the public this process of transforming fiction into reality that cinema achieves .
despite its structural flaws , carandiru presents more interesting characters than you ' d see in a dozen other prison movies .
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actor rodrigo santoro ( l ) , drauzio varella and producer hector babenco of the movie ' carandiru ' pose for portraits during the 2004 sundance film festival january 17 , 2004 in park city , utah .
on the other hand , hector babenco , the well know director of “pixote , the law of the weakest” and “kiss of the spider woman” , will be shooting the feature film “carandiru” , based on the brazilian bestseller by doctor dráuzio varella , in the actual location of carandiru , exactly in the days that it is being emptied .
five years later , he returned to cannes in triumph with carandiru , which he considered “my most realistic film” . the powerful drama was inspired by dr drauzio varella , whom babenco credited as having saved his life when he was ill , and who had written a memoir about his experiences in the notorious carandiru penitentiary in são paulo .
a breathtaking film , that talk about prisoners with aids , life in prison , prejudice and homosexuality . all seen by the doctor drauzio varella . a true story based on the book estaã§ã£o carandiru . shocking !
from its very first scenes - - showing the arrival of a young doctor of shining goodwill and naivete at boisterous carandiru prison in sao paolo , brazil - - hector babenco ' s
carandiru
is a prison movie of unusual richness and jarring power .
· carandiru screens at the london film festival on november 5 and 6 at the odeon west end , london , wc2 . ( tickets : 020 - 7928 3232 . ) it goes on general release next year .
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and actress marilia pera attend the new york film critics circle awards , where babenco was awarded the best foreign language film prize for his movie pixote : a . . .
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los angeles film critics association : lafca award , best actor , jack nicholson ; 1987 .
carandiru , as the detention center prison complex became know as , the largest in latin america , will be deactivated before may , 2002 .
so , at the same time , the carandiru complex will be the place where the story unfolds and the main character of this documentary .
reported that 65 % of critics gave the film a positive review , based on twenty reviews .
new york film critics circle awards : nyfcc award , best actor , jack nicholson , 1987 .
in 1992 , several phalanxes of uzi - wielding riot police were called in to quell the carandiru prison in brazil , resulting in the pogrom of 111 unarmed inmates . hector babenco ' s film is a potent and devastating exploration of these events .
' ' carandiru ' ' is rated r ( under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian ) for violence , sexual situations and very strong language .
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as of june 1 , 2003 , carandiru has raked in $ 9 , 053 , 066 ( real 27 , 160 , 220 ) and scored 4 . 109m admissions since itsdebut on april 11 . the film is still playing on 261 screens . sony picturesclassics holds the us domestic rights while columbia tristar film distributorsinternational owns rights in the rest of the world .
babenco’s final film was my hindu friend ( 2016 ) , which starred willem dafoe as a film director dying of cancer who befriends an eight - year - old hindu boy , also a patient at the hospital .
varella ' s book is a superbly - written evocation of life inside carandiru . the tiny number of corrupt , poorly paid and badly trained guards ( often no more than a dozen overseeing several thousand men ) meant that power was effectively devolved to the prisoners themselves . nevertheless , varella found a kind of order inside carandiru .
the opportunity of making this documentary about carandiru , as it is about to end and while a fiction film is made about it , surely , will reveal to the spectator a privileged view of how all these issues and conflicts interact in the construction of reality and the movie .
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the real carandiru prison was demolished in 2002 , it will be transformed into a park with arts facilities . one block ( # 2 ) was left intact to be used as a museum . the film was the last thing they used the prison before demolishing 90 % of it .
nevertheless , carandiru is superb exploration of life as prisoner , the thousands of wrong choices we make as individuals but also collectively . when does something become acceptable ? anything becomes…
it may be interesting as a collection of chronicles about life in a brazilian prison , but sadly this is a frustratingly superficial and simplistic film that doesn ' t discuss the actual causes of the revolt that led to the carandiru massacre , being also uneven and full of awful talking heads .
despite this veracity ,
carandiru
has a surreal quality . it doesn ' t feel like a normal prison movie , largely because carandiru was no normal prison . horribly overcrowded - - at one point , there were 8 , 000 prisoners in a building made for 3 , 000 - - it was also a facility substantially run by the inmates .
carandiru could have been a great prison drama , but it mixed its genres so thoroughly in an attempt to make it entertaining and accessible that i felt it lost its bite .
columbia tristar also tookcare to screen the film in less affluent neighborhoods where the drama is stillplaying strongest .
carandiru has brought people back to the cinema ; some people who have not gone to atheatre in years are now trooping back to see it ,
said columbia tristarsales manager andre sala .
two pieces of film are presented here , footage of carandiru prison being demolished in 2002 and a strange rose tinted promotional film showing brazilian prisoners in the 1920s / . most of the footage of the destruction is shown at the end of the film , although this does include an extra camera angle from within the prison courtyard , but it’s a strange piece of footage to include as an extra . the 20s footage is more interesting , assumedly produced by the brazilian government to show how fantastic life in prison was , we see convicts doing ‘swedish callisthenics’ and working the fields . you get the feeling everyone wasn’t quite so happy at the activities in real life , and probably weren’t getting such loving treatment day to day . it’s also an odd piece of film , it doesn’t appear to have anything to do with the carandiru prison itself , and it’s age makes it rather irrelevant to the film , but then this is probably the only place you’ll ever see it .
the novel was ideal for independent filmmaking ; the resulting film , even more than 20 years later , is still superb .
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carandiru
is based on the best - selling novel - memoir
carandiru station
by dr . drauzio varella . in some ways , this may be one of the most accurate prison movies ever made . varella took his stories from life , though he fictionalized the incidents and the characters , including the young doctor ( played by luiz carlos vasconcelos ) he modeled on himself . and babenco and his collaborators - - including co - writers victor navas and fernando bonassi and the brilliant cinematographer walter carvalho (
central station
) - - have faithfully translated the novel , shooting much of the film in the actual original prison settings before carandiru was destroyed by court order in 2002 .
for an actor , going to prison is like going to heaven . carandiru is another in a long line of such thespian banquets , very much in the vein of oz . but carandiru also serves as a chilling yet exuberant humanist docudrama testimonial on a particularly horrifying event , as well as ongoing inhumane prison conditions and the social context which encourages crime as a means of survival .
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carandiru
is a soulful movie that eschews glamour and formula to present a thoughtful meditation on an endemic prison reality that reaches far beyond the confines of the richest city in south america .
this project has as objective the making of a documentary that will investigate the final process of life in carandiru ( everyday life of the last days , the memories of crimes and events , the diverse and conflicting opinion on the deactivation ) at the exact moment that the fictional feature film by hector babenco is being made .
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there is something weirdly nostalgic in the way the movie shows genuine tv footage of the carandiru building finally being dynamited , as if at the end of almost two and a half hours we have seen an old - fashioned epic film about a lost community and a lost way of life , all imbued with a liberal spirit of responsible concern .
sacramento gained access to the prison by telling the officials that he wanted to teach a film course to inmates for a few months .
in the end , we had a lot of material that was shot inside the prison ,
sacramento reflects .
the people inside didn ' t know it was going to be a film .
sacramento earned the tribeca film festival award for best new documentary filmmaker .
produced and directed by hector babenco ; written ( in portuguese , with english subtitles ) by victor navas , mr . babenco and fernando bonassi , based on the book ' ' carandiru station ' ' by drauzio varella ; director of photography , walter carvalho ; music by andré abujamra ; art director , clóvis bueno ; released by sony pictures classics . at the angelika film center , mercer and houston streets , greenwich village . running time : 145 minutes . this film is rated r .
excellent film , superbly directed . haunting , almost disturbing insight into a notorious prison that cut backs to the inmates reasons for being incarcerated .
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carandiru , a story based on real facts and on the book written by the doctor drauzio varella , starts when he decides to carry out an aids prevention program inside latin america’s largest prison : the casa de detenção de são paulo , carandiru , the victim of one of the darkest days in brazilian history , when the state of são paulo’s military police , with the excuse for law enforcement , shot to death 111 people .
film based on real life experiences of doctor drauzio varella inside dreadful state penitentiary carandiru , in são paulo , brazil , while he was doing a social work of aids prevention . there he found hundreds of convicts living under degrading conditions . the situation came to a climax in 1992 , when in order to smother a rebellion , police force killed 111 men .
besides the urgency of the events , the deactivation of the carandiru complex , this movie has the unique opportunity to conduct a creative investigation on the process of the making of a fictional movie based on a true context .
a genre and movement of film noted for its emphasis on social equality and intellectualism that rose to prominence in brazil during the 1960s and 1970s .
argentine - born brazilian director , screenwriter and producer hector babenco and actress marilia pera attend the new york film critics circle awards , where babenco was awarded the best foreign language film prize for his movie pixote : a lei do mais fraco ( pixote : the law of the weakest ) .
brazilian cinema is known internationally for being raw and centering on criminality . carandiru , another one of the country ' s most popular films released in recent years , is about a prison that went through a major massacre in 1992 after armed policemen went in and shot prisoners to stop a gang fight . this is a hard film to watch . it starts off slightly quirky , spending nearly two hours building up our emotional connection to many of the characters in the film , showing their backstory and their current fear .
for babenco , varella became
a kind of alter ego
, someone who was doing something creative and vital , at a time when the director could do nothing at all . he encouraged his doctor to set down his experiences in book form . the outcome , estação carandiru ( carandiru station ) , is now a surprise bestseller in brazil , having sold over 400 , 000 copies , and was recently adapted into a bbc radio play .
from the filtered narrative perspective of a newly arrived aids specialist to the carandiru penitentiary in sao paulo , we witness the cramped city of interweaving tales of survival going on within the walls . prisoners recount memoirs of their lives outside…
the film making take of a terrible incident inside a prison . we meet it ' s prisoners and the horrible fate they faced in real life .
the packaging also lists a short film as a special feature , but it doesn’t appear to have made it to the final pressing of the disc .
the film was nominated for academy awards for best actor in a leading role ( nicholson ) and best actress in a leading role ( streep ) .
brazilian md drauzio varella starts aids prevention in brazil ' s largest prison , carandiru , in são paulo , where the population is nearly double its 4 , 000 maximum . doc learns from experience . . . see full summary »
babenco himself has resisted suggestions that this film is the
grown - up pixote
. perhaps that ' s because the comparison is uncomfortable . the actual grown - up pixote , non - professional actor fernando ramos da silva , had to return to the barrio after making babenco ' s famous film . there - illiterate , poor and involved in crime - he was shot dead by police in 1987 at the age of 19 . but carandiru certainly shows the pixote generation in various evolutionary stages , from teenagers to very old men .
the setting is grim , but carandiru is easily one of brazilian film - maker hector babenco ' s most living , thriving works , with scores of powerful performances and an engaging style underscoring the cathartic power of story - telling . based on a bestselling novel , carandiru concerns an oncologist ( luiz carlos vasconcelos ) who treats patients at sao paulo ' s house of detention , a terrible place largely policed from within by long - time prisoners . the doctor is specifically interested in collecting blood samples for an hiv study , but the more prisoners open up to him , the more compassionate and committed he becomes about their survival . babenco ' s episodic structure gives carandiru a dimension of memory and constant shots of energy , so that even the most horrifying events - - drug - related murder , rape , revenge - - can ' t drive this tale into abject misery . based on actual events , the drama ' s climactic police raid on the prison ( a reconstruction of a 1992 riot called the carandiru massacre ) is a tour de force . - - tom keogh , urltoken
the film - maker : hector babenco ( b1946 ) grew up in argentina but settled in brazil in 1969 . he began directing features in 1975 , but made a major international impact with pixote ( 1981 ) , an account of the appalling life of são paulo street children . babenco spent four years bringing kiss of the spider woman to the screen , casting william hurt in the pivotal role . ( puig hated hurt ' s performance , despite his winning an oscar . ) shortly after completing the film , babenco was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer ; his doctor , dráuzio varella , went on to write the prison stories that would become babenco ' s most successful film , carandiru ( 2003 ) .
how this film came to be made is also a story . babenco is the gifted director of
pixote ,
kiss of the spider woman
and
at play in the fields of the lord .
an illness put him out of action for several years , and he credits his doctor , drauzio varella , with saving his life . as it happens , varella was for years the physician on duty inside the prison , and his memoir , carandiru station , inspired babenco to make this film , with varella as his guide .
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it is very different from city of god . that remarkable film about the slumlands of rio by fernando meirelles and katia lund had a kinetic , dynamic feel ; its images and characters seemed to be developing and morphing all the time . carandiru is more measured , and even stately , in the way its old lags - fundamentally respectful - troop through the doctor ' s infirmary and recount their autobiographies .
like fernando meirelles ' s ultra - violent gangland epic city of god , carandiru has done extremely well at the box office in brazil , grossing more even than the matrix reloaded . the audiences have cut across brazil ' s gaping social divide from the poor whose life the film portrays , to the wealthy , curious to know
who these guys we fear so much are
, says babenco .
based on dr . drauzio varella’s phenomenal bestseller , “carandiru station” is a fictionalized account of his experiences working in sao paulo’s infamous house of detention in an aids - prevention program . the film’s haunting treatment of life and death owes much to babenco’s fateful encounter with varella ( the oncologist who pulled him through his fight with lymphatic cancer , which kept him away from directing for most of the ’90s ) .
an interesting film account of the famous uprising at the jail . some violent scenes but a good storyline that keeps your attention for the duration of the movie .
a gritty intense film showing how gruesome prison life can be in brazil . options for different subtitiles in different languages for those wanting to use as a tool .
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presented with this analysis of tribeca film festival as a human rights festival , scarlet reaffirms that the thread was unintentional . however , he says , if one film or the totality of films make one think about human rights in the current political sense or in the personal sense , that ' s certainly a worthy goal .
the prison massacre ends the argentine - born director hector babenco ' s new film carandiru . babenco is no stranger to prison drama - his best - known film , kiss of the spiderwoman , an adaptation of manuel puig ' s novel starring john hurt , was set behind bars ; pixote also begins with the travails of a young boy in a juvenile detention centre in são paulo . babenco himself admits to the dramatic possibilities of closed communities - a prison being , in a very brazilian metaphor , like
a lift stuck between two floors at the weekend
.
it is the 1980 ' s , and the setting is the real são paolo house of detention , known as carandiru , which was torn down in 2002 , a decade after a riot led to the massacre of 111 inmates by the police . at its peak of occupancy , the prison , designed for 3 , 000 men , held 8 , 000 . when ' ' carandiru ' ' was filmed ( before the demolition ) in an empty cellblock , it still housed 6 , 000 .
murderers , rapists , stool pigeons , drug addicts . they were the feared ones , the criminals who really ran carandiru , brazil ' s largest correctional facility : ebony , an honorable thief and respected leader ; highness , a smooth operator with two families to support ; ezequiel , an ex - surfer turned crack addict ; dagger , a brutal killer with god on his side . they were among the prison ' s elite , the select few who ruled carandiru by their own codes and laws . a rule that would end in bloodshed when 300 policemen stormed the facility and brutally murdered 111 unarmed inmates . this is the true story ofthat infamous day in october 1992 , a day that shocked the world . the day of the carandiru massacre .
they all have stories to tell , and carandiru has an amiable portmanteau feel as their tales are rolled out in a series of flashbacks : bizarre , daring crimes , ferocious arguments and domestic wars which end the way they begin : in violent chaos .
carandiru itself is no more . on august 12 last year , 250kg of explosives were detonated at structural points around the compound . great clouds of dust mushroomed out from around cellblock 9 ' s base ; its lower floors fractured , the building shuddered , then buckled , falling back into a mass of rubble . babenco ' s film set had been levelled in just seven seconds . politicians hope the demolition will efface the memory of brazil ' s worst police massacre , but the success of babenco ' s film means that the site will be forever associated with the events of october 1992 .
film opens on the aftermath of an attempted murder in the prison that took place when a young man recognized the violent dagger ( milhem cortaz ) as his father’s killer .
was an official selection at the 2003 cannes film festival i’d only heard of it in passing a few weeks before its release . its relative anonymity is rather an injustice , as this is a film that deserves to build a strong reputation , and to be seen by a wide audience . whilst it doesn’t quite manage the must see status of
it is narrated from the point of view of an indulgent and approachable doctor ( luiz carlos vasconcelos ) brought in to educate the inmates about aids , and the film is based on the prison memoir carandiru station by dr drauzio varella . the laidback medic becomes the confidant of many of the jail ' s ripest characters , known only by their nicknames : weasles , ebony , highness , the beard , minimum wage , greenhouse joe .
after watching
carandiru ,
one recalls the movie ' s inmates with sadness , the doctor with affection , the prison with fear and loathing and the movie with that sure , strong recognition you feel after seeing , for the first time , a classic .
hector babenco ' s
carandiru
is a drama that adds a human dimension to that dantean vision . shot on location inside a notorious prison in sao paolo , it shows 8 , 000 men jammed into space meant for 4 , 000 , and enforcing their own laws in a place their society has abandoned . the film , based on life , climaxes with a 1992 police attack on the prison during which 111 inmates were killed .
prisons don ' t come much meaner than the são paulo carandiru penitentiary , a decrepit cell block overcrowded with brazil ' s most violent criminals . it ' s a tinderbox just waiting for a spark to ignite it , which is exactly what happened one fateful day in 1992 when riot police stormed the building . based on the bestseller by real - life prison doc dráuzio varella ( played by luiz carlos vasconcelos ) , the sprawling carandiru is funny , violent , and shocking . in short , it ' s worth doing time for .
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a marvellous version of a true story that enfolds from a doctor entering this terrible prison for the first time to a terrible disaster that happened . you can always tell a good foreign film when you don ' t notice the subtitles and this is definitely such a film . the character development is fabulous as are the stories that are told . definitely worth seeing
dráuzio varella , besides his recognized work on oncology and preventive medicine , succeeded in writing a humane and revealing book about the complex and polemical universe of the largest prison in the country , carandiru . a book that opened wide the cracks of the secret universe of jails .
a doctor starts aids prevention in brazil’s largest prison , carandiru , in são paulo , where the population is nearly double its 4 , 000 maximum . doc learns from experience the tragic stories of hideous crimes which landed scum there and the passionate dramas behind otherwise decent people .
a young doctor ( vasconcelos ) starts regularly visiting carandiru , an open prison in sao paulo housing 7 , 000 inmates . initially going there to teach them how to avoid getting aids , he quickly becomes a trusted figure to whom the often oddball cons tell their stories .
it is through the documentary material of carandiru and the fictional one ( scenes from hector babenco’s movie ) that the relations of what is documentary and what is fiction , and the truth in these two kinds of images , will interact . sometimes in agreement , sometimes in opposition .
more importantly , this careful introduction also allows the viewer to develop an attachment towards the characters , which makes the tragic events of its final third all the more devastatingly affecting . if you let yourself become immersed in carandiru , the journey it takes you on is quite remarkable .
worth more than the dvd ' s price alone , this film documents and details the film ' s story from its initial option to its critical reception and legacy . director david weisman , who also produced kiss of the spider woman , comes off as rightful creative force behind the production , as it was his passion before becoming babenco ' s and the leads ' .
the movie observes laconically that the police were
defending themselves ,
even though 111 prisoners and no police were killed . the prison was finally closed in 2002 , and the film ' s last shot shows it being leveled by dynamite . strange , how by then we have grown to respect some of the inmates and at least understand others .
bus 174
is a reminder that although carandiru has disappeared , prison conditions in brazil continue to be inhuman .
babenco , of course , is most famous for his jolting , strong 1980 film on brazilian juvenile delinquency ,
pixote ,
and for his 1985 oscar winner from manuel puig ' s
kiss of the spider woman .
in the ' 90s he was largely inactive due to illness , and it was varella , his doctor , who saved him from lymphatic cancer . ( fitting , it was babenco who first encouraged the doctor to put carandiru to paper . )
we know the massacre is going to happen from the off , and yet , despite this , the tension doesn ' t build much , perhaps because the film is over - long .
scarlet says there was no overall theme chosen by the committees that picked the documentary films . and yet , there were two films on carandiru , the now dismantled brazilian prison notorious for murders and other human rights violations committed by both inmates and guards . hector babenco ' s fiction film will certainly get the greater amount of attention , but the brutal images from director paulo sacramento ' s documentary prisoner of the iron bars are the ones that could neither be scripted nor easily digested .
carandiru station
as a book became one of the all - time brazilian best - sellers . but as a movie i suspect it is much more : a lusty , scary realization of a true - life prison world that appalls us with its strangeness and stuns us with its truth .
in 1987 , varella had embarked on an ambitious project . he had decided to research the incidence of hiv infection inside carandiru - a confined , unsanitary environment where anal sex and intravenous drug use were rife . but his investigations would develop into something much more than a dry , epidemiological study . varella became engrossed in carandiru , the set - up , the inmates and their lives , and ended up volunteering his services each monday for over a decade . and by telephone or at his bedside , he began telling babenco of his experiences inside one of latin america ' s largest prisons .
production : a sony pictures classics release ( in u . s . ) of a sony pictures classics and hb filmes in association with columbia tristar do brasil , globo filmes and br petrobas presentation . ( international sales : columbia tristar film distributors intl . ) produced by hector babenco . co - produced by flavio r . tambellini , fabiano gullane . directed by hector babenco . screenplay , victor nava , babenco , fernando bonassi , based on the book
carandiru station
by drauzio varella .
the film ' s fantastic eye for detail , both in its writing and visuals , makes this a rich , invigorating and ultimately extremely moving experience . a superb example of storytelling at its finest .
dr . varella , played in the film by luiz carlos vasconcelos , originally went to carandiru when aids was still a new disease ; he lectures on the use of condoms , advises against sharing needles , but is in a society where one of his self - taught assistants sews up wounds without anesthetic or sanitation . the prisoners come to trust the doctor and confide in him , and as some of them tell their stories , the movie uses flashbacks to show what they did to earn their sentences .
the brilliance of carandiru comes from babenco audaciously taking up much of the film ' s time simply building up his characters , with the inmates who tell their stories to the doctor becoming much more than just faceless criminals . spending time with these extravagantly quirky individuals is exhilarating rather than boring , as these are people like pre - op transsexual lady di , lovestruck bigamist highness and doctor ' s helper lula , who smokes crack so that he can
see the veins glow
when he ' s sewing patients up .
this altmanesque weave of multiple story and superb ensemble cast is strong in every component : writing , acting , visualization . but , above all it is a film beautifully directed , made with truly intense involvement .
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hector babenco was born in buenos aires , argentina in 1946 . at 19 , he left for europe where he was an extra in italian and spanish films . in 1969 he came to brazil . his directorial debut was a documentary the fabulous fittipaldi in 1973 . his film lúcio flávio , passenger of agony was the box - office success . his next film - pixote : the law of the weakest ( 1980 ) - was to earn him international recognition . the international prestige of pixote : the law of the weakest was followed up by the director ' s next film - the kiss of the spider woman ( 1984 ) .
in examining social ills , mr . babenco is the furthest thing from a detached clinician . beneath its documentarylike sprawl , ' ' carandiru ' ' is a hands - on movie passionately engaged in its characters ' personal dramas . even dagger , the coldblooded killer - for - hire , is eventually revealed to have a tormented conscience . the film ' s unwavering belief in redemption makes its savage brutality palatable , if at times suspiciously sentimental . no matter how vicious the behavior , there are always explanations and a possibility of something better .
discovery channel , through its theatrical division , discovery docs , didn ' t greenlight with all deliberate speed until october 2003 ; following its tribeca showing , the film opened in five major cities in mid - may .
dr . drauzio varella wrote the original book at the encouragement of a patient he was treating for lymphatic cancer . that very patient happened to be hector babenco , who recovered and went on to direct the film adaptation .
despite the celebrities , despite the hoopla , despite the many journalistic attempts to compare it to cannes and sundance , the third tribeca film festival is still relentlessly defined as much by the audience as by the films themselves .
justice has also been slow to deal with the perpetrators of the carandiru massacre . colonel guimarães even managed to run for political office , his ballot ticket
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a reference to the prison death - toll . it was not until july 2001 , after years of stalling and cover - ups , that he was finally brought to trial . he was duly sentenced to 632 years in prison , but is still free pending an appeal and remains unrepentant , lampooning babenco ' s film in the press , even trying to block its release through the courts .
carandiru , detention center , a place of cruelty , of human remains , of violence , of exception ? a secret and forbidden place , but strangely so close to us all ? to plunge into the movie will mean to know life and death within those walls . to understand the silence and the screams behind gates so well shut .
a brazilian writer of the modernist school . he was the best known of modern brazilian writers , his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film , notably dona flor and her two husbands in 1978 .
the panelists also took on the subject of the tricky issue of payments . spellbound director jeff blitz admitted that although most of the participants saw the project as a student film and thought it very noble , one family not only wanted to get paid , but also wanted more money for each round that its child won . ultimately , he said , the family saw its section of the film , fell in love with it and took back their demands .
the research for the book and for the film involved testimonies by inmates and ex - convicts and a large research on the prison’s everyday life . dráuzio varella conducted an important and unprecedented work of aids prevention in the detention center .
eight drafts of the script later , the filming began . parts of babenco ' s carandiru were shot inside the prison itself - then a political embarrassment after the massacre and in the process of being decommissioned . babenco had filmed there before for certain scenes in kiss of the spiderwoman and returned partly for authenticity , partly as a cost - cutting drive .
but there ' s a small , troubling hole at the center of the movie . when all is said and done , the calm , sympathetic doctor who volunteers his services at carandiru and becomes a trusted visitor remains a benign cipher , an almost entirely forgettable presence . despite its confusion and the broadness of many of its strokes , the movie belongs to a latin american tradition of heartfelt social realism in which the struggles of ordinary people assume a heroic dimension . the film is undeniably the work of an artist with the strength to gaze into the abyss and return , his humanity fortified .
the film , which opens today in new york and los angeles , is a splashy return to form by mr . babenco , the celebrated director of ' ' pixote ' ' and ' ' kiss of the spider woman . ' ' in some ways , it is an update of ' ' pixote , ' ' the portrait of a 10 - year - old runaway and petty criminal in são paulo that made mr . babenco internationally famous more than two decades ago . any one of several violent characters in ' ' carandiru ' ' could be a boy like pixote , grown up and hardened .
this half hour look behind the scenes is more interesting than any hollywood glossy promotional package , and makes for very interesting viewing . the film was shot in the real carandiru prison , just before it was spectacularly demolished , from a viewing standpoint that gives this a creepy aura , and it’s clear that there were people that felt the same about shooting there . what is also particularly evident is the passion hector babenco has for this film , watching him direct his cast makes you feel he’d love to be able to get in front of the camera and play every part himself , he knows exactly what he wants from even the smallest role , and he’s remarkably articulate in conveying feelings he needs the actors to invoke . it’s a great behind the scenes look , and whilst not worthy of documentary status it’s still a fine half hours viewing .
set in são paulo ' s house of detention , locally known as carandiru . an oncologist arrives at the jail to test patients for hiv infection . seeing the disease , overcrowding , and rampant circulation of drugs , the doctor comes to realize the internal power structure among the prisoners . narratives develop , including the attempted murder of dagger , the solitary confinement of chico , and the romance between lady di and too bad . the doctor eventually begins to see the prisoners as survivors . culminates with a violent conclusion : a dramatization of the october 2 , 1992 prison riot known as the carandiru massacre , in which 111 prisoners are killed . in portuguese with optional english , french , chinese , korean , or thai subtitles . dvd .
shooting the climactic massacre scene , the problems were more logistical : with 1 , 000 extras - some of whom were former inmates at carandiru - horses , dogs and heavy weaponry , the prison yard was transformed into something like it might have been on the day of the killings : a maelstrom of orders shouted through megaphones , chaotic movements of people and general confusion .
carandiru is estimated to end its run with 4 . 5m to 4 . 7madmissions , still a far cry from bruno barreto ' s dona flor and her twohusbands in 1975 which drew 10 . 7madmissions . however , market conditions were vastly different in brazil duringthe 1970s when there were more than 3 , 000 screens as opposed to the estimated1 , 700 currently in operation .
carandiru is a hotbed of drugs and diseases . ( aids and tuberculosis lead the list . ) the film ' s most ominous , most charismatic character , highness ( ailton graça ) , is a handsome , swaggering drug lord who orders inside executions . he also juggles two hot - blooded women , dalva ( maria luisa mendonça ) and rosirene ( aida leiner ) in a triangle so loaded with venomous jealousy that sex and violence seem virtually interchangeable . the saddest vignette involves zico ( wagner moura ) and deusdete ( caio blat ) , childhood friends who grew up on the street and come to senselessly tragic ends .
for these sections , babenco takes us with a great whoosh out of the prison precincts and into the world of crime and opportunity . the film is periodically electrified by these outside - world chapters - thousand - volt shocks to the celluloid system .
where else could you leave a post - screening party at 2 : 00 a . m . and walk two blocks for a $ 7 manicure ? see smiles light up as a security guard refuses to back down from an arrogant film director trying to sneak into his own screening without a proper pass ? have greater access to film tickets by virtue of being a resident new yorker ? or be treated to an impromptu sidewalk performance by violinist lorenzo laroc as he waited to enter a screening ?
the film – which is in english , despite being made by spanish director isobel coixet , with pedro almodóvar as executive producer – is quirky , offbeat and charming , and bolstered by fine performances . definitely one for the girls , though . siân stott
the drama ' s unprecedentedsuccess can be partly attributed to columbia tristar brazil ' s lavish p & acampaign ; which cost $ 1 . 2m ( real 3 . 5m ) . it also had the backing of mediajuggernaut globo which co - producedthe film .
a low - structure , high - involvement brazilian free - for - all destined to take its place among hellish prison films , “carandiru” plants a fist in the viewer’s stomach not so much with violent images ( though the ending certainly has enough of them ) , but through its surprising depiction of the criminal class as emotionally vital human beings . not every viewer will welcome [ … ]
“the grand illusion” ( 1937 ) one of jean renoir ’s most recognized and celebrated films , a masterpiece that brought him his first taste of international fame , adored by orson welles , who picked it as his desert - island movie , and the first foreign film to be nominated for a best picture oscar , “ the grand illusion ” has a formidable reputation . and it is totally earned : it’s one of the greatest pow films ever and probably the greatest film about international and interclass brotherhood . french aviators marechal ( renoir favorite jean gabin ) and boeldieu ( a fabulously posh pierre fresnay ) go from one prison camp to another , mixing with fellow inmates , plotting escapes and running into aristocratic german captain von rauffenstein ( a fantastically rigid erich von stroheim ) . but the way renoir films these interactions — be it a discussion about restaurants between prison inmates , or about honor vs duty between aristocratic generals — is where the tripartate film’s overarching theme of compassion amid the senselessness of war is best felt . and if you think a film that deal so much in the masculine code might strong - arm any female performance , “ l’atalante “‘s dita parlo makes a late appearance , and in a few short scenes wrings out whatever is left of your heart . an incredible film .
just when the movie threatens to go soft , ' ' carandiru ' ' erupts in what may be the most horrific and sustained prison riot ever filmed . by the end of the movie ' s jaw - dropping re - creation of the 1992 mass slaughter by the police ( who lost none of their own ) , its stairs are ankle - deep in streaming blood , mud and trash .


future-kill is a 1985 comedy science fiction-horror film about a group of frat boys who are hunted in a futuristic city by mutants .

the film was directed by ronald w. moore , and stars edwin neal , marilyn burns , and gabriel folse .

the poster for the film was designed by renowned artist h. r. giger .

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unknown actor in a scene from the film ' future kill ' , 1985 .
everybody’s into weirdness : future - kill ( 1985 ) | birth . movies . death .
future - kill
( citywide ) swiftly self - destructs out of sheer preposterousness .
the 18 - 25 vote . if you want to help build a better future , kill your grandparents . maybe your parents too . aunties and uncles couldn ' t hurt . urltoken
future - kill ( 1984 ) . stars : edwin neal , marilyn burns . director - ronald w . moore . moria - the science - fiction , horror and fantasy film review .
future - kill aka night of the alien and splatter – is a 1985 science fiction horror film directed by ronald w . moore , and stars edwin neal and marilyn burns from the texas chain saw massacre , and gabriel folse .
tags : 1985 , edwin neal , film , future - kill , gabriel folse , h . r . giger , marilyn burns , movie , night of the alien , reviews , ronald w . moore , sci - fi , splatter
just as perplexing as everything else going on in this film is the name : future - kill . why is it called that ? the film’s title sequence features a computer screen and electronic sound effects , but no such technology is featured in the movie . it’s as if they were trying to pull in the mad max crowd with punks in silly costumes and a title that kind - of - sort - of implies a post - apocalyptic setting , but its lies . all lies . future - kill takes place firmly within the present of 1985 .
sometimes , when someone gives you advice , you really ought to take it . i was advised never to watch future - kill by multiple sources , under the impression that it was so absolutely appalling that it could injure me spiritually . i love bad movies , so i figured “what the hell ? ”
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future naval ships are being constructed with
suitable facilities
to include women sailors and sooner or later , women officers will also be onboard them .
the mileage one gets out of a movie like future - kill is going to almost solely depend on their willingness to indulge the movie’s ruddy , lo - fi aesthetic . none of the characters are particularly likable , to the point that you’re actively rooting for splatter to massacre the meatheads – until the mutant sexually assaults a woman , reminding us that he is , in fact , the bad guy . yet future - kill remains undeniably diverting for its brief runtime ( which had to be padded with extra hijinks in order to reach feature length ) . it’s no lost gem , but moore’s lone feature will do the job if you’re in a pinch for an era - specific horror freak out .
now there are bad movies and there are bad movies . future - kill ranks among the type of bad that has no redeeming value , not even from a humor standpoint . i think i’d sooner subject myself to rock ‘n’ roll nightmare or r . o . t . o . r . than a repeat viewing of this sorry excuse for entertainment .
india and the uk are jointly making one of the most powerful engines for fighter jets of the future and the first such engine will be unveiled within a year .
as far as gore goes , future - kill can’t even manage to deliver on that . most of the violence involves the frat boys tackling mutant punks and punching each other a lot . the lighting is so incredibly dim that even if there was any blood you’d have a hard time seeing it . splatter , for all his promotion of that clawed - gauntlet , doesn’t kill all that many people . i’d say he’s a victim of hype… but what hype ? the goriest scene in the film is splatter’s ultimate demise . it actually is pretty cool , though woefully short and hardly worth the eighty - five minute wait .
in future - kill , it’s hard to tell whether or not the apocalypse has already occurred , or if we’re anticipating earth’s eventual fiery demise . frat boys still walk the planet , popping collars before tarring and feathering their rivals , so evidence seems to suggest the latter . nevertheless , downtown austin is overrun by purple - haired , chrome - masked mutants , all of who protest impending nuclear doom . reality – at least as we know it – is on the brink of utter annihilation .
a long , dark urban nightmare ensues , complete with a punk pixie guide ( alice villarreal ) to the mosh pit clubs these sewer cretins call home ( with a show - stopping performance from local rockers , max and the makeups , along the way ) . this climaxes in a funhouse - style showdown inside of a run down industrial high - rise ; each room bathed in a different shade of neon . where the rest of this concrete jungle trek is drab and dimly lit , future - kill comes alive during this final day - glo stalk and slash sequence . it’s far from stunning , but again glimpses moore’s modestly ambitious filmic vision . it’s a movie that makes the most of its meager means , playing like a demo reel for future ragers that never arrived .
debuting writer - director ronald w . moore asks us to believe that in the near future a leak in a nuclear lab has contaminated a portion of the inner city of a major american city but that the area has not been cordoned off .
future kill receives a top - notch transfer from subversive , who have cleaned up the imagery considerably . while grain and speckling are obvious , the picture is considerably better than any other available prints , and a grungy look simply instils more of a mood into the dirty action . this new 16x9 widescreen transfer lends the movie somewhat of an improved scope , lending something to the viewing experience , while audio is satisfying , doing its job professionally ( albeit the track isn ' t as exceptional as many of subversive ' s other releases ) .
not as inventive , or as frightening as the cover suggests , future kill is far from the atrocious experience that many critics have claimed . this freak show is exciting in a goofy , slip - shod manner . a bumbling ode to the ' old dark house ' genre ( albeit on the streets ) with the structural trappings of an exploitation slice - and - dice movie ( and the look of a cheap italian futuristic terror opus ) , this urban potboiler is admirable for its enthusiasm if nothing else , and is worth a look as a favorite of the bygone days of 80s video stores .
r / horror , colloquially known as dreadit by our subscribers is the premier horror entertainment community on reddit . for more than 8 years / r / horror has been urltoken ' s gateway to the darker side of entertainment . so if you have a little time to kill , come on over . we ' ll get the chainsaw warmed up for you .
a slab - based system would have resulted in reduction in the amount of disability pension for existing pensioners and a reduction in the amount for future retirees . the benefit of the proposed modifications will be available with effect from january 1 , 2016 , that is the date of implementation of the 7th cpc recommendations .
it all starts with the cover art . paintings by h . r . giger will get me every single time , and this is a really cool one , a brooding man whose eyes are hidden in the shadows cast by his brow , his wickedly bladed and spiked mechanical right hand splayed like an eagle’s talon in front of his face . then turn the box around , and the jacket copy woos you with the information that stars of the texas chainsaw massacre may be seen on the tape within . don’t be fooled , though . future kill / splatter may not exactly suck , but neither will it live up to any expectation you may have formed while contemplating whether or not to watch it .
the author has dealt with each topic with great diligence and scholarly rigour , picking up the threads from the past , highlighting the contours of the present and making a reasonable prognosis by peeping into the future . this makes the book highly readable , besides providing a vast repository of some excellent reference material . a thoroughly professional work that provides an excellent coverage of contemporary issues in air defence .
sometime in that post - apocalyptic near future so beloved of low - budget filmmakers , a small group of fraternity pledges go off to a deserted section of the city to kidnap one of a large group of punk rockers who have occupied the area as a protest against nuclear weapons . they witness one of the punkers , neal , murdering someone with a horrible claw . he keeps . . . read more
“despite its numerous flaws , despite its general silliness , i still found myself enjoying future - kil l . why ? i’m not quite sure . was it the texas chainsaw alums ? was it the “pew pew pew ! ” title placard ? was it the escape from new york - like plonky synth soundtrack ? it could be all of those things , or it could be none of them . ” final girl
odd future are quickly becoming my favorite act around and here is just another reason why . after killing “sandwitches” for about 2 minutes , tyler goes nuts and has the whole crowd chanting “wolf gang” without even asking . although i don’t want to ruin the energy and gusto of the performance , so hit the jump to watch the video for yourself . make sure to stick around until the very end . swag .
imr . as far as modernisation goes , there are far too many big - ticket critical items involving over rs 2 , 00 , 000 crores required urgently to replace obsolescence and fill voids . examples are medium guns , bmp upgrades , future mbt , bms , air defence guns and missiles , helicopters , etc . past record does not inspire confidence . does this backlog and how it will be made up expeditiously worry you ?
on elevation to flag rank in jan 2016 , rear admiral mukul asthana assumed the duties of director general project varsha at new delhi , where he was involved with the development of future infrastructure for the indian navy . he is a recipient of the prestigious nausena medal and commendations by the chief of the naval staff and the flag officer commanding - in - chief , eastern naval command . he was also conferred with the tenzing norgay national award by he the president of india in 2006 .
the navy chief said if china plans to use the pakistani port of gwadar in balochistan as a base for its peoples \ ' liberation army navy ( plan ) , india will have to reassess the threat assessment and devise ways to deal with it .
chinese private companies have acquired a majority stake in gwadar . nor is there any information on whether gwadar is going to be a naval base or a commercial harbour . . . if in future there are pla navy warships stationed in gwadar , it will be a matter of concern , and we will have to look at that and mitigate .
a television trailer for director ronald w . moore ' s 1985 thriller which reunited edwin neal and marilyn burns , co - stars of the original
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austin splatterpunk goes diy with ronald w . moore ' s sole feature film .
the alamo drafthouse is a brand built on weird . beyond being situated in a town that has long aspired to remain eccentric in the face of all normality , it’s easy to forget that the original alamo started as something of a private screening club , running prints of the odd and obscure into all hours of the night * . though the company has obviously grown into an internationally recognized chain of first run movie palaces , the drafthouse ritz in austin , texas remains committed to showcasing genre repertory programming , namely via its terror tuesday and weird wednesday showcases . this column is a concentrated effort to keep that spirit of strangeness alive , as programmers joe a . ziemba and laird jimenez ( often pulling from the extensive agfa archives ) are truly doing satan’s bidding by bringing atx weekly doses of delightful trash art .
rising up from the sewers of philadelphia , jacob knight is a man out of time currently residing in austin , tx . when not lamenting the disneyfication of our current culture , he ' s usually enjoying a whiskey , watching some form of disreputable trash cinema , or drunkenly perusing one of the few remaining video stores . no matter what , do not @ him .
this japanese star wars rip - off makes no sense but sure is fun .
there ' s a lot to love about stuart gordon ' s killer doll movie .
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from this point on , the movie basically turns into a punk rock version of the warriors . the surviving frat boys , who were separated into two groups when their little scheme went awry , have to find a way home through the city where nobody trusts them , and with splatter’s minions ( whom he appears to have hired off the set of some paramilitary action movie set in the jungles of south america ) hot on their heels . the least neanderthal of them succeeds in befriending one punk chick by saving her from being raped by the cops . she agrees to lead the guys to safety , and spends the rest of the film helping them avoid splatter and his misplaced salvadoran guerillas .
is it good ? well , not especially . will it put you to sleep ? probably not . watch it for the scene at the club , and for the scene in which the slutty mutant girl discovers why splatter never shows any interest in the ladies .
a group of protesters who call themselves
mutants
have taken over the inner city streets of a large city . they dress weird to try and show the effects of toxic poisoning . one of the mutants , splatter , has really been affected . a group of fraternity boys decide to go into the mutant territory and kidnap one of the mutants as a prank . they inadvertently get framed for the murder of the mutant leader and are hunted through the abandoned buildings and dark streets by a crazed splatter and his gang .
when frat boys are hated by the whole fraternity , the five trouble makers are sent out on a phony kidnapping for eddie pain , the leader of a seemingly harmless protest group called anti - nuke mutants . protestors dressed in bizarre fashions and make - up to draw attention to their cause on stopping nuclear technology . but eddie ' s top guard splatter ( played by edwin neal ) kills one of the frats , and eddie as well . now the frat boys are lost in the city , their car is destroyed , and they ' re wanted by every mutant . now their only hope is julie and eddie ' s girlfriend dorothy ( played by marilyn burns ) who is hell bent on taking revenge on eddie ' s killer splatter .
the star of
the texas chainsaw massacre
returns in a story about frat boys lost in the big city while hunted by a violent leader and his elite gang of gun - happy guards .
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the poster for the film was designed by renowned artist h . r . giger ( alien ) .
texas university frat boys are held responsible for the accidental killing of the anti - nuke mutants’ leader and must flee through the hostile parts of downtown dallas , aided by friendly mutant julie . they’re mercilessly hunted by the psychopathic splatter ( ed neal ) , the mohawk sporting mutant seeking revenge for the killing of his leader…
“there is a certain ed woods feel to the way the movie was made . when you look past the movie to some of the background you really get the feeling that moore was part hustler / part con artist . h . r . giger who did the art work for alien was somehow persuaded to do a cover for the movie , apparently he was moved by moore’s tearful assertion that the movie would be nothing without great cover art . i have to disagree with that , the movie is still nothing even with great cover art . ” bleak cinema
“the acting is sub - par , the direction is bored , the music simply hurts to sit through and ed neal’s outfit is ridiculous . i really don’t get why he agreed to the role , other than to do a favor for a friend and try something different , since it’s so unlike neal’s personality it’s almost laughable . a cold - hearted killer he is not . ” dread central
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first look : black panther vs . deadpool # 1 from daniel kibblesmith and ricardo lopez ortiz this october
director ronald w . moore seeks to combine the plot of the warriors with some slasher film aesthetics . while this might sound like a cool idea , don’t be fooled ; the result is a boring , tedious mess .
the film attempts to bank on nostalgia from the texas chainsaw massacre , casting two players from the film and even promoting their presence in the trailer . edwin neal , the hitch - hiker from “texas chainsaw massacre” stars as the film’s main villain : splatter . despite a gaudy appearance , it’s a far more subdued role than the off - the - wall hitch - hiker and really doesn’t suit neal’s strengths . his single shining moment in the film is a painfully protracted scene in which a hooker tries to give him a blowjob , only to become horrified by his irradiated junk . be grateful the following screencap isn’t of higher resolution .
the other texas chainsaw alumni featured here is marilyn burns who starred as sally hardesty in that much better movie . here , she plays splatter’s love - interest , though she conspires against him . there’s a reason burns’ filmography can just about be counted on one hand : she’s a terrible actress . the silly punk outfit and hammy dialogue don’t do her any favors , either .
not a lot of people are going to recommend this film to you , and i can hardly blame them . it is bad in a way that makes it a chore to sit through and scarcely entertaining on any level ( so many minutes of characters running down alleys and streets ) . most of the time , you can’t even muster up the enthusiasm to laugh at it .
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as if this weren ' t incredible enough , the contaminated area has become overrun by a young gang of anti - nuclear protesters , the very people you ' d suppose would be most aware of the dangers of hanging around the area . ( would dr . helen caldicott take up residence inside three mile island ? ) what ' s more , they ' ve gotten themselves up in punk attire in a harebrained attempt to call attention to their cause .
some prankish fraternity boys enter the desolate area to kidnap one of the anti - nuke punkers , only to run afoul of the dreaded splatter ( edwin neal ) . a victim of
radium poisoning ,
he hides his mutilated body in futuristic armor that includes an artificial arm with retractable spikes in its fingers .
neal and others on both sides of the camera are
texas chain saw massacre
alumni , but this inept venture , a cheap shot that attempts to combine pious anti - nuke sentiments with the usual exploitation picture gore ( which got it an apt r rating ) , is never going to repeat the earlier film ' s phenomenal success . as one disappointed viewer at a thursday evening invitational preview in north hollywood was overheard remarking ,
i ' d demand my money back if we ' d had to pay to get in .
mpaa - rated : r ( persons under 17 must be accompanied by parent or adult guardian ) .
' once upon a time ' : lumiere lights the way but one soul is . . .
director / screenplay  ronald w . moore , additional material written by john h . best , edwin neal & gregg unterberger , producers  john h . best & gregg unterberger , photography  jon lewis , music  robert renfrow , pyrotechnic effects  michael osullivan , makeup effects  robert a . burns & kathleen hagan , art direction  marcos gonzales . production company  magic shadow productions .
was a film i spent years trying to locate . around the time that the film was made ,
a good deal of coverage . it always seemed to hold a great deal of promise  it was advertised with a poster from none other than cult artist h . r . giger , best known for creating the creature in
proves to be a considerable letdown . ( marilyn burnss role , for instance , only amounts to a campy cameo as an urban guerrilla near the end ) .
director / writer ronald w . moore  who should not to be confused with ronald
( 2003 - 5 )  clearly had ambitions of making a cyberpunk film . alas moores ( lack of ) budget causes such ambitions to fall flat . the action scenes are cheaply and unconvincingly directed . moores attempts to create a futuristic atmosphere amounts to no more than highlighting a series of 1980s new wave fashions and a general punked - out look . indeed , outside of the character of the armoured cyborg splatter ,
could almost entirely be set contemporary . to moores credit , the character of splatter does work with some modest effect  edwin neal at least has some presence and comes accompanied by some cheaply effective effects , even if most of the films budget appears to have been blown on obtaining these .
was made in austin , texas  somewhat of a hotbed of redneck americana  that has allowed street gangs , the dispossessed and political protestors to all be tarred with the same brush .
splatter ' s elite guard ( as byron ' mr . ned ' blandford )
a group of protesters who call themselves
mutants
have taken over the inner city streets of a large city . they dress weird to try and show the effects of toxic poisoning . one of the mutants , splatter , has really been affected . a group of fraternity boys decide to go into the mutant territory and kidnap one of the mutants as a prank . they inadvertently get framed for the murder of the mutant leader and are hunted through the abandoned buildings and dark streets by a crazed splatter and his gang . written by josh pasnak
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when splatter ' s head guard bursts in on the group near the end of the movie , he yells ,
no , it ' s not over !
the next shot , you can hear him say ,
. . . over ,
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radiation - scarred punkers hunt down fraternity pledges in the post - apocalyptic wastelands of earth .
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basically , how do you get rid of cell phones ? or make them useless ? anytime someone is in the dark , people just bust out their phone and use the flash . or could just call the police or anyone at anytime .
how do you truly create helplessness these days when almost everywhere you go is under surveillance ? almost everyone / teen has their phone on their persons 99 % of the time .
the way i ' ve seen cell phones addressed is usually the user is so isolated that they don ' t get reception . on occasion i ' ve seen the leader of a group collect all cell phones on some pretext .
yeah i hate the whole ' no reception thing ' , the only time i haven ' t had a signal is on airplanes , i ' ve been camping and still had a signal , its weak , but there . never liked this idea
i ' ve been plenty of places with no reception , some pretty close to civilization of the a quiet , creepy little town persuasion . but we ' re still talking bfe in the grand scheme of things ; eastern and central oregon aren ' t on most people ' s radars .
and fwiw , i can ' t get a signal in ikea . no one can . . .
as someone who lives in an area with no reception ( except for a 3 ' somewhere in my driveway ) i understand it happens , but it often seems forced .
i ' ve lived in 2 houses in the past couple years that didn ' t get reception , so i have no trouble believing it in movies . these weren ' t exactly out in the middle of nowhere either .
there are plenty of other ways to make these devices useless too . get them wet , fall down and break them , forget to charge them ( my wife ' s ipad is basically always dead )
i always like when they make it part of the plot that they can ' t get or don ' t want help . like in the collector , the main dude can ' t call the police or anything cause he himself is a criminal
people can forget their phones by accident . it wouldn ' t be dumb as long as it wasn ' t just sprung from nowhere , and saw the character leave their phone on their desk or whatever before they leave .
also , phones are fragile . they can get broken , smashed , fried to bits , drowned . . . not to say that every phone should end up broken though .
what if a character has forgotten to charge their phone ? that would render it useless as well . or , what if it was dropped by accident after a chase scene ? how about stolen ?
the
no reception
trope that horror movies have adopted have overused them , yes , but there ' s a reason why it works : it ' s supposed to portray the idea of the characters being isolated , lost , unable to get help immediately , and those same qualities are what are ( or should be ) reflected in the movie . by the same token , just randomly saying , ' i have no reception ' is cheap .
computers are useless without power . so there ' s that . they ' re also just as easily broken .
gps usually goes hand - in - hand with phones and computers . therefore , get rid of one , you get rid of gps .
honestly , if it doesn ' t add to the story , there should really be no need for broken technology .
nah , they ' re stupid . if i was to make a horror movie today it would take place in the 70 ' s to 80 ' s because i don ' t want to see any modern technology . look at the carrie remake , that had vital plot points moved along through texting . instead of having character dialogue , we are staring at a cell phone screen . that ' s disgusting .
i ' ve been working on a story with an almost i am legend scenario where the main character is essentially the thing that the ghosts and monsters fear . they are the ones looking for help , so no need to worry about all of that nonsense .
a technological solution to a technological problem . and if you ' re dealing in supernatural horror , you don ' t even need that .
if the antagonist is paranormal , you can pull from the thousands of real - world accounts that claim electronics go haywire near these entities . from the bermuda triangle to even bigfoot , everything including old spring watches and even compasses tend to stop working if a person is in proximity to them .
a human antagonist could use technology to jam the equipment , or the isolation of the locale . underground areas and metal buildings still wreak havoc with cell phone communication .
regarding the cell phone flash , this can be used to great effect if done properly . reflecting eyes in the dark , showing monsters for a split second and then surrounding protagonists in darkness is terrifying .
girl house makes the killer a computer programmer and uses the house against the girls . he only let ' s people watch the feed ( turns off network going out ) . nobody knows where the house is so they can ' t just go there and help . he also uses the cameras to systematically see where his next victim will be .
just create characters that are too stupid to use convenient and readily available help .
it ' s pretty easy . just set it in the 60s , 70s or 80s . hell , early 90s .
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rolls - royce has opened a new defence service delivery centre ( sdc ) in asia , located at the manyata embassy business park in bengaluru . co - located with the rolls - royce engineering centre , the sdc will offer localised engineering support to improve frontline capability of indian air force ( iaf ) and indian navy ( in ) aircraft , and to hindustan aeronautics limited ( hal ) .
annual underlying revenue was £13 . 8 billion in 2016 , around half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services . the firm and announced order book stood at £80 billion at the end of 2016 .
in 2016 , rolls - royce invested £1 . 3 billion on research and development . we also support a global network of 31 university technology centres , which position rolls - royce engineers at the forefront of scientific research .
rolls - royce employs almost 50 , 000 people in 50 countries . more than 16 , 500 of these are engineers .
the group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and to further developing employee skills . in 2016 we recruited 274 graduates and 327 apprentices through our worldwide training programmes .
in a bid to strengthen army’s infantry and held it in operations in jammu and kashmir , army has started the process to procure around 1 , 500 anti - materiel lightweight rifles capable of damaging targets like battle tanks , low - flying helicopters and bunkers . the process to procure such kind of sophisticated weapons was pending for the past quite some time .
official sources told the excelsior that a request for information ( rfi ) for purchasing the rifles which should have a range of at least 1 . 8 kilometers with a calibre of 12 . 7 mm / 0 . 50 , has been issued . the light weight rifles will boost operational capabilities of the troops both along the borders as well as hinterland .
“the light weight rifle was a long pending demand of the army . earlier also , the process had been initiated to procure this weapon by floating the request for information . however , the previous efforts didn’t materialize due to varied reasons . this time , the process to purchase the weapon would be set into motion after may 15 when the deadline for request of information will be over , ” they said .
“the ammunition which should be available for the rifles include armour piercing incendiary and tracer , saboted light armour penetrator , armour piercing explosive incendiary and high explosive armour piercing incendiary , ” sources said , adding all these requirements have been made cleared in the request for information floated by the army headquarters .
the interested manufactures have been asked to respond to the rfi by may 15 . the procurement of the anti - materiel rifles has been long overdue after the government had scrapped a deal for it in 2005 .
at present , the army is using south african weapons which are not very light and that is why , it was decided to procure the lightweight rifles whose weight will not be more than 15 kg each . south african firm denel was banned by the then upa government in 2005 after allegations that it had paid kickbacks to secure a deal with the indian army in 2002 to sell 1 , 000 ntw - 20 anti - materiel rifles , along with 3 , 98 , 000 rounds of ammunition .
under the deal , 700 rifles were to be purchased directly and the remaining 300 license - produced in one of the factories of india’s state - owned ordnance factory board . only 400 rifles had been inducted into the army and the remainder put on hold after the 2005 blacklisting .
an anti - materiel rifle ( amr ) is a rifle that is designed for use against military equipment ( materiel ) than against enemy troops .
as per the rfi , in case of foreign vendors , the army asked them to explain whether they will be ready to offer transfer of technology ( tot ) to the indian industry for licensed manufacturing of the weapons . they have also been asked as to whether tot will be offered for sub - systems . the manufacturers have also been asked to give details about cost of annual maintenance , product support package and training of the crew .
state - run ordnance factory , in association with the defence research and development organisation ( drdo ) , had developed an anti - materiel rifle called ` vidhwansak’ in 2007 . the rifle was offered to the indian army but it chose not to induct it due to weight issues . sources pointed out that the army was in search of very light weapons , which would be easy to carry and operate by the army jawans .
ccording to sources , the defence ministry was very keen that the army requirements for the frontiers as well as the hinterland are met expeditiously and it was in this context that global request for information has been floated to purchase the light weight rifles .
sources said the army is confident of getting encouraging response globally for the light weight rifle .
bangladesh prime minister sheikh hasina arrived in india on a four - day visit on friday . during the trip she will hold wide - ranging talks with her indian counterpart , prime minister narendra modi , who was at the airport to receive her as a special gesture .
during hasina ' s visit , which is her first after modi assumed office in 2014 , the two sides will sign at least 25 pacts in various key sectors including civil nuclear cooperation and defence but any agreement on the teesta water sharing is unlikely to be inked .
modi and hasina , who is staying at the rashtrapati bhawan , will hold comprehensive discussions on saturday . india is also set to announce a line of credit of $ 5 billion to bangladesh for military supplies .
apart from a
courtesy call on
by external affairs minister sushma swaraj , hasina ' s schedule on friday included events at the bangladesh high commission .
officials said ,
it will be a visit without water” , indicating that a pact on teesta river waters is not on the cards .
the central government will not go ahead with the agreement on teesta without taking west bengal chief minister mamata banerjee on board and she has been opposing it stridently citing water crisis in the state .
however , the two sides are looking at inking a framework agreement on civil nuclear energy which will provide for extensive cooperation in the sector including setting up of nuclear reactors in bangladesh by india .
it will be a very special visit . we hope the visit will take the ties between the two countries to new level ,
sripriya ranganathan , joint secretary in the bangladesh - myanmar division of the external affairs ministry told reporters .
on the teesta pact , she said the “agreement remains work in progress . . . we have not reached a closure on it .
the teesta deal was set to be signed during the then prime minister manmohan singh ' s visit to bangladesh in september 2011 , but was postponed at the last minute due to objections by mamata banerjee .
teesta water is crucial for bangladesh especially in the leanest period from december to march when the water flow often temporarily comes down to less than 1 , 000 cusecs from 5 , 000 cusecs .
issues like combating terrorism , containing radicalism and enhancing security cooperation between the two countries are likely to figure prominently , besides stalemate over the teesta pact during talks between modi and hasina .
the west bengal chief minister has accepted an invitation by the government to attend the launch of some projects between the two countries as well as a lunch to be hosted by modi in honour of hasina .
on the agreements , ranganathan said another pact on formalising regular defence engagements will also be signed . to boost trade , the two sides are likely to announce setting up of another set of trade facilitation huts along the borders in the northeastern region .
hasina will visit ajmer on sunday and will meet indian business leaders on monday .
minister of state for heavy industries and public enterprises babul supriyo is the minister - in - waiting for the bangladesh pm .
a total of 48 military aircraft and 21 helicopters were lost to crashes since 2011 in which 79 people were killed , the government told lok sabha today . for a country that features among the world ' s top five defence spenders , armed forces personnel losing lives in crashes and malfunctioning machines is a stark irony .
a total of 48 military aircraft and 21 helicopters were lost to crashes since 2011 in which 79 people were killed , the government told lok sabha today .
replying to a question , minister of state for defence subhash bhamre said all such incidents and accidents are thoroughly investigated and preventive actions taken based on probe reports . the figures bear a stark reminder to a report by a parliamentary panel that slammed the ‘ad - hocism’ , and the ‘casual and lackadaisical’ approach of the government in allocating inadequate amounts for the defence budget .
the ministry of defence ( mod ) has asked public sector company hindustan aeronautics limited ( hal ) to ramp up production , speed up existing under - development projects and start out - sourcing work for light utility helicopters ( luh ) and light combat helicopter ( lch ) . hal , produces some 22 - 24 advanced light helicopters ( alh ) , the dhruv , annually and some 200 of these are flying .
the requirement is huge . the armed forces have projected the need for some 700 helicopters . the three armed services need 484 of the luh - type to replace cheetah / chetak fleet of helicopters for which the army requires 259 , iaf 125 and navy around 100 such helicopters equipped with anti - submarine warfare ( asw ) capabilities . the army and the iaf need some 180 attack helicopters . the coast guard and other paramilitary forces have their own requirements which are nearly 100 copters .
the mod wants hal to produce up to 85 - 90 copters per annum of these three types – the dhruv , luh and lch . hal is making a 5 . 5 - tonne - class lch , which is currently under development and undergoing weapons integration . prototypes of the lch and the lch are ready but need operational clearance . out - sourcing of some work had been suggested on the lines of global manufacturing practices .
some 100 copters – are needed annually to meet the needs of the three armed forces , the central armed police forces , the coast guard and smaller friendly nations . while hal continues to be a major player , some of the production can be given to a selected private partner .
israel has been supplying india with various weapons systems , missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles over the last few years , making india one of israelâ€™s largest buyer of military hardware .
israel aerospace industries has been awarded a $ 2 billion indian military hardware deal , considered to be “the largest defense contract in israel’s defense industries’ history . ”
iai announced on thursday that it has signed a mega - contract worth more than $ 1 . 6 billion to provide advanced medium - range surface - to - air missiles ( mrsams ) to the indian army . the balance of some $ 400m . in contracts has been awarded to rafael advanced defense systems .
according to iai , the mrsam provides the “ultimate protection against a variety of aerial threats . ” it was jointly developed for the indian army by iai and india’s defense research and development organization ( drdo ) in collaboration with rafael and iai / elta . several indian companies and other private vendors also took part in its development .
in its existing version , mrsam is operational with the indian air force , indian navy and israel defense forces . the system includes an advanced phased - array radar , command and control , mobile launchers and missiles with advanced active radar radio frequency ( rf ) seekers , the company said .
iai will also supply additional long - range surfaceto - air missile ( lrsam ) air and missile defense systems for indian aircraft carriers .
iai president and ceo joseph weiss stated : “over the past 25 years , iai has worked with the indian defense industries and armed forces in many areas as part of our strategic partnership . the current contracts represent an enormous expression of confidence by the government of india in iai’s capabilities and advanced technologies . ”
weiss added that “this contract award also recognizes the professionalism of all of israel’s defense industries . we at iai are proud to be leading this flagship project after a long and joint development process . ”
president reuven rivlin spoke with weiss and congratulated him on the signing of the deal with india . according to rivlin’s office , the two men spoke about the foundations for the deal during rivlin’s visit to india four months ago and of the importance it played in strengthening the aerospace industry in israel .
the deal comes three months before indian prime minister narendra modi is due to arrive in israel for a state visit . his visit , which will coincide with the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations , comes at a time when the arms trade between the two countries is growing .
in june , more than 50 indian defense companies will be showcased at the isdef exhibition in tel aviv , at the largest national pavilion at the exhibition .
in february , ahead of the aero india exposition in bengaluru ( bangalore ) which saw over a dozen israeli companies showcasing their military technology , the defense ministry’s international cooperation director , brig . - gen . ( res . ) michel ben - baruch , said there has been a “strengthening of cooperation between israel and india in many fields” in recent years , with the most prominent area being defense technology .
israel has been supplying india with various weapons systems , missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles over the last few years , making india one of israel’s largest buyers of military hardware . over the last five years , bilateral non - defense trade between the countries has averaged $ 4 . 6b . per annum and defense trade has seen annual sales worth more than $ 1b .
india is one of the largest importer of arms , with a 14 % share in global imports between 2011 and 2015 , according to the stockholm international peace research institute . after russia and the united states , israel is the largest source of key defense equipment for india as well as in other areas , such as agriculture and water management .
dynamatic technologies signed a cooperation agreement with magal security systems ltd . this new cooperation aims to answer the indian increasing market demand for high - end security products and solutions for critical infrastructure , among other , to provide combined integrated border management solutions ( cibms ) aimed to address the challenges in securing our borders .
magal s3 has unique experience in perimeter security technolog ies and complex technological security projects , among other , defending israel ' s borders , whilst dynamatic technologies has been a partner of indian defence and security establishment for over 3 decades .
udayant malhoutra , ceo & managing director of dynamatic technologies commented .
we intend to bring in smart perimeter and security management technologies that include intrusion detection and prevention on a real time basis . these technologies will be offered to military establishments to prevent infiltration by terrorists . additionally , these systems can be used to secure ports , airfields , industrial buildings , commercial establishments and other critical assets across the country . this furthers
dynamatic ' s initiatives to successfully indigenise critical military industrial capabilities under the national
make in india
program . magal s3 has unparalleled knowledge and experience in integrated border security and we are excited to be working jointly with them .
saar koursh , ceo of magal - s3 commented ,
we are very pleased with this cooperation . we are confident that this cooperation will enable us to increase our presence in the indian security and hls market , eventually position ing ourselves , together with dynamatic as first choice turn - key contractors and solution providers for indian governmental and private sector customers . we are confident that combining dynamatic and magal - s3 proven technological capabilities , past experience and knowledge of the indian market , will benefit both - dynamatic and magal - s3 . last but not least , we were pleased to learn that both managements share sim ilar set of values , a factor that will most likely increase synergy and anticipated cooperation .
india is putting in place a comprehensive defense mechanism to shield its airports against potential terror attacks after an assessment that extremist groups might choose soft targets , such as
vulnerable
public installations and aviation hubs .
the federal civil aviation ministry , which directly owns most of the airports through its operational arm , has asked the central industrial security force ( cisf ) to prepare the security plan . cisf , raised in 1969 and a part of india ' s central armed police force , is responsible for security at many of india ' s civil aviation centers .
the home ministry has put airports on the list of installations that are ' vulnerable ' to terror attacks . a counter - terrorism plan would list all that is required to be done , in the case of a terror attack and prepare airports against terror attacks . we have asked cisf to prepare that report ,
said an official in the aviation ministry .
a counter - terror plan will list out the standard operating procedures in the event of a terror attack at any of our airports . there are 98 operational airports in india , of which 26 are categorised hypersensitive . of the 56 airports categorised as sensitive , cisf manages 37 , while the rest are managed by the respective state police .