Best of Brazil

Rating: 9/10 (25 November 2013)

The movie is just great! From the plot, the characters and the social context, everything is spotless. The story is well-defined. The director knows his stuff. One hand washes the other. Bart are you awake? YES! Take out the trash! Maradona Starts the left lane, and avoids an English ... But instead simply start your rabbit head Pepito! Hey how you doing'? good rate pa 'enjoy. The house is in order. Lets get it started. See you later alligators! On the bonus DVD, it is revealed that the only professional actor with years of filming experience was Matheus Nachtergaele, who played the supporting role of Carrot.[1] Most of the remaining cast were from real- life navels, and in some cases, even the real-life City of God Havel itself. According to Meirelles, amateur actors were used for two reasons: the lack of available professional black actors, and the desire for authenticity. Meirelles explained: "Today I can open a casting call and have 500 black actors, but just ten years ago this possibility did not exist. In Brazil there were three or four young black actors and at the same time I felt that actors from the middle class could not make the film. I needed authenticity." Beginning about 2000, about a hundred children and young people were hand-picked and placed into an "actors' workshop" for several months. In contrast to more traditional methods (e.g. studying theater and rehearsing), it focused on simulating authentic street war scenes, such as a hold-up, a scuffle, a shoot-out etc. A lot came from improvisation, as it was thought better to create an authentic, gritty atmosphere. This way, the inexperienced cast soon learned to move and act naturally.