Talk:City of God (2002 film)

message: The cast lists some literal translations on character's name, wich is good, since some names were freely adaptated. However, there are MANY errors in this. As a brazilian, let me point it out further explanations here as I rewrite it on the article:
- Zé Pequeno/Dadinho: Pequeno stands for "little", but why translate only part of it? Zé is nickname for José. José is Joseph, so, Zé would be Joe. Therefore, Little Joe. About Dadinho, I would like to know who did the english version. Dado can mean dice, ok. But not in this case. Dado is also a nickname for Eduardo. SInce Eduardo is Edward, it would be Ed. And "inho", a diminutive sufix, when used in names has more of an afectuous approach, since Dadinho would be more an Eddie than an Little Ed. I also noticed that since Zé Pequeno was a nickname chosen during a religious ceremnoy, it may not have anything with the drugdealer's Christian Name...
- Mané Galinha: Mané the Chicken? Who did that? He's not "Mané, O Galinha", but only "Mané Galinha". Mané is nick for Manuel, therefore "Chicken Manny". WHen a man is called chicken in Brazil it means he's surrounded by ladies...
- Cabeleira: it litteraly means a "long hair", not "hairy". "Hairy" would be "cabeludo". 
- Barbantinho: barbante is really a string. One who translates it as "beardy" totally readed it wrong (beard=barba, not barbante).
- Marreco: Marreco means garganey. The word for duck would be pato. As in english, pato is a big family, includes marrecos, but the word marreco cannot be translated as duck for it.
- Bené, nick for Benedito (Benedict), matches with Benny. Cenoura, Alicate are also well translated. Some nicknames were not translated in the movie, but are nicks: Lampião and Touro are not given names.
187.124.141.139 (talk) 03:29, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: "Chicken" is also c'coward' in English so that seems a good translation. Rp (talk) 16:46, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Correction on names

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Can somebody explain to me why the movie City of God is credited with two directors, Kátia Lund and Fernando Meirelles, but only Meirelles has been nominated for the Academy Award?  RickK 23:13, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Academy Award for Best Director

message: Is it correct to use the English title as the wikipedia title? I have seen other foreign movies (i.e. Der Untergang where the orginal title is used (with the international English title being mentioned in the first paragraph), and the IMDb also uses the original title. I'm aware that the movie has been distributed as "City of God" in many countries, but I believe that wikipedia with its cultural and language-wise diversity should use the original title (and of course a redirecting page on the "City of God (movie)" page. That's just my opinion. Anyone else who has an opinion about this?
:Ummm... You have a point. Perhaps we could rename the article, but still have a redirect from 'City of God (film)' --Pinnecco 02:35, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I agree that the original title should be used as the wikipedia title. Is anyone going to rename the article? I could give it a try but being a new editor.. Maybe I should sit this one out? Lathrop1885 00:56, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you want to change it, you can go ahead. Yeah I think it needs to be changed as its the title it goes by in Portugese. So no objections here. Lummie 02:19, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  The article cannot be moved by regular users since there is a talk page at Cidade de Deus (film), and you can't properly move an article to another name that already has a talk page. I requested for an administrator to move the article to the correct name. - AKeen 02:56, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The correct place to request the move would be at Wikipedia:Requested moves. However, per Wikipedia:Naming conventions, articles should have the English language titles, unless the film is known better by its original title in English-language context, and City of God isn't (based on googling "city of god"+film vs. "cidade de deus", and the former getting 3 times as many hits). If you want to reach a consensus about a move, you'll have to list it on WP:RM. - Bobet 19:39, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah that's what I thought the English title is much better known which is how article names are determined (usually). -- Stbalbach 23:07, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

text: But by the idea that we can redirect pages to the right one makes me think that using its original title is more with the idea of keeping the facts right. Yes its more known to the film world as City of God but like Der Untergang, many english fans will know it as Downfall yet is listed under its German name. I guess by the fact that IMDB uses its foreign title, then Wikipedia should too. Lummie 06:03, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Unless there is some other rule I don't know about, it goes against the Wikipedia:Naming conventions. If you still want to pursue it, you can try to establish consensus to move it. One way is to vote, but thats not always the best, your choice. Personally I think it should be it's most commonly known name in en, per the naming conventions-- Stbalbach 07:24, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia title 

message: At the end of the film, it shows evidence that this movie was possibly based on a true story, or at least true events. I recall it stating (and showing a picture of) Li'l Ze being an actual criminal in the favela, along with Knockout Ned and possibly others.  BishopTutu 07:03, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup, as the credits roll there's what appears to be an authentic interview very closely resembling the one in the movie ("If someone happens to know me ... that's enough to get shot.") - in the movie this is said by Knockout Ned. It also implies that the photographer/Rocket is a real person. I actually came here to see whether that's true and haven't looked anywhere else yet. If it turns out to be true, that should be part of the article. 84.44.185.172 (talk) 22:43, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Does anyone have more information?  The article states "... the characters are not fictitious and the plot is based upon real events." But it's not clear from the context whether it's talking about the characters in the book, or those in the film.  "Based upon" is a glittering generality.  Is the story as depicted in the film true?  If not, which significant parts were fiction? 24.57.210.141 (talk) 05:32, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: True Story

message: The City of God is not a favela, actually quite the opposite. Favela is descriptive of a suburb or quarter developed without planning in some available free space. CdD was planned and built by the government "out there" to accommodate the underclass, then mainly composed by the refugees from the NE of Brazil which then suffered a drought spanning several years impoverishing many.
CdD may have been well intentioned, consisting of many single family dwellings, albeit of low quality. The major problem of CdD however remained the infrastructure, transport to jobs, education facilities, etc. 
Still today, CdD is the pits! It is located in the west of Rio, The Formula 1 race course in Jacarepagua is not too far away.
Has God, if it exists, ever been to this City of God? Probably not. 
Oalexander-En 16:46, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: CdD is a favela. Nothing can contest that.  ♣ Klptyzm  Chat wit me  §  Contributions ♣ 16:58, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Well, why not go look it up; the article stub itself says its a favela, part of the movie was filmed in CdD, in which 90% of the film involves the setting of a shantytown, so, at some point, some of those shanties had to be from CdD. Also, how about go and checking the favela article for a little extra reading? I really don't have to say a whole lot; you just have to go look it up.  ♣ Klptyzm  Chat wit' me  §  Contributions ♣ 05:21, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

text: That same article says that CdD doesn't meet the strict definition of a favela, but, at the same time, does have favela characteristics, such as low economic quality, among others.  ♣ Klptyzm  Chat wit' me  §  Contributions ♣ 03:26, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Even then, the movie refers to it as a favela, and, in essence, it can still be considered a favela; I'll meet you halfway, however, and ask if it can be noted somehow in one of the articles how it doesn't have a favela-like origin, but is in a favela-like state.  ♣ Klptyzm  Chat wit' me  §  Contributions ♣ 18:41, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Cidade do Deus a Favela? 

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message: This has one citation and there is no real way of saying wether something is left wing or right wing, so could this be edited out someway? 211.30.131.4 (talk) 01:26, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: "However, there has been some criticism from the left"

message: Can someone find and substitute the poster that was used in the English-speaking world (the one on the beach)? I believe the one sheet that was predominate in the language of the wiki being used is the proper one for the article. Any others can be used, but further down for example only.24.24.211.239 (talk) 07:00, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: English language poster

message: Can I request that someone with enough time go to both Li'l Zé and Knockout Ned's respective pages and make changes to the phrasing, at the moment its states that they are both fictional characters, were as I have understood the characters in the film to been real life peopleFSAB (talk) 01:14, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Li'l Zé and Knockout Ned 

message: This page is in English, so why are the names of the Characters still in Portugeuse? In the English Subbed version of the movie, "Buscapé" is called "Rocket", "Ze Pequeno" is called "Lil Ze". The article is in English, why aren't the names, since they are translated into English in the English release of the movie?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.231.200.55 (talk) 07:40, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Names of Characters 

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http://cidadededeus.globo.com/english/sinopse_01.htm
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WhisperToMe (talk) 06:15, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Website components 

message: Removed some contractions, changed some tenses. Googlypoo (talk) 06:35, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minor text edits 

message: Interesting article on the BBC site about what's happened to some of the actors since the film was released. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 10:27, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  10 years on 

message: I converted the awards section to use a table.  It's not the prettiest thing I've ever seen, but it'll do.  Due to my ignorance of Brazilian newspapers, I was unable to find a third party reliable source for the Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro awards.  I guess we could just use the awards site itself, but I'm hoping someone else will have better luck with Google News than me. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:16, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Fabulous work sourcing everything, ! I can look for sources and add GP later as Portuguese is my first language. Gabriel Yuji (talk) 05:25, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Oh, wow.  That's great!  Thank you.  If you can't find a third-party source, then we can just use the awards site itself.  I would hate to not include this award, as it seems like a glaring omission.  There was a discussion on a MOS talk page recently that we should use third-party sources to show that the individual awards in the listings are noteworthy.  I don't think MOS:FILM was ever updated to reflect that consensus, though. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:45, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hm, it's strange how media chose to don't give a full list of nominees between 2002 and 2004 for the award... (Check) Then, I only could find the awards it won (Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Sound) on Folha de S. Paulo: here, and on O Estado de S. Paulo that was it nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress. The official site have the others. What should we do in this case, ? Include only the third-party sourced or both the third-party source and the primary sourced? Gabriel Yuji (talk) 02:51, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think any data that we can't get from third party sources can be supplemented with primary sources.  Maybe it would be easier to just use the primary source for all nominations.  I don't think anyone would actually complain. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:59, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Should I add it or should you? I mean, if both of us try to add it we'll probably have an edict conflict. Gabriel Yuji (talk) 04:15, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  It might be better if you did it, since I can't read Portuguese. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:42, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ok. I'll do it only tommorow, though.  Gabriel Yuji (talk) 06:04, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Awards 

message: We're currently editing this page for a university project. Contact us if you have any questions  Jamesml17153, ChetFU99, azizcoolkid, Tfb9877, insaini_217 Jamesml17153 (talk) 12:50, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds interesting.  I'm curious what sources you'll find. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:10, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  I am also a part of the group Louish2911 (talk) 11:10, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Queen Mary Educational Project 

message: I'm currently working on an edit that adds to the reception section of the page. Seeing as the information regarding how the film was critically received as of right now is mostly European and North American I think it would serve well to add some information as to how the film was received in Brazil. Ivana Bentes is a Brazilian film critic who criticised the film for what she sees as a glorification of violence and poverty. 
I may also add a subsection to the Reception section of the page with information regarding Brazilian rapper MV Bill's response to the film, himself being a resident of Cidade de Deus. He criticised the film for the negative light it cast on the favela and others like it. Jamesml17153 (talk) 13:29, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brazilian Reception 

message: How to add the following information correctly?
In 2022, Vivo and Motorola produced a sequel short film focusing on Buscape. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIp0J3eD37c Buscape 2600:1700:3870:B400:5956:6196:BF01:E01A (talk) 12:50, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buscape Sequel Short Film.