The movie “City of God” is portguese film,directed by Fernando meirells and Katia lund.The story was adapted from the novel of same name written by Paulo lins and it’s a crime.The film begins with a gang chasing an escaped chicken,the chicken stops between the gang narrator of the story a young man named rocket he is main narrator of the story a quiet and honest boy.
The technique of the that shot the whiriling camera the flash back, the changes in colors frm the dark brightness of the slum ti the dusty sunny borwns of the soccer filed-alert us to movies that is visually alive and inventive as few films.Meirelles began as director of TV commercials which gave him a command of techinique and he say trained him to work quickly to size up a shot and get it,and move on.Working with the cinematographers cesar charlone he uses quick cutting and a mobile hand heild camera to tells his story with he haste and detail it deserves.Sometimes those devices can create a film that is merely busy but city of god feels like sight itself as we look here and then there,with danger or opportunity everywhere.
City of God does not exploit or condescened does not pumb up its stories for contrived effect does not contain silly and reassuring romanitic sidebars but simply looks with a passionately knowing eye at what it knows.