Amores perros(2000)(love's A Bitch)
Director:Alejandro González Iñárritu
Language:Spanish with English subtitles
Nominated
Oscars for best foreign language film
Running time:153min
Censor certificate:A
Plot:Three interconnected stories about the different strata of life in Mexico City all resolve with a fatal car accident. Octavio is trying to raise enough money to run away with his sister-in-law, and decides to enter his dog Cofi into the world of dogfighting. After a dogfight goes bad, Octavio flees in his car, running a red light and causing the accident. Daniel and Valeria's new-found bliss is prematurely ended when she loses her leg in the accident. El Chivo is a homeless man who cares for stray dogs and is there to witness the collision.
My Review:Even though i don't prefer to watch movies with sub-titles,I thought of watching this one simply because I had heard a lot about this movie.The direction in this movie is unique in the vision of combining unrelated stories in one incident.I've seen many movies in the recent past with the same theme of combining few stories in the climax.Many of them were good too.But this movie released in 2000 makes all of them look like copy cats.That includes noted Indian director Mani Ratnam who made "Yuva"(hindi film)in 2004 with the same theme.Infact in "Yuva" also all the stories connect in an accident happening on the bridge just like "Ameros Perros".A word of caution for animal lovers.This movie has many gruesome dog fight scenes.In all a great movie.Its a pity that this movie didn't win the Oscar even though it was nominated in 2000.This brings me to next logical question.Who won the oscar in 2000 in the same category?Will have to watch that movie soon.
My Ratings:5/5 a must watch for lovers of serious cinema.
Director:Alejandro González Iñárritu
Language:Spanish with English subtitles
Nominated
Oscars for best foreign language film
Running time:153min
Censor certificate:A
Plot:Three interconnected stories about the different strata of life in Mexico City all resolve with a fatal car accident. Octavio is trying to raise enough money to run away with his sister-in-law, and decides to enter his dog Cofi into the world of dogfighting. After a dogfight goes bad, Octavio flees in his car, running a red light and causing the accident. Daniel and Valeria's new-found bliss is prematurely ended when she loses her leg in the accident. El Chivo is a homeless man who cares for stray dogs and is there to witness the collision.
My Review:Even though i don't prefer to watch movies with sub-titles,I thought of watching this one simply because I had heard a lot about this movie.The direction in this movie is unique in the vision of combining unrelated stories in one incident.I've seen many movies in the recent past with the same theme of combining few stories in the climax.Many of them were good too.But this movie released in 2000 makes all of them look like copy cats.That includes noted Indian director Mani Ratnam who made "Yuva"(hindi film)in 2004 with the same theme.Infact in "Yuva" also all the stories connect in an accident happening on the bridge just like "Ameros Perros".A word of caution for animal lovers.This movie has many gruesome dog fight scenes.In all a great movie.Its a pity that this movie didn't win the Oscar even though it was nominated in 2000.This brings me to next logical question.Who won the oscar in 2000 in the same category?Will have to watch that movie soon.
My Ratings:5/5 a must watch for lovers of serious cinema.
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