Studying City of God

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by Stephanie Muir

Type: Studies
Subject: One Film > City of God
Keywords: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund, Brazil, Cinema Novo
Publishing date: 2008
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Collection: Studying Films
Language: English

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Physical desc.

Paperback • 96 pages
5 ¼ x 7 ½ inches (13.5 x 19 cm)

ISBN

978-1-903663-81-3

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Book Presentation:
A leading example of a resurgent Latin American cinema - 'la buena onda' - in the early twenty-first century, City of God was a huge international popular and critical success. A combination of intoxicating, Hollywood-style genre film-making and hard-hitting, social-realist subject matter, it was hailed as a masterpiece at Cannes in 2002 and seen by over 3 million people in Brazil, including the Brazilian cabinet.

In Studying City of God, Stephanie Muir considers the historical and industrial context of City of God - a brief history of Latin American cinema is followed by a more detailed account of film-making in Brazil - from light-hearted travelogues to Cinema Novo and after - all in the context of increasing globalization. She analyzes narrative and genre - how the film uses the components of narrative in a complex way, experimentally manipulating time while using traditional genre conventions that are highly recognizable to mainstream audiences. The formal elements of the film are dissected through a detailed illustrated analysis of the kinetic, scene setting opening sequence. She also discusses audience responses - from establishment critical reaction to fan-based Internet sites and student feedback - and issues of representation and ideology - just how 'authentic' can a film such as City of God hope to be? Does its style overwhelm its subject matter?

About the Author:
Stephanie Muir is course coordinator of film studies at Richmond upon Thames College, Twickenham, and the author of Studying City of God.

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