Thursday 17 October 2013

Lesson 5 - Case Study Film 4 - Neighbouring Sounds (Mendonca Filho - 2012) Reviews and Reading (post incomplete)

IMDB user review

The review below reflects on the ability of Neighbouring Sounds to represent the context of time and place in relation to Portuguese Colonisalism in Brazil and relations bewteen middle and working class citizens.



THE GUARDIAN FILM REVIEW

This Guardian article below considers the representation of Colonialism in the film Neighbouring Sounds and the impact Colonialism has had on the dynamic and relationship between different groups of people in Brazil in the 21st Century. The article also looks at the film Tabu, which is less relevant for our study of Urban Stories, but an interesting discussion on how personal experience can be affected by colonialism.



BFI FILM REVIEW

This review describes Neighbouring Sounds as: "A tense, bold and fiercely compelling portrait of urban life in modern day Brazil"

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TIME OUT FILM REVIEW

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