Bus 174
by Felipe Lacerda, Jos? Padilha
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Actor: Anonymous, Luiz Eduardo Soares, Maria Aparecida, Rodrigo Pimentel, Sandro do NascimentoDirector: Felipe Lacerda, Jos? Padilha
Producer: Rodrigo Pimentel
Cinematographer: Cezar Moraes
Cinematographer: Marcelo 'Guru' Duarte
Producer: Jos? Padilha
Writer: Jos? Padilha
Producer: Marcos Prado
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 122 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-07-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Arts Alliance Amer
Movie Reviews of Bus 174
Movie Review: Very solid documentary, a bit long
Summary: 4 Stars
Very good documentary that I think could have used a bit of editing to make it let's say 20 % shorter. This movie provides a very interesting insight into modern Brazil and its problems. I felt simultaneously sorry and also mad and annoyed at almost everyone in this movie. The cops seemed mostly incompetent (with some exceptions), the bad guys and street kids are sorry and you feel sorry for them. At the same time, you get mad at them. I have been accosted by these street kids in France and it is the same crap and they are very annoying. At the same time, they are sad and you feel sorry for them.
This movie obviously takes the position that people are swept up in events and in broad psychological currents that carry them along and they have little control. In essence, that is maybe a Marxist or post-MArxist theme. I prefer to think that every person redefines himself and can make choices. If you read Shakespeare or Budhhism, the notion is that we constantly redefine our Selves a-new. So I have a hard time buying this idea that we are predetermined to crime. Also, one of the most important books on criminology of the past 50 years was Samenow's "Inside the Criminal Mind". I suggest that anyone who sees this movie familiarize himself with Samenow's theories. He says that criminals, far from being "victims of society", are just people who, at an early age, decide that "the rules do not apply to them", and that they are outside the rules. If you look at this movie in that light, it provides a different take on this.
It is still a very powerful and moving film. It would be a very hard person who could not watch this movie and not almost be crying (I felt like crying several times). But I also think that we need to step back and not fall into the "society is to blame" stuff. Or maybe it is both. Maybe the criminal is to blame, and also society.
Summary of Bus 174
A shocking, hypnotic look at a real-life disaster. In June 2000, an armed gunman hijacked a bus in downtown Rio de Janeiro. An angry, strung-out former street kid, he spent an afternoon threatening his hostages while the lurid drama was broadcast live over the national TV networks. The extensive newsreel footage from this terrible event forms the bulk of Bus 174, but director Jose Padilha takes time to fill in the background, too: the poverty-broken world of the gunmen is detailed, and so is the political situation that led to some ludicrous decision-making on the part of the authorities during the siege. The fact that most viewers outside Brazil don't know how the ordeal ended will add to the suspense, but either way this is a gripping experience. The sight of the crazed hijacker, self-consciously styling his weird version of action-movie villainy, will haunt you long after the film is over. --Robert HortonArt House & International DVD Video
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