City of God
I had never seen a film quite like this, the first time. The majority of the actors aren’t well known names, and in some cases were born and raised in the favelas of Rio.
The speed and way that it’s edited, along with the performances stick in the mind. I was drawn to Benny and Rocket in particular, and the scene at Benny’s farewell party is heartbreaking and terrifying in equal measure.
I loved the interaction between Benny and Angelica, and her strength was evident when she spoke to Lil Ze. Lil Ze’s transformation from child to adult, and then after the events at Benny’s, is handled extremely well by the actor, and the writer.
All of the actors, regardless of their professional experience at the time deliver wonderful performances. I admired the split focus, which gave me the impression that perhaps the director might have been a admirer of Quentin Tarantino’s style.
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I'm a thirty something woman who lives in the north of England. I have been a writer for as long as I can remember, creating stories both written and verbal since childhood. While studying at Edge Hill College, I got several poems published by a small publisher in the USA, and in Europe. I have been part of several writing groups, and done quite a few courses in a attempt to hone my writing skills further. I love reading different genres of fiction, knowing that the best way to develop my own writing, and my vocabulary is by exposing myself to the different ways that other people choose to describe things.
The most recent writing course that I've been part of, run by a published author, included a exercise in which we were challenged to read things that we would never usually even look at.
It inspired me to take up a challenge. Namely to attempt to read at least one book by every author which is stocked in my local library. I soon realised that I was being far too ambitious, especially given the fact that every library rotates their stock too often for me to keep track.
I've decided to instead attempt to read a book every day, starting with a author whose surname begins with A, and ending with a author whose surname begins with Z. It doesn't matter what the topic of the book is, or if it's fiction or non fiction, everything is useful for me at the minute.
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