The Actual Catalogue

Catalogue


Films

Motorcycle Diaries: (2004. Dir. Walter Salles) Good film which shows the people of Latin America equally from all the countries. The interviews in black and white were particularly interesting as they weren’t staged and show some of the trouble that the people were in.

Bus 174: (2004. Dir. José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda) Excellent resource depicting the true events of the bus 174 high jacking in Rio de Jeniro in Brazil. Made from a collection of interviews and live TV footage it is interesting to think that this was broadcast live creating a hug amount of publicity for the people in the Favella.

City of God: (2003. Dir. Fernando Meirelles). A good resource and a great film that many people have seen, depicts a time of great unrest in the Brazilian Favella. A great representation of the desperation of the people and the will to make something of themselves.

Interviews

Anissa Ladjemi: Is part of a gap year service in Brazil working particularly with the children in the Favella. What she had to say about the Favella and how it linked to City of God is invaluable.
DVD extra with Alberto Granado: Depicts the people they met on their original journey and the troubles they faced, very useful to compare to the film, The Motorcycle Diaries.

Questionnaires

Survey Monkey: The questionnaires that I sent out got some really good responses from a large amount of people that are not only great film critics but have also visited some of the countries depicted in the films.

Books / Magazines

Contempory Latin American Cinema: (Book) by Deborah Shaw (Published by Rowan & Littlefield Publishers Inc. Not much of a great read but defiantly a useful resource. The essays in this book were second to none.

Sight and Sound: (Magazine) Article on the film Bus 174. Great resources as there were no questionnaires completed on that particular film. So this article makes up for the lack of text.

Deselected

I have decided not to include the film "CHE" as I felt that it focused too much on the single person rather than the people he was with etc.

I have also decided not to include the biography, " Guevara, also known as Che" as that too I felt also focused on the individual rather than the people as a whole.

Lastly I have also deselected infomation I discoverd at the BFI libery as I don't think that much of it is releavent to my topic.

BFI The Libary

Hello guys, as you know I went to the BFI libary last Thursday which was deffinatly a great place to go if you need research and a place that I will definatly visit again if I ever need to do some reasearch in the future. Unfortunatly I didn't find much that was of use to me as I think that I may have been looking through the wrong books and research which were provided when I arived. Despite this I did manage to find a little which I can use in my presentation alongside all the infomation I had allready.

The Catalogue List

Hi guys. The time has come for me to fianlly start to plan my presentation so I am starting my catalogue.

Things that I wish to include:

• Interview with Anissa Ladjemi on City of God and Brazil.
• Contempory Latin American Cinema book by Deborah Shaw ( Published by Rowan & Littlefield Publishers Inc
• Article from Sight and Sound magazine, Bus 174
• Questionaires from Survey Monkey
• E-mail interview ( Yet to Happen)
• DvD extra from Motorcycle Diaries
• Film, Motorcycle Diaries
• Film, Bus 174
• Film, City of God

The Questions

Here I have the list of questions that I promised you. I am going to ask Mr O'Conor and his wife these at the interview.

1. I understand tht you are from Brazil, may I ask where abouts in realtion to Rio de Jeniro.

2. Have you ever seen the films Bus 174, City of God or Motorcycle Diaries.

3. Do you know if the films were well recieved in Brazil, and Motorcycle Diaries in terms of Latin America?

4 City of God has been critsised for glamourising and selling poverty. Is this a fair critique?

5 Obeveously if you have seen the Bus 174 film then you know of the incident but were you in Brazil at the time and did you see/ hear anything about it on the television or radio.

6. During the incident one woman phoned her work just to say she was going to be late, the equivilent of leaves on the line. Is this sort of thing common in Rio, or Brazil as a whole?

7. (MD CLIP) Do you think that films such as these display Brazil/Latin America in a good light. It would appear that through the eyes of the directors that Latin America is having its national identity striped away?

8. Lastly are there any films that show Brazil in another way than the films I have allready mentioned display the country/continent, if so were they well recieved in the west in the same way to the other thre films.

Another Interview

As the title suggests I may have another interview in the pipeline, this time with Mr O'Conor and his wife who is origanaly from Brazil. He was supoosed to have e-maild me over the weekend but unfortunatly for some reason it didnt come through. I will need to see him on Friday as that is when he is in next.

British Film Institute

Great news followers of Chicano Cinema, the school has finnaly managed to work together and arrange a trip to the BFI. This is great from my POV as they get infomation ready for you for when you get there and also allow you to look stuff up yourself while your there. This I'm hoping is gonna be research heaven :D

Also tomorrow s Friday which is when Mr O'Connor is in school so hopfully I can track him down and pin a date on an interview with him and his wife, fingers crossed. I'll report back to you soon so that you know wheather I found him or not :)

The Reading

Goood morning folks. Just to keep you posted on what is happening in the world, yesterday all the film classes came together and poured through various resources including magazines, books and also portfolios and projects to find more qoutes and infomation on our topics. I unfortunatly didn't find a huge amount but was able to find a review looking into the film Bus 174. This is especially great new because out of all my research it is the one people and myself know little about. Ofcouse I understand the story from the way that the director wanted it to be portrayed but it would be nice to see what other people thought of the situation.