I caught up with City of God this evening Dear Readers. I certainly can see why it received its four Oscar nominations (direction, editing, cinematography and screenplay). It's a story of very violent and unpleasant business set in a hellish environment in Brazil, and the filmmakers succeed in gripping the audience's attention and creating for it two hours of non-stop queasiness. No one would mistake this one for Dude, Where's My Car? either.
