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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney and this week with special guest Aine O’Connor, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturday at 6pm GMT.

This time, Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund’s Cidade de Deus.

Over three decades in the eponymous Brazilian slum, lives intersect and collide amid poverty and criminality. A young by named “Rocket” tries to navigate – and account for – the fickle winds of chance in a turbulent urban environment.

At time of recording, it was ranked the 20th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show notes:

• Recorded 6th October 2018.
• Cidade de Deus at The Internet Movie Database.
• The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
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• Fernando Meirelles discusses directing Cidade de Deus, January 2010.
• Fernando Meirelles discusses Cidade de Deus with Slant Magazine, August 2003.
• The cast and crew of Cidade de Deus discuss the making of the film with The Guardian, June 2014.
• Fernando Meirelles talks to The New York Times about his relationship with “co-director” Kátia Lund, February 2004.
• Mel Gussow discusses the awards campaign for Cidade de Deus at The New York Times, February 2004.
• Bryan Curtis at The New York Times discusses the absurdity of the foreign language Oscar, February 2004.
• The writers at The Dissolve discuss the legacy and impact of Cidade de Deus, September 2013.
• Tasha Robinson discusses Cidade de Deus at The Dissolve, September 2013.
• Stephen Hunter discusses the violence and brutality of Cidade de Deus at The Washington Post, January 2003.
• Christopher Orr discusses the brutality of life presented in Cidade de Deus at The Atlantic, June 2004.
• Noel Murray at The Dissolve discusses the spin-off series and film City of Men, September 2013.
• Donna Bowater marks the tenth anniversary of Cidade de Deus by visiting Rio and tracking down many involved for the BBC, August 2013.
• The National examines the legacy of the City of God in the years following the release of Cidade de Deus, August 2016.
• Dom Phillips at The Washington Post on the protests leading into the Rio Olympics, August 2016.
• Kenneth Turan at The Los Angeles Times discusses Fernando Meirelles’ direction of the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics, August 2016.
• Adam Clark Estes at Gizmodo on what Rio looked like six months after the Olympics, February 2017.
• Benji Lanyado discusses visiting the favelas in The Guardian, November 2007.
• Samantha Pearson at The Financial Times discusses Brazilian cinema’s efforts to move beyond the favelas, May 2016.
• Alex Bellos at The Guardian on the conflict between the Brazilian government and The Simpsons, April 2002.
• Bruce Isaacs discusses bullet time at The Conversation, November 2018.
• Will Porter at Games Radar offers a brief history of bullet time in video games, September 2010.
• Jill Filipovic at The Guardian on how sexual assault is about power more than sex, August 2013.
• Paulo Cabral covers Barack Obama’s visit to the City of God for the BBC, March 2011.
• Taylor Barnes at The Christian Science Monitor on Barack Obama’s visit to the City of God, March 2011.
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