Wednesday 11 June 2008

Ameros Perros [2000]


Love and dogs play literal, as well as, figurative roles (aptly titled, Ameres Perros means “Love’s a Bitch”), in the extremely talented Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s explosive debut feature. Set in the Mexican milieu, three parallel points-of-view (connected by a tragic car accident), aided by a brilliant narrative, compelling plot developments and incisive dialogues, present the urban alienation and futile attempts at redemption of the protagonists - a young man in love with his elder brother's fiance, a super model who has met with a tragic accident, and a former guerrilla fighter-cum-revolutionary. Stellar performances by a cast of superb character actors have added to the director’s terrific control over the medium in providing supreme exhilaration in viewing this utterly watchable and immensely engaging flick. Even though each central character exists in an environ distinct to him, they are ultimately governed by the same strings of hope, love, broken dreams and despair, and their connection with, well, dogs. The age old stories of love and its lack thereof are presented in a marvelous and unique package in this truly fascinating and innovative urban drama.








Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Genre: Drama/Urban Drama/Ensemble Film
Language: Spanish
Country: Mexico

10 comments:

Estel said...

Ooh Maah Godd no comments for such a great movie.. jus passed by ur blog searching for some other thing... Its great :)

Amores Perros is a excellent movie... it shows three different angles of love superbly... Must Watch!!

and Mr. Owner(Sorry i donno ur name)... I found some movies missing from ur list.. movies like Boys Dont Cry, Forrest Gump, The Shining, Dr. Strangelove, Schindlers List, American Beauty, Apocalypse Now, Usual Suspects, Saving Private Ryan, China Town, Se7en, Life is Beautiful, Requiem for a dream etc...

I want to read ur comments on these films...

Shubhajit said...

Yeah, it is. Indeed the idea, structure, execution, acting - nearly everything about the movie is spot on. Thats why it happens to be one of my favourites.

And well, as for the movies you've mentioned, I've watched nearly all of them but for 2, and 2 of them - Chinatown & American Beauty, are already there on my list of favourite movies.

Thanks for visiting. And somebody calling me Mr. Owner - now thats a first time in my life :)

Alejandro J. said...

Hi Shubajit, very good blog, but I think that you are forgetting some excellent films, for example: Schlinder list, Pay it forward, Millenium, Seven, and others.

What do you think about these?.

Shubhajit said...

Thanks Alejandro for visiting and liking the blog. As for you query, I've reviewed Seven here, and have watched Schindler's List long time back so haven't reviewed here. As for the other 2 movies, I believe I haven't watched them yet.

Juegos de Autos said...

I heard amores perros is good film that was show up on 2000 .
I still hadn't seen it but i would like to watch it , Sounds a great film.

Juegos de Autos said...

Sounds as a great film !

Juegos de Motos said...

i wannt see it one of this days.

Shubhajit said...

Yeah, plz do. It indeed is an excellent film.

Juegos de Ben 10 said...

Amores Perros is a excellent movie... it shows three different angles of love

Juegos de Mario Bros said...

I love amores perros.