Amores perros

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Amores Perros roughly translates to "Love's a bitch," and it's an apt summation of this remarkable film's exploration of passion, loss, and the fragility of our lives. In telling three stories connected by one traumatic incident, Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu uses an intricate screenplay by novelist Guillermo Arriaga to make three movies in close orbit, expressing the notion that we are defined by what we lose--from our loves to our family, our innocence, or even our lives. These interwoven tales--about a young man in love with his brother's pregnant wife, a perfume spokeswoman and her married lover, and a scruffy vagrant who sidelines as a paid killer--are united by a devastating car crash that provides the film's narrative nexus, and by the many dogs that the characters own or care for. There is graphic violence, prompting a disclaimer that controversial dog-fight scenes were harmless and carefully supervised, but what emerges from Amores Perros is a uniquely conceptual portrait of people whom we come to know through their relationship with dogs. The film is simultaneously bleak, cynical, insightful, and compassionate, with layers of meaning that are sure to reward multiple viewings. --Jeff Shannon


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I recently watched this. Great movie, but pretty disturbing, especially if you're a dog lover. The writer of this also wrote Babel and 21 Grams.

It lost out to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for best foreign film in 2000. Close call, but I liked this one better.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245712/
 

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I just saw this one on the IFC channel. I agree - it's very disturbing (with all that dog blood) and a long movie (almost 3 hrs). I still would recommend it if you can get past those things.

I was left expecting more at the end. The vagrant's tale didn't seem to have any closure, so I didn't know where he went. Come to think of it, none of the tales really had closure. :shrug:
 
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I just saw this one on the IFC channel. I agree - it's very disturbing (with all that dog blood) and a long movie (almost 3 hrs). I still would recommend it if you can get past those things.

I was left expecting more at the end. The vagrant's tale didn't seem to have any closure, so I didn't know where he went. Come to think of it, none of the tales really had closure. :shrug:

The structure is definitely not similar to an American film. We just get some glimpses into the lives of a few people trying to survive in awful circumstances.
 

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Yes, but I want closure, damn it!! :)

They were sad tales indeed. Actually the structure was similar to Crash in how separate lives intertwined.
 
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