Bus 174
by Felipe Lacerda, Jos? Padilha
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Actor: Anonymous, Luiz Eduardo Soares, Maria Aparecida, Rodrigo Pimentel, Sandro do NascimentoDirector: Felipe Lacerda, Jos? Padilha
Producer: Rodrigo Pimentel
Cinematographer: Cezar Moraes
Cinematographer: Marcelo 'Guru' Duarte
Producer: Jos? Padilha
Writer: Jos? Padilha
Producer: Marcos Prado
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 122 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-07-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Arts Alliance Amer
DVD Reviews of Bus 174
DVD Review: A Good Way to Understand
Summary: 5 Stars
Rare that you're allowed to decide for yourself after something so powerful.
This is a true story, and a well done documentary.
Watch it if you truly want to discover why Brazilians seem so open and friendly, and talkative. They have their issues, but nothing is not so bad (as would be covered by other western media) that can't be discussed and possibly solved amongst themselves with honesty.
I have many friends in Brazil who remember this incident and some (just like the sorer parts of our history) do not like to remember. The good thing about this film, however, is it does not show a bias from either point of view while detailing how the tragic events of that day came to unravel.
If you live in a western nation these days it's very hard not to try and listen openly to both sides (whether you agree our not) without having political rhetoric shoved down your throat. Even if the issue discussed isn't political in nature. So the Brazilians sharing this info let the audience make up their minds what should be done about issues of poverty, media, crime, corruption, and social inequality yet they still were able to let those involved and deeply effected share their opinions as well. Truly effective.
DVD Review: Excellent Documentary. Very Sad. Very honest and accurate.
Summary: 4 Stars
This is perhaps the most honest documentary I have ever seen. It portrays with actual footage and post-facto interviews a tragic and sad event that is unfortunately not an isolated incident in Rio de Janeiro. Bus robberies and burnings are somewhat common, but, this particularly incident and the choices the drug addicted homeless robber and the police made turned this into a notorious national incident. The filmaker explores the lives of homeless children who grow up without any parents or role models in Brazil, drug addiction to pasta basica and inhalants by those street kids and what led up to the robbery of the bus. The filmmaker does not apologize for or attempt to rationalize the horrible actions committed by the homeless robber but explores the sad social conditions that create such a situation and individual. The filmmaker then explores and interviews the police involved in the incident and explores why police in Brazil have a reputation for violence, how being a policeman in Rio's favelas is nearly equivalent to serving in a war zone and how that contributed to the incident. For anyone interested in Brazil, a fascinating country that is an emerging economic super-power, this film also points out the tremendous amounts of work Brazil needs to do in improving its social and security conditions as it joins the developed world.DVD Review: Like It or Not, a Film You Should See
Summary: 5 Stars
First, let me say, the news footage recording these tragic events in exhaustive, excruciating detail by itself is reason enough to see this film. I doubt any of this footage will make the network broadcasts of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games...
Aside from that, your reaction to "Bus 174" may depend on your political and social perspectives. As you can see from the other reviews, the opinions range from those who feel that social problems can be more effectively dealt with by incarcerating and/or killing more people, to those who wonder whether the glue-sniffing homeless kid with the blown mind couldn't just get a job, to those who see the kid as an innocent victim.
However you feel about the situation, the story will probably keep you glued to the screen. "Bus 174" provides a unique view into a tragedy, and the background of its principal participant. Who's to blame? (Any volunteers?)
DVD Review: Very solid documentary, a bit long
Summary: 4 Stars
Very good documentary that I think could have used a bit of editing to make it let's say 20 % shorter. This movie provides a very interesting insight into modern Brazil and its problems. I felt simultaneously sorry and also mad and annoyed at almost everyone in this movie. The cops seemed mostly incompetent (with some exceptions), the bad guys and street kids are sorry and you feel sorry for them. At the same time, you get mad at them. I have been accosted by these street kids in France and it is the same crap and they are very annoying. At the same time, they are sad and you feel sorry for them.
This movie obviously takes the position that people are swept up in events and in broad psychological currents that carry them along and they have little control. In essence, that is maybe a Marxist or post-MArxist theme. I prefer to think that every person redefines himself and can make choices. If you read Shakespeare or Budhhism, the notion is that we constantly redefine our Selves a-new. So I have a hard time buying this idea that we are predetermined to crime. Also, one of the most important books on criminology of the past 50 years was Samenow's "Inside the Criminal Mind". I suggest that anyone who sees this movie familiarize himself with Samenow's theories. He says that criminals, far from being "victims of society", are just people who, at an early age, decide that "the rules do not apply to them", and that they are outside the rules. If you look at this movie in that light, it provides a different take on this.
It is still a very powerful and moving film. It would be a very hard person who could not watch this movie and not almost be crying (I felt like crying several times). But I also think that we need to step back and not fall into the "society is to blame" stuff. Or maybe it is both. Maybe the criminal is to blame, and also society.
DVD Review: BUS 174
Summary: 4 Stars
Bus 174 has to be one of the best documentary films I have seen in a long time. I recommend it to anyone that likes documentary or Portuguese films.
Description of Bus 174
A shocking, hypnotic look at a real-life disaster. In June 2000, an armed gunman hijacked a bus in downtown Rio de Janeiro. An angry, strung-out former street kid, he spent an afternoon threatening his hostages while the lurid drama was broadcast live over the national TV networks. The extensive newsreel footage from this terrible event forms the bulk of Bus 174, but director Jose Padilha takes time to fill in the background, too: the poverty-broken world of the gunmen is detailed, and so is the political situation that led to some ludicrous decision-making on the part of the authorities during the siege. The fact that most viewers outside Brazil don't know how the ordeal ended will add to the suspense, but either way this is a gripping experience. The sight of the crazed hijacker, self-consciously styling his weird version of action-movie villainy, will haunt you long after the film is over. --Robert HortonBrazil DVDs
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