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Fat Cat-
I think you recommended City of God, which I really enjoyed. This has a similar vibe-maybe not as big in scale. Story set in the projects on the outskirts of Paris. A policeman's gun goes missing following a riot, and the story follows the gun and three friends (Jewish, Arab and Black) for the following 24 hours.

Great pace and a good amount of tension. I think you might enjoy it.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk77VrkxL88[/youtube]

That was a damn fine film.

Hey thanks for the recommendation, I will check it out. Going by your description, it sounds somewhat familiar to one of Akira Kurosawa's early films, called Stray Dog. In that film a policeman has his pistol stolen by a pickpocket on a trolley, and the film follows the pistol as it is used in commission of crimes while the police officer tries to recover it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stray_Dog_%28film%29

Also, have you seen the Tropa de Elite films?

Very beautiful.

You should also check out Pol Maitre, and Blanco. Phenomenal.

Fat Cat wrote:Also, have you seen the Tropa de Elite films?

You recommended that one before-I'm going to give it another go. And I will confess that I have never seen a Kurosawa film. I'll add that one to the list, unless you think there's a better place to start.

Seven Samurai is a good place to start with Kurosawa.

BucketHead wrote:Very beautiful.

You should also check out Pol Maitre, and Blanco. Phenomenal.

Hey, can you post links, cause I didn't find any hits when I searched quickly.

Fat Cat wrote:

BucketHead wrote:Very beautiful.

You should also check out Pol Maitre, and Blanco. Phenomenal.

Hey, can you post links, cause I didn't find any hits when I searched quickly.

Busted. Man, I was just trying to look as refined and au courant as you guys. I only watched Castle last night

You can't simulate culture.