The holiday horror movie Turistas is stirring some controversy this week on Brazilian blogs: could it be bad for tourism? I don't think Hostel was detrimental to tourism in eastern Europe, so my guess is no. However, I am not amused with what the actors had to say about the many dangers of shooting in Brazil, which Max Brown describes as "middle of nowhere."
New York magazine has an interesting approach to the movie review, comparing it to Babel and Borat in terms of how the rest of the world feels about Americans:
A Brazilian doctor lectures an American woman on all that the U.S. has taken from his country-land, sugar, gold, sexual innocence - while removing her organs one by one, in close-up. He adds he’d take everything if he could.
If I am brave enough to watch the movie this Friday when it opens nationwide I will let you know what my thoughts are. As bad as it sounds, at least Josh Duhamel is in it.
Still on the movie topic, I saw For Your Consideration this past weekend. Has Christopher Guest lost it or is it just me? It would have been painful to sit through it if it were not for the brilliant performance by Catherine O'Hara and Jennifer Coolidge's 5 minutes on the screen.
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"... all that the U.S. has taken from his country-land, sugar, gold, sexual innocence..."
Do Brazilians honestly feel the US has stolen these things from them? And considering the slave trade didn't end there until 1888, I have to wonder where this attitude comes from. WTF?
Posted by: rrgg@none.com | 11/29/2006 at 01:29 PM
That goes to show how bad the script is. It was not written by a Brazilian nor does it reflect the Brazilian position towards America.
Posted by: Made In Brazil | 11/29/2006 at 01:33 PM
the movie turistas? never heard of it, hostel though I thought it was a bad movie
going to check out turistas now
Posted by: joop | 12/04/2006 at 04:50 AM
Actually, having just seen the movie, and living in Brazil, the film portayed the nature of Brazilian people very well. The organ theft might be over the top etc, but Brazil is not the "smiling" happy" faces that the world sees, but the people are very much like how the movie portrays them.
Posted by: Calhoun | 06/06/2008 at 02:13 PM
calhoun. do you have an email address? i'd like to write to you re upcoming travel to brazil. im a little freaked out about going now after seeing this movie and seeing your post
Posted by: pia | 09/09/2008 at 03:18 PM