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‘Gomorrah’ Expands Too

Rodrigo Perez — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:13:00 +0000

We’d love to know what critic called the Oscar-snubbed/Martin Scorsese endorsed, Italian crime drama, “Gomorrah,” “THE GREATEST MAFIA MOVIE EVER MADE,” because this is patently untrue and engages it outright ludicrous hyperbole (oh, it’s this quack), but we suppose it’s good press for a very deserving film.

Mattaeo Garrone’s five-tiered disparate vignettes film wasn’t the best thing we saw at the Toronto International Film Festival and tended to be somewhat overhyped, but it was super solid (we had to just manage expectations a little bit cause people were foaming at the mouth).

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‘Gomorrah’ Snubbed By Foreign Oscar Shortlist; ‘The Class,’ & ‘Waltz With Bashir’ Make The Cut

Rodrigo Perez — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:57:00 +0000

It seems like every year the the foreign-language committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences piss us all off with some major snub. Despite winning the Palmed’Or in 2007, Cristian Mungiu’s amazing Romanian abortion drama, “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” was snubbed by the AMPAS Oscar Foreign shortlist as was the brilliant animated French film, “Persepolis” (in 2007 it was Carlos Reygadas’ “Silent Light” and Fatih Akin’s “Edge of Heaven” that were criminally overlooked).

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‘Gomorrah’ Film Brings Attention Back On Too-Revealing Non-Fiction Novel; Mafia Want Him Dead By Xmas

Rodrigo Perez — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:20:00 +0000

Remember “Gommorah,” the Cannes-winning drama, we saw at TIFF that takes a raw look at corruption and crime in Italy and specifically the Cammora mafia in Naples? As we wrote in our review, ” Such an disquieting and trenchant look was the [original] non-fiction novel that [the movie is based on], its author Roberto Saviano had to go into hiding and is still apparently accompanied by armed guards wherever he goes.”

Well, the movie and its success has obviously brought international attention to the book and this mafia family, so the Cammora has a new Christmas wish: They want Saviano dead by by Christmas.

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TIFF Review: ‘Gomorrah’ – A Powerful Look At The Effects Of Crime And Corruption Via Italy’s Most Infamous Mafia

Rodrigo Perez — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:36:00 +0000

After Cannes, there were quite a few films that not only sounded fantastic, they won a bunch of the top awards too. At the top of our to-see list was “Hunger,” “The Class,” and Italian director Mattaeo Garrone’s “Gomorrah.”

The winner of the Grand Prix Award at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival was Garrone’s adaptation of the true-life expose of the Italy’s most infamous mafia organization, the Cammora. Such an disquieting and trenchant look was the non-fiction novel that its author, Roberto Saviano had to go into hiding and is still apparently accompanied by armed guards wherever he goes.

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