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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: AMORES PERROS (AKA LOVE'S A BITCH) (DVD MOVIE EAN: 9781589710702 Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 1589710703 Item Dimensions: Label: Lions Gate Languages: Manufacturer: Lions Gate MPN: 71479 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Lions Gate Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 25, 2001 Running Time: 153 minutes Studio: Lions Gate Theatrical Release Date: 2000 Editorial Review: Product Description: Three lives become inextricably linked in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's pooch disappears into the apartment's floorboards; and an ex-radical turned hit man rescues a gun-shot Rotweiler. Discover why Amores Perros is the best reviewed film of the year.System Requirements: Running Time 153 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 658149786424 Manufacturer No: 71479 Amazon.com: 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Disturbing, painful, depressing. . .The dogs make out best in this movie; they just kill each other. The humans, meantime, maim, then destroy, each other. Apart from the upset (revulsion?) I can not but feel; I don't quite know how to react to this film. Clearly there is artistic talent here; there are story lines here (well, more accurately, riffs on the hopeless despair of human relationships); there is highly professional filmmaking here. But for what end? There is just one location in this movie: Hell; there is just ... Read More Rating:  - Griping...Movie is set on mean, crowded and polluted streets of modern Mexico City. The film explores the lives of 3 sets of characters and weaves the plot among them. "Octavio and Susana" - Octavio who lives with his Mother, his violent brother, his brother's sister and their infant in a small crowded 2nd story apartment building. Octavio falls in love with Susana, his brother's wife and plots to escape with her - raising money dog-fighting with Cofi, his brother's dog. Susana lives in fear ... Read More Rating:  - Violent and sadI liked the acting but this was very violent and tough. I can't recommend it to people. Rating: - PETA would be up in arms...I see only one review below that addresses the animal concerns here... by Book Maven, and it got a ridiculously low 0 of 4 favorables at this point, until I voted favorably for that review. Although the film has great performances, this kind of animal depiction CANNOT be tolerated with this kind of neutrality. I didn't see any note in the end credits about animals being treated humanely, I seriously don't believe they were. When I was in Mexico last month I saw cats that were just skin ... Read More Rating: - One of my favorite movies.I hate dog fighting. So I had to watch the special on how the dog-fighting in the movie is all fake and none of the dogs got hurt. Then I played the movie and... well... it's one of my top 3 movies ever. Film students watch this as a benchmark of what good film-making is. I did it for the acting. Bernal is amazing. |
