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Memorable, crazy movie

I'll tell you why so serious

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

because, at the first sigh, nothing could be new. after many films about gangsters, crimes, South Italy, for the viewer must be clear the entire story. Gomorrah is an exception. for many reasons. first, because it is a real admirable work. then, because it is more than a story about murder and victims but a precise perspective about a large and complex mechanism. not the last, because it is the portrait of society as a collection of masks, sides and silences. and this does it more a support for reflection than entertainment in ordinary sense. the exploration of a huge labyrinth. in the middle of spider web.

This is a collection of five stories about people who are touched by the gritty Neapolitan crime world. There is a gang war erupting. Don Ciro is a scared middleman. He is jumped by the other side and forced to take them back to his location. Roberto works in waste management and his boss Franco is dumping toxic wastes. Pasquale works as a high fashion tailor controlled by the mob. He moonlights for their Chinese competitor but it goes wrong. Marco and Ciro are young gangster wannabes. They get in over their heads.This is a great faux-realistic take on the modern mob. It opens with a bang. I will always remember the waste disposal because of the subject matter. The two youngsters are probably the most compelling characters. There are some ups and downs. It's a disjointed watch. It's a wide-ranging take on the subject and proves to be an effective one.

The actors did a great job with their characters, and rightly so as most are locals of the area. The usage of non-professional actors/ local talent really helped in capturing the authenticity of the story. Also, the location-shooting did a great job in capturing the core of the Mafia, while also establishing its widespread influences. The spaces we see are limited, but many. What I mean by this is that because of the different story-lines, we see many different spaces, but what we see of these spaces is limited. They do not travel much in their own settings (except for Franco and Roberto who travel across the country).The first scene of the film establishes the violence of the subject and the aggressiveness of the Mafia. The film does show quite a bit of explicit content. This helps to deny the glorification that being part of the Mafia is usually depicted as bringing. Unlike how conspicuous consumption and success is shown in Scarface (which is also referenced in this movie), Matteo Garrone makes an effort not to show that side of glorification. The Mafia members here are ruthless, violent and seemingly do not have morals. It takes little to agitate them and loyalty plays a big part in maintaining one's safety. This again shows the reality of the film and the lives of the people in Naples.The endings of the different story-lines complement each other in sending the message that you are either with or against the Camorra. Although in the case of Roberto, his future is left ambiguous which is a little confusing.Overall a great portrayal of the Camorra system in Naples, with well established story-lines and great acting. What makes this film terrifying is the fact that this is based from reality and that the people living there have no choice but to go along or face the consequences (usually death).Read more movie reviews at: championangels.wordpress.com

Gomorrah expertly brings to life a side of Naples you won't see on a post card. If you are expecting a Hollywood gangster film, you are looking in the wrong place. Unlike films like Goodfellas and The Godfather, Gomorrah does not romanticize the gangster lifestyle. Instead, the film shows the violent, brutal lifestyle of one of the deadliest organized crime units in the world. The little known, real life Comorra. There are no expensive suits. There are no shiny, black Crown Vics. There are no big houses with a kidney shaped pools. What we get instead is a documentary style look into the life of the Comorra and the people who are effected by them, which is seemingly everybody. This is exactly what the film strives to do; show us how the influence of the Comorra spreads through Naples like veins in in a body. Gomorrah chronicles the lives of 5 separate story lines. Don Ciro is a timid middleman who delivers money to families of the Comorra. He lives in fear of the very people who employ him. Toto is an otherwise good boy who helps his mother's store by delivering groceries to the locals. He is literally saturated in the lifestyle of the Comorra (and probably has been his whole life) and therefore joins up with the local gang. Roberto is a recent college grad whose father gets him a job with a local business man who profits from the illegal dumping of waste. Pasquele is a local fashion designer whose business is being run by the mob. Then there is the most entertaining of the bunch, Marco and Ciro, two Tony Montana wannabes that see the life of a gangster as romantic as the Hollywood movies make it out to be. Unfortunately, these five story lines is where the film fails for me. We are introduced to so many characters in such a short span of time that it's hard to keep everybody straight. I also feel that the film struggles to juggle all the threads. Instead of focusing on two or three story lines and fleshing out each character, we get short glimpses of each story. Just enough to see how they live, but not enough to care for them. I believe this was the intention of the film. Kind of like "a day in the life" look at the most brutal mafia in the world. Keeping the audience at arms length might have been the intention of the filmmakers, but for that reason I couldn't enjoy the film as much as I would have liked. Gomorrah succeeds in bringing the savage climate in which the people of Naples live. The actors don't seem like actors at all. They seem like real people. The environments are picture perfect and show the gritty, impoverished side of a beautiful city. In the end, Gomorrah's 5 story lines fail to deliver the emotional connection I need to be fully immersed in a story. There are also parts of the story that remain unclear. For example, there are two rival clans at war, but it's never made clear who is on which side. I really wanted to love Gomorrah, but it just fell short. Instead of being the classic I was hoping for, it's just merely good.