City Of God Cinematic Portrayal of Violence

Summery:

The article first expresses the reality within this film, that the portray of Brazil, highlighting Rio was accurate, this includes the the large gap classes in this region, which includes a small wealthy class and an enormous indigent class. Furthermore the film also used real events and people adapted from a large biographical novel. Moreover the article also discusses the roles of women in the film. Women were mostly victimized by unjust and cruel men. However a couple of women persuade their lovers in leaving their gangs through their

sexual hold, however these attempts are a complete fail and result in both men's death. The article also expressed the way of life in the film, that violence is a large part of manhood, one runts state" I smoke, I snort, I've killed and robbed, I'm a man. This also explains how violence was manifested onto each generation, that the self-worth of a man is measured on how many violently acts he has committed. Giving violence a sense of almost tradition of manhood.A boy must commit several acts of violence in order to be considered a man, additionally to move up in life an older men die, younger men move up and  take their places as well as their statues. The article then further converses about the following:

Narrative
Rocket is the main narrative of the film. His voice is constantly explaining what is going on in the film. In the beginning of the film he describes the origin of his favela and portrays a sense of isolation when describing the civilians, he states, "For the powerful our problems didn't matter". Throughout the film, the narrative through Rocket closely correlate to the cinematography. one example from the article includes when Rocket is very young and he is talking about his future in the favela and how he is terrified of getting shot, at this point to highlight his fear the shot turns into "a long shot of Rocket's back, positioning him as if within a gun sight".

Cinematography 
The Cinematography promotes a sense of disorientation when in the favela, especially in chase scenes,the camera is hand held and constantly moving, along with a fast paced edit. In addition through the usage of warlike cinematography, such as the shots through gaps and under objects as well as positioning subjects as if a sniper targets shots, the audience is able to feel the full effect of violence portrayed in the film, this cinematography also harmonizes with the narration of Rocket when he says "You got use to the living in Vietnam". This further pushes the sense of brutal violence that these characters are faced with.
Edit 

One of the important aspect of the edit include the portrayal of Rocket's camera as a gun. The article states, "The editing of the sequence suggests not only that Rocket survives by shooting the others, but that he is directly responsible for the deaths of those shot by real bullets."To further push the importance of this analogy, the photography's taken by Rocket which serves as a way of filming through his camera lens. In addition the edit also depicts the development in violence, such as when young boys go to gangs wanting gums, this then becomes a montage of fast paced medium close-ups of the boys and then fading into a slow-motion sequence of unusual sounds and images of dead people. This forces shock into the audience, because it is acknowledged that such a mass group of youths is part of this horrific violence

Genre 
This film is a Brazilian crime drama that depict the brutal life of citizens in Cidade de Deus, a suburb in Rio de Janeriro. The time of the film ranges from the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1980s. As depicted in this article "City of God offers a variety of explanations for the violence it depicts, but ultimately presents violence - within the city and within its characters - as something beyond representation, comprehension, or escape." Violence is the main tool utilized to get the message across in the film.