2 reviews
Very innovative stop-motion animated movie mocking metaphorically on the struggle between punk and pop inside cartoonist Angeli's mind. Besides playing with the borders between fiction and reality in the relation between the artist and his underground characters, it combines in a funny way different genres, such as mockumentary, horror, post apokalyptic adventure (almost a Mad Max!), road movie, and, off course, comedy! The film has been released few months before Angeli communicated his retirement. Then, it also pays tribute to him, in the dark-humored way he feels comfortable. The gags on Titãs rock n' roll band (being Paulo Miklos one of the dubbing actors!) and the participation of Laerte (as both actress and character) are quite nice. The interesting way the film dealed with the sound, simulating how the walls stifle characters' voices, shall also be highlighted. Milhem Cortaz's voice fit very well in Bob Cuspe. Awesome animation work too!
After having suffered watching several terrible Brazilian animated films made for adult audiences, I finally found a good film that, by the way, is like a perfect tribute and way to end the career of cartoonist Angeli. Angeli was one of the main artists who created newspaper comic strips in Brazil, starting in the 80s in that period of rebellion of the punk movement he made adult comics with boldness in a period in which the country was becoming free from censorship. I read a few of his characters' strips when I was younger in my school books, they weren't my favorite, but I liked reading them sometimes. After watching the terrible film about the characters Wood & Stock (I don't know how people say that film is good) I finally found a movie that represents Angeli's work in a much better way and has an exciting story. This film is a spiritual successor to the short film Dossiê Rê Bordosa (which is also a good animation) which focuses on Angeli's popular character Bob Cuspe. Unlike the other film, this one tries to show a more serious plot paying tribute to his classic comics and even having reference the death of the character Rê Bordosa and also how Angeli is ending his career as a cartoonist. This film will most likely be difficult to please someone who has never even heard of Angeli, but anyone who is familiar with the classic cartoonists from the Folha de São Paulo newspaper will really enjoy this film.