Amores Perros Themes

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Amores Perros directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu is a thriller that depicts contemporary urban life in Mexico. The film connects three different people with drastically different lifestyles together through a single event- a severe, fast paced car collision. The film covers the themes of violence, the love for dogs and inequality. The three main characters Octavio, El Chivo and Valeria are ranked very differently in terms of society. Valeria is an upper class, successful supermodel. Octavio is placed within the working class part of society; using underground dog fighting as a way of providing an income for his family. Finally El Chivo is a lower class citizen with his only real source of income is working as a hitman. Although the divide is very obvious, the underlying theme of compassion between the characters own dog is very obvious. The dogs are used in very different ways between the characters. Valeria uses her dog Richie almost as an accessory, Octavio uses his dog Cofi as a source of income and El Chivo uses his many dogs as companions and his source of company. Throughout the film, various forms of violence are shown: domestic, animal and gun violence are the most common violent …show more content…
For example, When Daniel discovers Valeria unconscious in the bedroom after she has tried to rescue Ritchie from underneath the floorboards at 1.25. The director has intentionally used minimalist sound to create tension within the scene to add to the impact. The following scene in the hospital waiting room with Daniel, The director forces the viewer to wait with various close-ups, prolonged camera shots, creating suspension and hype, it instantly makes the viewer think of the worst case scenario as the viewer waits for so long to find out the result. This scene is in contrast with previous, light-hearted and realistic scenes portrayed previously in the
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