Bang Bang

Andrea Tonacci's 1971 Brazilian film follows the strange situations that befall an unnamed man one after another: a taxi ride, an encounter with a gang and gunshots that keep repeating. The film refuses to build a narrative. Scenes repeat themselves, the same action is shot again in different forms and the editing is deliberately broken; the performers sometimes look at the camera and drop their parts. It was made under military government, in a climate of tight censorship. The film is counted among the most extreme examples of the experimental strain that emerged in Brazil at that time and was shown only in limited form. Who it's for: those who like experimental cinema and formal rupture. Who it's not for: viewers expecting a followable story; the film refuses to be a narrative on purpose.