Starts off with a neo-realist, guy down the block feel, then turns into Knife in the Pocket, then switches back, then turns into Treasure of the Sierra Madre and then it switches back again… it was an admirable first try for this guy Salles and his friend Daniela Thomas.
I think he does best when he sticks to the nuevo cinema documentary themed stuff and less when he tries to do genre; dark water being proof of that.
