BUS 174
Co-director of Emmy Award Winner “Bus 174” Documentary
Emmy Award Winning Bus 174, which I co-directed with José Padilha, is a documentary on the hostage taking situation that went much beyond the police/hostage axe. While we’re doing it, people kept asking why would we be telling that story “again”.
– Everybody has seen it! It’s all over the news!
It turned out that, after the movie was released, people came back to say they were amazed how they “knew nothing, nothing” before watching the movie.
On the movie, we entered the minds and lives of the kidnapper, the hostages, the police and the politics behind the whole situation.
The movie opened many doors to better understand how a social crisis can eventually become a security crisis and how improvisation and unpreparedness is the last thing one wants, when lives are in danger.
In a way, Bus 174 is a cubistic movie. The same situation is narrated by overlapping perspectives.
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The New York Times
MAR 27, 2003
The New York Times
OCT 08, 2003
The New York Times
DEC 28, 2003
Rotten Tomatoes
2003
JOSÉ PADILHA
Film Director
"I’ve know Felipe for over 20 years. He’s a faithful long time collaborator.
Very few people in the industry are able to conduct the storytelling the way Felipe does. I had the privilege of working with him in many projects and profited a lot from his keen and sharp eye and his extreme sensibility for emotions. The documentaries we worked on have been widely recognized and took part in festivals like Tribeca, Sundance, CPH:DOX, Havana, Rotterdam and many others..."
CARLOS SALDANHA
Director of Ferdinand, Rio and The Ice Age
"I had the pleasure of working with Felipe in the short film Pas-de-Deux, a segment of Rio, I Love You, that I directed. He got me very well recommended by weight names in the Brazilian market and did a beautiful job. Felipe understood my vision and execution with great sensitivity and mastery. I'm sure that anyone who has had the good fortune to have Felipe on board, as editor or consultant, will see his film to its full potential."
WALTER SALLES
Academy Award Nominee,Golden Globe and Berlin's Golden Bear Winner,
Director of "Central Station", "Motorcycle Diaries"and "On The Road"
"I had the pleasure of collaborating with Felipe in several other projects (musical documentaries, fiction projects). I have great admiration for your ability to think a movie, and to re-imagine it from the footage. In the same way, the always original options he proposes for the narrative always surprise me positively. He is a highly committed contributor who helps to empower the projects with which he is involved."
Works remotely or in-house, anywhere in the world.
info@felipelacerda.com
