Walk: Hood/Presidio
Distance: 4 miles
You know when you begin a book that is exceptionally well written but takes a lot of concentration to keep going? You admire it but wish it wasn't quite so exacting and subtle. Well, that's how Ciwt responded to The Secret Agent. Guiltily responded actually because the movie was the most awarded film at Cannes (Actor, Director, Art House Cinema and FIPRESCI for B Film), then became the first Brazilian film to receive Golden Globe nominations for Best Drama, Best Actor and Best Foreign Language. And as of today has been shortlisted for Oscar's Best International Feature Film.
And to think Ciwt couldn't make it to the end! As the plot kept roaming around without a lot of clues about what was going on Ciwt started to get tired from concentrating. It was all a bit too secret. Then when she looked at her watch and found there was another 50 minutes to go.....well..
As she said, she greatly admired many aspects of The Secret Agent including the leading man's (Wagner Moura) compellingly grounded acting and the highly complex and penetratingly accurate glimpse into everyday life and survival of ordinary Brazilians under its deceiptful, murderous authoratarian regime in the 1970's. Like that book that you know deserves your completion, Ciwt plans to return to the theater late in The Secret Agent to watch those last 50 minutes.
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