AMORES PERROS

Amores Perros is a high action, romantic drama. The cinematography of Amores Perros is similar to the popular styles found in today’s Hollywood blockbuster hits. The film is full of short shot segments. The short shot segments serve several purposes. First off, the quick transition between shots keeps the attention of the audience, while creating moments of brief but intense emotion. Amores Perros revolves around several different story lines. There is no one set main character that the entire film revolves around. Instead several main characters flood the big screen submerging the audience into their problematic and tormented lives. The film bounces to and from the various lives of the characters never showing too much of any one character’s life at a time. The flipping back and forth between the characters also allows the audience to see how the characters lives are indirectly interconnected. The entire film is done in a high contrast cinematic way. The film has a dark, grungy look and feel to it. This touch really makes the film feel so much more realistic. Providing the audience with the impression that the film’s characters would actually live the same way in reality. The lives of the characters, address important issues relating to life and love that everyone deals and struggles with on a daily basis. The universal issues of life, deception and betrayal highlight the movie. As the movie continues to progress to notion that no one truly knows everything about someone else becomes revealed. It becomes evident that everyone has their own secrets.