Duro De Matar- | Um Bom Dia Para Morrer

☕☕☕ (Three cold coffees out of five). Watch it with friends, alcohol, and zero respect for continuity.

Where to find it: Buried under a crate of Guaraná Antarctica in a defunct video rental store in Lapa. DURO DE MATAR- UM BOM DIA PARA MORRER

By J. Oliveira | Retrospective Cinema

The soundtrack is a loop of one forgotten 80s samba-rock riff and the sound of a car horn honking for 15 seconds. ☕☕☕ (Three cold coffees out of five)

Why? Because Tostão accidentally swallowed a lottery ticket worth 50 million cruzeiros reais. The Gringo wants the ticket. Tostão just wants aspirin and a coffee. ambition was infinite

Duro de Matar: Um Bom Dia para Morrer is not a good movie. It is a sacred text. It captures a specific moment in Brazilian genre cinema where budget was zero, ambition was infinite, and logic was the first victim. It is a wonderful bad morning to die, but a hilarious afternoon to watch.

The dialogue is poetry of the absurd. When asked why he won't just hand over the ticket, Tostão growls: “Café passado não se bebe frio, e homem feito não se dobra pra gringo de terno.” (Brewed coffee isn’t drunk cold, and a grown man doesn’t fold for a gringo in a suit.)