El sicario room 164 pdf

In a hotel room, with a bag over his head, because if they find him, hes dead. Dec 25, 2011 the dreadful mexico drug cartels are shockingly illuminated in this striking documentary. Il protagonista ha ucciso centinaia di persone, e esperto in torture e rapimenti, ha lavorato per molti anni come comandante della polizia statale del chihuahua ed e stato perfino addestrato dallfbi. Though he is never identified for obvious reasons, this purports to be the story of this individuals role as a killer and long association with a mexican drug cartel before he escaped and found religion. Room 164 is an almost laughably simple, aggressively drablooking film, but it packs a wallop. The term sicario goes back to roman palestine, where a jewish sect, the sicarii, used concealed daggers sicae in their murders of romans and their supporters.

Variety one of the most revealing and shocking documentaries ever made about the drug trade. A former paid assassin for a mexican drug cartel tells his disturbing story in a new book. He was simultaneously on the payroll of the mexican drug cartels and a commander of the chihuahua state police. The dreadful mexico drug cartels are shockingly illuminated in this striking documentary. Room 164 is a oneman monologue of a documentary, 80odd minutes spent in a crummy motel suite in the company of a guy with a black mesh cloth covering his head and obscuring his identity. I dont know if anybody can say the tide has turned yet, but the people of our neighboring country are fighting to take back control of various regions. Max goldberg, mubi proves that a static interview in a confined space has the potential to be just as cinematic as any hightech hollywood product. Chuck bowen, slant magazine one who knows speaks and well. He has killed hundreds of people, is an expert in torture and kidnapping, and for many years was a. He has killed hundreds of people and is an expert in torture and kidnapping. A subject really has to have something to say to justify this kind of film treatmentmichael rupperts hypnotic apocalyptic scenarios in collapse come to mindand the unnamed focus of. The story of a hitman for the drug cartels in ciudad juarez, mexico.

The word sicario originated in romangoverned palestine, and originally referred to the sicarii, a jewish sect known for using concealed daggers to slay ruling officials. He has killed hundreds of people, is an expert in torture and kidnapping, and for many years was a commander of the state police in chihuahua. Its too bad that our socalled information nation is cluttered with junk information to the point that something as vitally important as this to the continuance of law and order should remain marginalized. Room 164 2010 a hit man who killed hundreds of people was for many years a police officer. An expert in torture and kidnapping, he was employed by mexican. Director gianfranco rosis lowgrade digital camera stops on the hairdryer, the headboard, the tv stand, before introducing the titular subject, an exhitman for a mexican drug cartel, standing in front of the hotel bathroom mirror adjusting the black shroud that hell wear over his head for. The films subject is an anonymous ciudad juarez sicario known to have killed hundreds. This documentary from director gianfranco rosi visits one of the most notorious of all contemporary sicario. Some strides have been made against the cartels by the mexican government the past couple of years.