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Title: A syzygy if ever there was one
Review: After viewing this film I am now unable to read/look through the magazine Vanity Fair without a touch of squeamishness. Why? Because the film reveals to the viewer the beauty, dignity, of those people in Rio's rubbish tips who earn a living as pickers - picking out recyclable items or that which can be sold. The rubbish is classless, but Rio is not classless because the "filthy" rich display themselves on the boulevardes and beaches of the city whilst the slums of the poor cling to the surrounding hills. Vanity Fair on the other hand is a peek into the lives of the rich and wannabe rich. One Rio class is connected to the other through the rubbish, but the syzygy is also the contrast between the two. The shameful side of capitalism. The film shows the process of creation of quite a stunning art project. The transformative power of art.
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