疯狂人生

InCentralAmericatheyarereferredtoasthemaras:modellingthemselvesonLosAngelesyouthgangs,thesegroupsarenowspreadingterrorinElSalvadorandfurtherafield.AchildhoodatonceterrifyingandhatefulbutstrangelycaptivatingwhichtypifiesthedisintegrationoffamilylifewithinSalvadoriansocietyandthedespairinwhichtheyhavegrownup.&quot;LaVidaLoca&quot;iswhatlifeisreallyaboutoverthere:youthswhosuffer;whodefyus;wholookdownonus;whoresentanddislikeus.&quot;LaVidaLoca&quot;isadocumentaryaboutabsolutehumansolitude.Thoughthisvisionofevilstirsupourfearsandprovokesnightmares,Ialsohopeitshallinvokecompassionandcauseustoquestionournotionoftheworld.Andso,likecornereddogs,thislostgenerationrespondswithpessimism,revoltanddeath.Atotallackofcommunication!<br/>　　&quot;TheintenseworldofElSalvadorgangsislensedwithin-your-facestyleindocuhelmerChristianPoveda'sproblematicallynonjudgmentalLaVidaLoca.Povedaspentoneyearwiththeultra-violent,heavilytattooedmembersoftheM-18s,and,thoughheshowsthebrutality,thehelmeradoptsasympathetictonethat,ifnotquiteglamorizingthelife,conveysthesenseofanenthralledanthropologistunsuccessfullystrugglingforobjectivity.Docuemploysacyclicalrhythm,followingvariousmembersastheyboastandbrieflydescribetheirlives.&quot;