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Cary Joji Fukunaga's Sin Nombre, which opens tomorrow (and which I finally saw this evening after missing it at Sundance) is the second near-great, sterling-silver, belongs-to-the-ages movie I've seen this year. (The first one that qualifies is The Hurt Locker.) It's a tough, fully-believable story about survival, love, family and fate. (Or luck, as it were.) Every frame in Sin Nombre is solid, lean, gristly and true. There's no question about it -- Fukunaga is a major new director.

Sin Nombre producer Amy Kaufman (l.), director-writer Cary Joji Fukunaga (r.) at the Regal Cinema plex on Broadway and 13th Street -- Thursday, 3.20, 9:15 pm.

The focus is on Central American immigrants trying to hike and train it through Mexico in order to slip into the U.S., and also about the ghastly Dante-esque existence of being a hardcore gang member (like the Mara Salvatrucha gang from Tapachula, Chiapas). Nothing in this film is out of proportion. Nothing is forced, fake, "acted" or levitated. Please catch it soon. You'll be telling your friends what I'm saying here.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 19, 2009 at 8:38 PM

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Chase Kahn says ...

Without much knowledge of the film, I saw the trailer and chalked it up as a middle-of-the-road poverty/gang/'City of God'/'Slumdog' independent snoozer -- however, I keep hearing really good things about it so I'll give it a whirl when it comes around my neck of the woods.

Posted by Chase Kahn at March 19, 2009 9:52 PM

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Deathtongue_Groupie says ...

Normally I'd let this pass, but seeing that this is a 300 thread count, no fat chicks kind of site, didn't you write about Hurt Locker last year?

Which makes Sin Nombre your top pick so far this year....

Posted by Deathtongue_Groupie at March 20, 2009 12:37 AM

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scooterzz says ...

fukunaga is kind of a dick....but the movie is a sensation.....
unfortunately, no one will see it...

Posted by scooterzz at March 20, 2009 12:59 AM

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BurmaShave says ...

It's troubling what comes out as you try to phonetically pronounce Fukunaga's name.

Posted by BurmaShave at March 20, 2009 1:08 AM

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CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

Yeah, Burma...

I end up saying things you hear from the LAPD on that Rodney King video.

Not a pretty sight.

Er...sound.

Posted by CitizenKanedforChewingGum at March 20, 2009 1:17 AM

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JT says ...

NO post about BHO putting his foot in it on Leno yet?

Posted by JT at March 20, 2009 5:45 AM

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mutinyco says ...

Try pronouncing Fukasaku...

Posted by mutinyco at March 20, 2009 7:29 AM

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Glenn Kenny says ...

Lean AND gristly? Mongo confused.

And in any case, did you see a movie or stop in at Katz's deli?

Posted by Glenn Kenny at March 20, 2009 7:42 AM

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Nike Air Force 1 White Lows says ...

Lean and Mean...

Posted by Nike Air Force 1 White Lows at March 20, 2009 7:49 AM

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Deathtongue_Groupie says ...

"NO post about BHO putting his foot in it on Leno yet?"

Guess not. Then again, until you tuned into whatever Right wing radio show or Fox morning one, did you even know to be "outraged" by this?

And unlike Bush, apparently before the show even aired he had already called the head of Special Olympics to apologize.

Next fake issue please...

Posted by Deathtongue_Groupie at March 20, 2009 10:32 AM

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The Playlist says ...

Sin Nombre is great. Really fantastic debut film.

My 2009 1. Hurt Locker
2. Sin Nombre
3. Summer Hours

so far anyhow...

Posted by The Playlist at March 20, 2009 1:35 PM

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