The last filmmaker to try something like this was Monte Hellman, whose Cockfighter spun him into a career limbo, but Amores Perros shows very little bloody pooch action, using the contrasting dogs in the car crash (Octavio's killer canine, Valeria's pet) to show the different, desperate situations of the three leads. This film will get people's backs up before they've even seen it, by paying not entirely unsympathetic attention to a "sport" that stands as a working definition of cruelty to animals.
It's a risky device, delaying crucial plot points for over an hour, but the individual stories, which weave in and out of each other with true-life untidiness, are so gripping you'll go along with them until everything becomes clear. Also, comparisons to Pulp Fiction don't really make sense, since Pulp Fiction was written with a humorous intent, while Amores perros is extremely serious and doesn't ever provide comedy at all.Amores Perros opens with chaos, as Octavio and a friend drive away from the latest dogfight with the injured canine on the back seat and enemies in hot pursuit, then hops back, forward and sideways in time. Apart from this, the movie is good and is certainly one of the best in its genre. The only downfall, I found, was the fact that although yes, it is hyperlink, and yes, the episodes are somewhat connected, Amores perros still feels very distinctly trifold. There are snippets of great cinema, with influences clearly ranging from 50s-60s neorealism to 90's heist films - technically, the film is a great one: camera work, cinematography, writing, editing and soundtrack are all spot on. There are snippets of This film is a serious take on the hyperlink genre, focusing more on social disparity than the titular love: although the three episodes take place in the same city, we see three essentially unrelated stories that could well have been set in three different countries. This film is a serious take on the hyperlink genre, focusing more on social disparity than the titular love: although the three episodes take place in the same city, we see three essentially unrelated stories that could well have been set in three different countries.
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