Pigeon Suicide Squad; Nelo Johann

I was talking about movies with a friend and he was telling me that he was totally excited with the soundtrack of the last one he had seen: “Os Famosos e os Duendes da Morte” (“The Famous And The Dead” in English). This conversation reminded me that I saw this movie too — in a film festival, btw — and there is played a whistling song along it! This friend found the song for me, in part because he loves “rock gaúcho”, like Wander Wildner, Júpiter Maçã, Cascavelletes, etc. and is actually in love with Nelo Johann. ahahaha

Nelo Johann composed all the songs by “Os Famosos...”, except one, which is “Mr. Tambourine Man”, song that codenames the teenager protagonist. He, the teenager, lives in a rural small town in Southern Brazil — that has huge rates of suicides — and sustains a blog and a virtual love with a girl. When he is online, he felt at home; but he’s dissatisfied with real life. There is one scene that touched me so deep inside that I’ll never forget: the expression of sadness and resilience of the boy’s mother in the end.

“Os Famosos e os Duendes da Morte” is beautiful and sensitive, an audacity, when it’s the first feature film by the 27 years old director Esmir Filho.

If you want to know more about this film, here and here there are good reviews and here the trailer. If you want to know the others Johann’s songs, go to his MySpace or 4shared account.

Too bad I can’t find the lyrics! :(

edit (10/23): got it!

Ow that, winged rats
They prowl above our dizzy heads
Spreading good diseases with paranoia eyes
Let people shoot'em, let people shoot'em

Pigeon suicide squad
We hope you'll end successfully dead
Never really liked birds or feather or flights
We wish you success, we wish you success

Pigeon suicide squad
Three cheers for pigeon suicide squad
Me and my friends
Want to see you all dead
Three cheers for pigeon suicide squad