You can run but you can’t hide..........A$25

One man’s mission to share with the world the fine art of cufflinks.  

Each blog a different pair and each blog a different story.  Read on in this series….

If you have ever been to Rio de Janeiro you will know that there is no place that can provide a starker contrast in society’s fickle and broad stratums than Rio.  And one of the great portrayals of this city is in the independent film The City of God.  The film was nominated for four Academy Awards and a host of other nominations at Film Festivals world wide and appears on countless “movies to see before you die” lists….and today your scribe can only say that it is one of the finer films (albeit disturbing in parts) you will ever see.

Set in the back streets and favelas of Rio de Janeiro, it traces the life of organized crime and drug dealing youth in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro, between the end of the '60s and the beginning of the '80s.  "If you run, the beast catches; if you stay, the beast eats".  The entire cast of the film were not professional actors, but actual residents of the favelas of Rio, which the gives the film an eerie all to real feel about it.

There are some absolutely brilliant portrayals of real life characters with fabulous gangster names like…Firecracker….Pliers….Stringy…Steak with Fries…and the lead characters Shaggy Clipper and Goose.

Today’s links depict Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro which stands at 40 metres high and is an icon of the city.  And what better image for all visitors to have than this.  They are worn with a cotton tailored shirt and a silk Chanel neck tie with star motifs.

The links are worn today as your scribe is to meet a delegation from the Rio organising committee for the 2016 Olympic Games….four years and 99 days to go!!!!!!

Til Later

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