Thesis Page #6

Synopsis: Why is death and violence so fascinating? Is it morally correct to show violence in movies? If so, is there a limit to what we should show? That's the subject of Ángela's examination paper. She is a young student at a film school in Madrid. Together with the student Chema (who is totally obsessed with violent movies) they find a snuff movie in which a young girl is tortured and killed. Soon they discover that the girl was a former student at their school...
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Director(s): Alejandro Amenábar
Production: Andale Pictures
  15 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
R
Year:
1996
125 min
640 Views


Terrifying, isn't it?

Look at me!

Terrifying, right?

When you're almost dead...

...I'll shoot you in the mouth

Then I'll chop you up

and get rid of you

You did a really bad job on Castro

Right, then

We're ready

Don't move!

Don't move!

It's that hand...

I won't hurt you

That hand...

Tell me one thing

What colour are my eyes?

"Justice and the Law"

Good evening

When love, torture, death

and money merge...

...we come across events such as

the much publicised recent case

I refer to the case known as the

"Snuff Girls"

Bosco was a nice, studious

young man

A very normal kid, according

to his friends and family

Buried in this ordinary garden...

...are bodies of six girls who've been

missing since 1 993...

...including his own girl friend

This week, the police have found

a number of snuff movies...

...and documents which incriminate

Jorge Castro, professor of cinema...

... who was killed accidentally

on the 3rd...

...as he was about to start

a Snuff production

The police gives no further

information about this case

This, for Spain, is the first

occurence...

...of the tragic phenomenon

known as "Snuff" movie

I couldn't come, I was hounded

by the police

So was l

I saw you on TV

By the way...

I'm switching it off

Hey, this is the best part!

They obey me

How are you?

I'm getting out tomorrow

I've brought you something

"The Princess and the Dwarf"

I've got this edition

This one is dedicated

I don't have my glasses

The day I discovered the tunnels,

I also found the cameras

And I took one

Why?

You know me, I'm a bastard

Punch me if you like

I don't like...

Why don't you look at me

I don't want to

So I'll be off

Why?

Because

Go then

Good luck with the thesis

I've abandoned it

Can we watch TV now?

Grandad...

Can you read the dedication for me?

"First Edition, February 1 992..."

Just the dedication

"...popular poetry and prose

collection"

"How about coffee?"

"No part of this work...

"...may be reproduced in any form,

including..."

...in which reality and fiction combine

to produce a horror story...

...beyond the capability of any

rational mind

We can only wonder: how can

anyone do that?

Is there really a public that demands

and consumes...

... this genre of cinema?

Well, the long-awaited moment

has arrived

As announced, our team has

acquired...

...one of those macabre tapes

What you're about to see...

...is the actual scene of Vanessa

being savagely tortured...

...and subjected to all types of

atrocities, before being killed

Reluctant as we are to show

this footage...

... we believe they're of interest

to us all

The savage violence speaks for itself

Here it is:

"Warning :

"The images you are about to see

are extremely violent

"Some spectators may find them

offensive"

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Alejandro Amenábar

Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born March 31, 1972), commonly known as Alejandro Amenábar, is a Spanish and Chilean film director, screenwriter and composer. Among other honors, he has won nine Goyas, two European Film Awards and an Oscar. He has written or co-written the screenplays to all six of his movies and composed almost all of the soundtracks. more…

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