pro-bassoonist

The second offering from Notro Films is the recent Spanish chiller The Hole directed by Carlos Ferrera. DVD set to arrive in Spanish shops on March 17.

Official site:
http://www.zulo-lapelicula.com/

Variety Blurb:
Putting a guy in a 20-foot hole in the ground and then trying to keep up aud interest for 80 minutes would be a challenge for any director. In "Hole," debut helmer Carlos Martin Ferrera succeeds for the most part, thanks to a good script, a superb central perf and meticulous editing. Like a undimensional "Cube" (1997), this psychologically intense, demanding item is miles from the mainstream and smacks of an end-of-the-year film school project, but its contempo Kafkaesque kidnapping theme and its intelligent, purist exploitation of minimal ingredients may help it climb out to horror-friendly territories.

Ciao,
Pro-B

Giggles

My friend visited Spain recently and I saked him to look for Zulo among others. So he brought me the DVD and I watched it couple of days ago. I wouldn't say it's a masterpiece or even a very talented film, but it definately holds your attention for all its 80 min (which is a great merit since all 80 min. you see one man, and all the action takes place in that pit). What I disliked is that authors don't try to answer any questions (although sometimes it can be a good thing), but what's more important they don't raise any questions as I hoped they would. Well, if they do, they do it pretty vaguely.
But anyway certainly Zulo is an unusual film, worth a look, and I'm glad I now have it in my collection.
Thanks for the advise, pro-b

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Pro-B