Alejandro Amenabar was 23 when he turned a film-school dissertation on media violence into a thriller about a snuff tape found in a university archive - and then swept the Goyas with it. It is the darkest entry in a series about research, and the one that most literally argues that looking things up can get you killed. If you want a genuinely nasty late show, take this slot.
What to expect
A late-evening screening of a Spanish-language thriller with subtitles, at 125 minutes the longest sit in the weekend's series. Amenabar shoots the university's archive corridors like a horror set. Expect a smaller, more committed audience than the marquee titles pull.
Good to know
- 1 to 66th Street-Lincoln Center; the theaters are on West 65th Street
- Spanish with English subtitles - pick a seat with a clean view of the screen
- Just over two hours, in the last slot of the evening
- Only one screening in this window
- Content is genuinely grim; not a casual pick
- Wheelchair accessible with assistive listening available
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Common questions
Is this the same film as Tesis?
Yes. Thesis is the English title of Alejandro Amenabar's 1996 Spanish thriller Tesis, his feature debut.
Is it subtitled?
Yes, it screens in Spanish with English subtitles.
How long is it?
One hundred and twenty-five minutes without intermission, making it the longest feature in the weekend's repertory slate.
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