The Aerial ( La Antena ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ]
 
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The Aerial ( La Antena ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ]

Alejandro Urdapilleta , Valeria Bertuccelli , Esteban Sapir  |  Unrated |  DVD
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  • Actors: Alejandro Urdapilleta, Valeria Bertuccelli, Julieta Cardinali, Rafael Ferro, Raúl Hochman
  • Directors: Esteban Sapir
  • Producers: The Aerial ( La Antena ), The Aerial, La Antena
  • Format: Import, PAL, Subtitled
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: Unrated
  • Studio: Dogwoof
  • Run Time: 95 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001O4582Q
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,626 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Writer/director Esteban Sapir offers a cautionary tale of media control in this highly stylized thriller that draws on film noir and German Expressionism to tell the tale of a society that has literally lost its ability to speak after bowing to the constant barrage of broadcasts and products of the omnipresent Mr. TV (Alejandro Urdapilleta). It is year X in the City Without a Voice, and the only individual who retains the ability to convey her thoughts through speech is the mysterious Voice (Florencia Raggi). A faceless singer whose soothing songs are heard on one of Mr. TV's most popular programs, The Voice comes under threat when Mr. TV teams with Dr. Y (Carlos Pineiro) to take total control of the thrush and use her vocal chords to pursue their own nefarious plan. Their devious scheme soon hits an unexpected hitch, however, when it is revealed that The Voice's son Tomas (Jonathan Sandor), who was born without eyes, also possesses the power of speech. Soon after The Voice is kidnapped by Mr. TV and Dr. Y, The Inventor (Rafael Ferro) races to Tomas' rescue and sets into motion a plan designed to end the dubious reign of the media-savvy Mr. TV. With the help of The Inventor's devoted daughter Ana (Sol Moreno) and faithful wife The Nurse (Julieta Cardinali), The Inventor sets into motion a plan to rescue The Voice before Mr. TV achieves complete mind control over the population. Little does The Inventor realize, however, that Mr. TV's evil henchman Mouseman (Raul Hochman) is hot on his trail and determined to see his boss' plan succeed at any cost. ...The Aerial ( La Antena )

 

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Film of wonders., December 4, 2009
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On all levels, this film is as fascinating as it is beautiful. Haunting.

I agree with the previous comment -- it's such a shame that La Antena isn't available for viewing in the United States.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars the freedom of speech...., May 19, 2009
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Why isn't this brilliant film available on DVD in America?? We need it as much as anybody.....
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5.0 out of 5 stars They have suppressed us the voice, but we still have the words!, January 3, 2009
This review is from: The Aerial ( La Antena ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD)
Eighty two years after "Metropolis", twenty years after "1984" and seventeen years after "Zentropa", this smart director brings us a powerful nightmare, a demolishing satire (which would seem to emerge from Ray Bradbury's mind) about the silenced voices of a city by a ruthless personage - Mr. TV - who patiently has waited for the day the feelings, sensations and images of the quotidian objects be removed from the collective memory with the abominable purpose to control their lives.

But as you may expect, these plans will be ruined. The transcendence of the anecdote will be surpassed for the marvelous homage to Mellies brothers, the recurrent images of Metropolis and the relentless Big brother's eye just at one side of every TV.

Filmed in glorious black and white, the film must be seen under the perspectives of a viewer of the far thirties, when the sound in the cinema was still an utopia. The employment of the iris, the excess of the required close ups and the use of the camera-eye will conform the rest of this imaginative cult movie from Latin America.

A brutal warning!

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