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Thesis

Ana Torrent (Actor), Fele Martínez (Actor), Alejandro Amenábar (Director, Producer, Writer) Rated:

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IMDb7.4/10.0

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Format	Color, Widescreen, NTSC
Contributor	Ana Torrent, Eduardo Noriega, Miguel Picazo, Emiliano Otegui, Fele Martínez, José Miguel Caballero, José Luis Cuerda, Mateo Gil, Nieves Herranz, Julio Madurga, Paco Hernández, Alejandro Amenábar, Joserra Cadiñanos, Xabier Elorriaga, Rosa Ávila, Teresa Castanedo, Hans Burmann, Rosa Campillo See more
Language	Spanish
Runtime	2 hours and 5 minutes

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VHS.EUROPEAN PAL.( NOT A DVD) LA PELICULA ES MUY BUENA EN Español SOLO. se envia muy rapido..NUEVA Y MUY BUENA EN Español. VISTA SOLO UNA VEZ.

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Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar grabbed the attention of American audiences with his dreamy thriller Open Your Eyes, but he earlier sent shock waves throughout Spain in 1996 with this disturbing debut. Thesis is a quietly creepy psychological thriller about a young college student, Ángela (Ana Torrent) investigating the social fascination with sensational violence for her thesis project. In her search for violent video footage, she stumbles onto what may be a real live snuff film, a videotape that her professor was watching before his untimely death. With the help of a geeky gore junkie she uncovers a conspiracy that may include her handsome but sinister new boyfriend, her thesis advisor, and even her weirdo partner. When she uncovers one too many secrets lying in the catacombs of the university basement, she realizes that she may be the next victim. It goes on perhaps too long, and Amenábar's pointed observations on the lure of violence and the dark side of human nature are lost as the spiraling mystery spins into a first-person nightmare, but his skill at weaving a paranoid world where evil may lurk behind every friendly face is undeniable. Thesis is reminiscent of Brian De Palma's early thrillers: dark, stylish, subdued, and bubbling with the characters' guilty (and ultimately dangerous) fascination with the transgressive. --Sean Axmaker

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.38 x 0.6 inches; 4 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Alejandro Amenábar
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Widescreen, NTSC
Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 5 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ March 11, 2003
Actors ‏ : ‎ Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega, Xabier Elorriaga, Miguel Picazo
Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Spanish
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
Producers ‏ : ‎ Alejandro Amenábar, Emiliano Otegui, Hans Burmann, José Luis Cuerda, Julio Madurga
Language ‏ : ‎ Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Studio ‏ : ‎ New Yorker Video
ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1928639011
Writers ‏ : ‎ Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Solid

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2020

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If you like suspense with great twists--then this is your movie. A little needlessly violent, but not nearly as graphic as many of today's "suspense" films.

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DaveP

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2017

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This may well be the most intense thriller I've ever seen. My stomach was in knots.

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Alfredo

Best opera prima!

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2020

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A must have fo Alejandro Amenábar fans. His first feature!

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LYNNETTE DI ROMANI

GREAT MYSTERY THRILLER

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2005

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This is a great film. Everything about it is great from the writing to the acting and production. A horrible series of murders take place. From the moment it begins, you will constantly be guessing who really did it. Just when you think it is one individual, the suspicion quickly turns to another possibility. Great writing. Great acting. Eduardo Noriega simply rocks in this one.

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Will Ravenel

Scary. Not for the squeamish or for people from ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2015

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Scary.Not for the squeamish or for people from Iowa.

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Helen

One Hell of a Film

Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2017

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Alejandro Amenábar knocks it out of the park with this chilling thriller, chalk full of twists and turns. He'll keep you guessing (and screaming) til the very end.

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T. Lee

DO NOT BUY THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW FLUENT SPANISH

Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2010

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So I've seen Tesis before and I loved it so I thought I'd buy the movie. So I bought this because this is the only dvd version that plays on region 1 dvd player. But guess what the surprise was? THERE IS NO SUBTITLES!!! Do not buy this version unless you actually know Spanish. This movie is great, and actually I give this movie a 5/5 but this is only for this dvd. Again, there is no subtitles for this version.

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Luisa F Mathes

I love it

Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2015

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One of my favorites... I love it comes with english subtitles

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N. L. Esq

Excellent Film, but make sure you buy the right one!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2010

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The film is an exciting film of the type where someone almost by accident gets involved in detecting a crime ring. This time the ring involves someone who is making snuff movies (Films of real people being tortured and killed).

The twists in the plot as the protagonist, Angela (Ana Torrent), tries to find out who is behind the filming of a videocassette that she comes upon are as good as any film of this genre. Only at the end are you really sure who is on the side of right, and who is a villain.

There are a few scenes of violence (mainly near the beginning, though these are "film within film of the victims being beaten") but most of the brutality is off camera as we watch the protagonist's reactions. There is far less gratuitous blood and gore than in most war or horror movies, and nor does the film rely on the depressing fatalistic psychology of films such as Abre los Ojos .

Unfortunately, the UK release by Tartan ( Tesis [DVD] [1996 ]): if you have a wide screen TV, the transfer is produced as a 4:3 letterbox (which looks rather strange on the 16:9 television. - I can "16:9" zoom it on the television, but the quality is lower than upscaling on the DVD. It also only appears to have a Dolby 2.0 soundtrack rather than the original's 5.1. On the plus side, this disk has optional English subtitles - given the good diction of the actors, it is nice to be able to switch them off.

If you want a proper 16:9 print with Dolby 5.1 (also with optional English subtitles), and quality matters to you, I'd recommend the Spanish release of Tesis .

The good one which has "Edición Especial Coleccionistas" written on the top of the image, I'd give *****.
The poor one has "Spain Tartan DVD" written on the top of the image, I can only give ***.

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Brian Baker

Horror of horrors.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2015

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A truly great movie combining the tension of a horror movie set within a study of films of violence and terror. This is done tastefully without subjecting the viewer to too many gruesome images even whilst portraying "Snuff" scenes. The Characters are magnificently drawn and played. I'm guessing this Blu Ray version is as good as it gets for such an early Amenabar movie.

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Good Watch

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 3, 2020

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For the genre it was pretty good.

Dave

Two Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 29, 2015

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Yet another cut version to satisfy the UK market - show us the nauseating original

Tina P

Check subtitles!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 1, 2016

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Check the subtitles and language before buying. Unfortunately I am unable to watch this as there are no English subtitles.

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