SILVER

ARREBATO's dimension-shattering blend of heroin, sex and Super-8 is the final word on cinemania. A towering feat of counterculture, it was the final feature of cult filmmaker and movie poster designer Iván Zulueta, and is Pedro Almodóvar's favorite horror film. Horror movie director José is adrift in a sea of doubt and drugs. As his belated second feature nears completion, his reclusive bubble is popped by two events: the sudden reappearance of an ex-girlfriend and a package from past acquaintance Pedro, containing a reel of Super-8 film, an audiotape and a door key. From there, the boundaries of time, space and sexuality are erased as José is once more sucked into Pedro's vampiric orbit. Together, they attempt the ultimate hallucinogenic catharsis through a Möbius strip of filming and being filmed. (Note adapted from Altered Innocence.) DIR/SCR Iván Zulueta; PROD Nicolás Astiarraga. Spain, 1979, color, 115 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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