RELEASE DATE: October 18, 2011
First time on Blu-ray! Tras el cristal (English: In a Glass Cage) is a 1987 Spanish art house horror film written and directed by Agustí Villaronga and starring Günter Meisner, Marisa Paredes and David Sust. The film was inspired by the history of Gilles de Rais. With its theme mixing Nazism, pedophilia, torture and homosexuality, the film was highly controversial. Check out the trailer here.
Oh wow. This movie is an experience. I saw it for the first time on DVD not too long ago. I have a thing for trying to see all the “shock cinema” movies that are out there. This one is pretty legendary. The meditative pace of the film kinda undoes a lot of the shock value, but also makes it even more of a grueling experience. I remember the cinematography is almost too “pretty” for the kind of story the filmmaker was trying to tell.