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Film · 1996
Moebius
When a passenger train mysteriously vanishes within the subterranean labyrinth of the Buenos Aires subway system, authorities summon young topologist Daniel Pratt to investigate. Navigating multi-level track schematics and bureaucratic resistance, Pratt deduces that the expanded transit network has morphed into a topological singularity—trapping the train in an infinite dimensional loop.
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At least as interesting as Moebius' plot is its production: director Mosquera enlisted a crew of 45 students from the newly established Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires. Despite their nascent skills, the film is a very polished product. In particular, antique cameras and analog editing bring an unusual sheen to the various clips of trains in motion, giving the Underground the feel of the underworld.
Shane Wilson on 366 Weird Movies The film was shot mostly beneath Buenos Aires across the subway network, revealing for the first time details of tunnels, stations, and offices that the general public cannot access. For the first time in Argentine—and perhaps Latin American—cinema, the subway ceases to be a mere backdrop and transforms into the central core of a cinematic narrative.
Dhan Zunino Singh on Bifurcaciones The students themselves brought this project to fruition, and I believe they deserve congratulations. There wasn't a huge amount of money poured into special effects, but they don't need it to deliver a good sci-fi film (lately it seems sci-fi cinema quality is inversely proportional to the cost of special effects).
Julian Montejo-Aguado on Ciencia-Ficción
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