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Pedro Almodóvar on why "Thesis" (1996) is one of the great Spanish movies that inspire him: "Alejandro Amenábar debuted in style with this skilful thriller about the market for v!olent images, in this case videos of real murd*rs and t0rture, or snuff movies. Amenábar concocts an inspired teen horror film, anchored by a solid script, that constantly springs surprises throughout its two hours. In order to speak about snuff movies he has the brilliant idea of locating the action in the main college of the School of Communication Sciences in Madrid, where future filmmakers are trained, a space well known to the director because he was still a student there. It turns out to be very practical and economical that everything takes place there; and delightfully ambiguous that teachers and students chase and ki!! each other, and that the video cameras, which they use for their film practices, carry within them a lethal danger." ('Pedro Almodóvar: 13 great Spanish films that inspire me', BFI, 2016) P.S: On this day, 30 years ago, "Thesis" (1996) was released in Spain.

Danny Devito and Guillermo Del Toro racing through the Sunny lot