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Tendremos ritmos desde la trova hasta el post-punk, dale play y comparte. There are no reviews yet. Time changed everything. Considering that most movies are more or less the same these days rubbish or mediocre at best, being hard to find really good ones , I wonder if Spanish and Japanese cinema still have a word to say on that matter….

Is that a Spanish name, by chance? You can take from La cabina whatever you want. Thanks for your comment. Remember seeing this the first time back in the late s. It was way ahead of its time as a concept. Too true. Sometimes these restrictions can ironically bring out the best in a creative mind. I love the irony of the telephone box being a tool for communication and yet that is the one thing the grey man cannot use it for.

When I was doing the research for this article, I seem to recall that BBC2 originally showed La cabina as a filler, between two other programmes.

I think there had been a last minute cancellation so this was used to plug the gap, so to speak. Anyway, thanks for bringing up those old Hammer horrors. They were so bad they were damned good! Ah, fond memories. Your exactly correct Blue. I remember it was on with horror double bill on Bbc 2. I fell asleep before the end.

LOL, and you never stepped into a telephone box again! Or at least not without jamming your foot in the door…just in case. Just one would have been fun! The use of a phone booth is significant. It could represent talking. People who talk against the government are isolated, publicly shamed, and finally, eliminated. This film sticks in my head and even though I honestly found it somewhat narratively unfulfilling, it is still effective.

I think it takes a bit long to get to the final reveal, but admittingly, the ending is powerful and haunting. This movie is a great primer for anyone thinking of writing a short story or making a short film. I love it when a story is able to make an everyday object absolutely terrifying, and this film did exactly that! Is he an office worker? Is he just another face in the crowd? He is, essentially, a cypher. For me, that divorces the story from reality and we are simply taken along for the ride.

We are as much a prisoner of the narrative as is the grey man. We simply have to wait it out. Just watched it and I remembered this short film. It is eye opening, Spain actually has the highest number of mass graves in the world after Cambodia, and all because of this man. Hi and thanks for the contribution. Yes, I am aware of the PBS series you mentioned.

During my research I read and watched a lot about Franco and learned more than I was ever taught in school. Bok Kuntz. At 6 years old I was still hiding behind the sofa and terrified of Daleks. On the other hand those on the fringes of society, the Gypsy carnival players, are almost mournful when they see him as if they understand exactly what he feels or at least what might be waiting for him. Oh and I found the chorus near the end very reminiscent of The Omen. Did you follow the link to the free version at rarelust?

I liked your observation about the carnival players. Interestingly, I did find a comment on IMDB, from a Spaniard who said that the way the grey man was laughed at in the plaza was typical of Spanish behaviour at the time. Much appreciated. Worth it though. Me and my brother watched this as kids in the late 70s and for many years we talked about how utterly disturbing this movie was. I just watched it again and it brought back horrible memories.

Still, it just goes to show that the film as as potent today as it was back in the 70s. We can all relate to being trapped somewhere in life with seemingly no escape.

This film gives no hope oh dear. Love it. In London many of the old red phone boxes have been converted into books stalls, flower stalls, mini offices really! I talked about it to people for years. Go on, watch it to the end. I dare you! I love the part when his hand slides slowly down the glass pane. I first saw this film on Channel Four in the UK in At the time, the channel found myself in its infancy. I remember it was quite experimental.

Oh well, fond memories. Thanks for the comment. One of the aspects that I still find chilling is how the anonymous telephone company men just go through the motions with no emotion at all. To them, this is just a job. You have a good point there. I think a little emotional maturity is needed to appreciate La cabina, as well. Pretty interesting and terrorising when you realise that this short film was shot produced by the public TV of a dictatorship that made disappear between kk people.

Beautifully put and so succinct. Thank you. I saw this film long time ago and never forget it, but I was always watching odd French films love them. Ernesto Ade.

Sounds like you and I have a similar interest in films. I have more non-English language films in my collection than English language. I, like you, saw La cabina for the first time many years ago and never forgot it. A true classic. Seriously errie short film. Great job. Thank you, Your praise is very much appreciated. There is so much more hidden beneath the surface!

This was really creative o love the slow dissent into darkness and how here was a lighthearted comical feel until the last few minutes, as if to say that things turn dark and deadly fast. This guy was surrounded by so many witnesses but still was hopeless. I like this because it so absurd it stretches the bounds of possibility. Yes, I know what you mean. The opening music could almost have been written for a typical 70s comedy, though I did love that weird, discordant oboe that mournfully played from time to time.

Thank you very much for your comments. No dripping blood, No imaginary creatures. No haunted house and spooky forest. Just an ordinary morning in and ordinary town full of ordinary people.

Less is more. I watched it with my 10 year old daughter not knowing how it ended, gave her nightmares and even disturbed me, regret to this day allowing her to watch it. Admittedly it is one of those films that even despite the lack of blood and gore is psychologically terrifying.

Thanks for your comments. La cabina works on many different levels. Spain during the mid to late seventies was rapidly modernising so many run-of-the-mill office jobs were disappearing. The grey man might just be one of those thrown onto the scrap heap. The point being that Mercero and Garci crafted their story with such elegance that we could all find something different, something relevant to our own lives, in La cabina.

Anyway, thanks for your input. It definitely made its mark! A superb and gripping little film. One of my favourites. Just perfect — a homage, a parody and a mime performance all in one. Seems like there was a host of us that this movie affected whilst watching as a child.

I suspect it speaks to a basic fear about being forgotten or neglected. La cabina really does play to our most deep-seated fears. If you see no other short film in your life, this is the one to see.

Dark, Kafkaesque, Hitchcockian, a real pleasure to watch. And it should be mandatory to read this analysis afterwards. Thank you for that incredibly generous response. I have, quite honestly, been so surprised by the overwhelming positive response. I never realised that La cabina had had such an impact on so many people here at the Artifice. Thank you once again. What a well-researched and interesting article — many thanks indeed. I saw the film for the first time about 40 years ago, and was quite haunted by it.

By chance I found it again on YT a couple of days ago, and was not disappointed. A great cautionary allegory for modern times. Thanks again. It seems that La cabina had a lasting effect on many people, far more than I realised.

Your input in greatly appreciated. I spent ages digging through RTVE archives and emailing bloggers etc, to try and find the answers for myself. I was particularly intrigued by that mournful piece possibly played on an oboe used when the grey man first realised he was stuck in the telephone box. Apologies for not being able to offer any answers. If, by any chance, you have better luck than I, please let me know. For the record, the first piece in question occurs during the journey through the town.

I was very young when I saw it — or possibly dreamt it — but this Spanish version is not the version I remember. I swear I watched a more up to date version with a younger victim and a female in the other Telephone Box. I also had a more graphic lingering end. Thanks for the interesting comment. After all Mercero attempted to revamp the same idea with a later short film — this time set inside a TV set. Maybe what you saw was an indy film or a student film? La cabina has certainly been spoofed, parodied and heavilly referenced many times.

If you do manage to track down what you saw, then please let me know. Best of luck with your search. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Prove you are human, type c a t s in singular form below:. Right The privately owned plaza. Right Mercero dancing with two actors from his film, Se necesita chico.

Behold a humble Spanish telephone box. Image courtesy of reelstreets. Two men in boxes meet in the street. The real nightmare has just only begun. Right Mercero tries out a phone box for size.

Influences or Coincidences? Comparable frames from La cabina. Bottom Left A promotional image from a Spanish public awareness film about the dangers of driving whilst under the influence of drugs.

Bottom Right. Right The tall, gaunt pastry thief. A man in a box, in a box, in a box. Filming in the plaza. July Left The turbine room. Cast and crew. La cabina poster by Jorge Lawerta. An eircom phone box circa The grey man lives to silently scream another day. Yet More Controversy! Mercero with one of the original models. Enrique Tenreiro, looking cool in his fridge. Follow the little white line…all the way to the graveyard!

La Cabina film festival posters. Right A visual representation of the phone box, in situ. And Finally… When a controversial film as rich in symbolism as La cabina gains wider attention, the search for a hidden message inevitably leads to speculation, theorising and even the projection of various ideologies onto the source material.

Page Spanish Film Under Franco. Texas: University of Texas Press. ISBN Ediciones Internacionales Universitarias. Paramount Pictures. La cabina. Westerdahl, Eduardo. La escultura de Pablo Serrano.