This is for those who thought Paranormal Activity was the sh*t. Take note of Gustavo Hernández’s La Casa Muda (The Silent House) – a Director’s Fortnight selected title from Uruguay with the uniqueness being that the picture is filmed in one take (think Russian Ark, PVC-1) and is impressive feat when you consider that there’s a thin, but applicable narrative based on a true story. Hernández and cinematographer Pedro Luque do a great job with the lighting and the camera isn’t one of those vomit enducing shaky cam headaches, but something that allows for you to see the incremental fear and then delirium in actress Florencia Colucci’s face. Here’s a montage of the presentation.
