The Elevator: Three Minutes Can Change Your Life (2015)

The Elevator: Three Minutes Can Change Your Life: Directed by Massimo Coglitore. With Caroline Goodall, Burt Young, James Parks, Katia Greco. A disturbing psychological thriller, that engages the audience to the point that it is always caught off guard, thus changing the point of view of the two main performers.

“The overwhelming suspense does not detract from the moment-to-moment tension and indeed frees you to enjoy the filmu0026#39;s technical accomplishment. The director, Massimo Coglitore, came to prominence in 2003 with your short film in 35mm u0026#39;u0026#39;Deadline,u0026#39;u0026#39; which similarly discovered new visual and stylistic possibilities. Coglitore also directed u0026#39;u0026#39;Uomo di carta,u0026#39;u0026#39; a Pirallendiano short movie and the TV movie u0026quot;Noi dueu0026quot; a comedy love story where the look and atmosphere of that picture were so fresh, so persuasive, and so well matched that the logical instability of the story almost didnu0026#39;t matter. u0026#39;u0026#39;The elevatoru0026#39;u0026#39; or u0026quot;3 minutesu0026quot; with its small cast of characters, and severe constraints on time and space, is a less grandiose undertaking. Aside from brief scenes at the beginning and the very end, the whole thing takes place on a single set in a single night. But its challenges were clearly attractive to the director, and his camera sense and assured pacing make it an above- average thriller. The director has mastered the traditional syntax of cinematic suspense: the shifting points of view, startling cuts and slow camera movements that work subliminally to fill us with dread and anxiety. But he also uses computer- assisted techniques to amplify the effects, extending what the camera can do. Vote 10!!!.”