Apartment Zero is an independent film of the 1980's, we're in 2017 and its power is still intact. It felt like a true original then, it feels just as original today. It as a film to get lost into and you do, at your own peril. Funny, terrifying, mysterious, sensual and elegant, elegant in a totally unselfconscious way. Like in the work of a great master. I don't know if it's just coincidence but Martin Donovan, the heart and brain behind this work of art was Luchino Visconti's assistant in "Ludwig" Donovan stays on his characters's faces creating a feel of intimacy that made it a very personal experience for me. The telling looks of longing and desire live on their own because the characters never express it with words, on the contrary, they seem embattled, at odds with their own natures. If I were to intellectualize the equation I would say that Apartment Zero is an astonishing film about repression. The fact that such a thorny subject can be express in such an entertaining, adult and uncompromising way, is a miracle in itself.
Review of Apartment Zero
