I have yet to turn up very much info on the films in this year’s Midnight Madness program at the Toronto Film Festival – believe me, it’s not for lack of trying – but I have just turned up this interesting note on Nimrod Antal’s Kontroll. The film, which revolves around a group of subway ticket inspectors, has lready won the Prix de la Jeunesse at this year’s Cannes festival and has just been named as Hungary’s entry into the Best Foreign Film Oscar race. So apparently some film’s got some serious chops to go along with whatever strangeness got it into the Madness program.
Odd bit of trivia? This film and Creep – which stars Run Lola Run’s Franka Potente, incidentally – are both set in subway tunnels. And I’m pretty sure I spotted some subterranean sets in that Machinist trailer. Apparently this year’s Madness is going for underground claustrophobia …
