Elevator

What’s Elevator about? A guy and a girl get stuck in a lift. And that’s it. Oh, and it’s Romanian. It was made for 200 euros. It was shot in eighteen days. And it’s absolutely disgusting! Former Navy officer George Dorobantu has created a scrungy little shocker which contains zero irony, no gore or violence, but enough (scato) logical bids for survival to rank (appropriate word) among the worst parts of Salo (Only Takashi Miike could compete). It’s too long even at 85 minutes and it’s hardly groundbreaking stuff, but the mileage Dorobantu gets out of no money and a tiny location is commendable, while the two young actors are believable and sympathetic. A young audience will definitely find much to identify with here, and for this kind of film, that’s essential. Has the Romanian new wave found its Stuart Gordon?