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Timecrimes ( Los Cronocrímenes ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Spain ]

Karra Elejalde (Actor, Host), Candela Fernández (Actor, Host) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 737 ratings
IMDb7.1/10.0
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Genre Drama
Format Import, Subtitled, PAL, Widescreen
Contributor Nacho Vigalondo, Juan Inciarte, Timecrimes ( Los Cronocrímenes ), Timecrimes, Candela Fernández, Bárbara Goenaga, Karra Elejalde, Los Cronocrímenes See more
Language Spanish
Runtime 90 minutes
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Spain released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), Spanish ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Proof positive that a naked hottie and whiz-bang pacing can disguise the most gaping narrative cracks, 'Timecrimes' makes sci-fi lemonade out of low-budget lemons. Tackling time travel with zero special effects, one location and only four speaking roles requires nerve-and in this case an exorbitant faith in full-frontal nudity-but the Spanish writer and director Nacho Vigalondo has audacity to spare. Constructing a looping, economical plot and directing like a fire marshal in a flaming building, he conjures urgency and disorientation from the thinnest of air. All the more admirable when his instrument is the stolid, paunchy Hector (Karra Elejalde), a well-fed husband whose idly scanning binoculars snag on an impromptu striptease in the woods near his new home. Compelled to investigate, he discovers a dead beauty and a lurking attacker; fleeing to a nearby laboratory, he is hidden in a tank by a nervous scientist (played by Mr. Vigalondo), emerging to discover that an hour has passed- backward. Unlike Shane Carruth's incomprehensible 'Primer' (which shares a central plot device), 'Timecrimes'never abandons momentum: like the audience, Hector has no time to think. His resolute acceptance of his bizarre situation is central to the movie's success. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain, Goya Awards, Sundance Film Festival, ...Timecrimes ( Los Cronocrímenes )

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.48 x 5.35 x 0.55 inches; 2.88 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Nacho Vigalondo
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Import, Subtitled, PAL, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 90 minutes
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernández, Bárbara Goenaga, Nacho Vigalondo, Juan Inciarte
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Castilian, Catalan, Basque
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Timecrimes ( Los Cronocrímenes ), Timecrimes, Los Cronocrímenes
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Catalan (Dolby Digital 5.1), Castilian (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0)
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003Z7SF2A
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 737 ratings

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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If you really like Timecrimes, you should get ahold of the exclusive Blockbuser alternate version, which has an exclusive 66 min. chronological version in addition to the original TimeCrimes (which runs 92 mins), and is in some ways even more fascinating than the original. Once you see it, many things in the theatrical cut of the film become clearer, but paradoxically, new questions arise! Quite an experience, I must say. I wonder how the chronological editor was able to create his version. He must understand the film thoroughly. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to create the version he did.Here is another Amazon buyer's take on the Blockbuster version:http://www.amazon.com/review/R3C9B2DBACA95U/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
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Joel W Benson
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable Time Travel Movie Dubbed In English- Not Hard To Follow
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2018
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Timecrimes is an entertaining movie. There is some nudity and violence, so this is definitely an adult movie. However, there was nothing really shocking about the content. The time travel story is pretty linear and is relatively easy to follow, albeit with two loops backward in time and three versions of the same character running around as looped time moves forward. The interesting thing is that, for the most part, the time-traveling man does not make any effort to change what happens in the past. Instead, he acts to maintain the scenarios that he has already experienced in the time line and he never meets himself, so there is no time travel paradox. In the end he acts to save his wife and allows someone else to die in her place, but this too may be explained not as a change in the time-line, but as an implementation of what has already happened in time.

I admit I was a little disappointed that the time travel story was not more complex. Again, it was easy to follow and the director went out of his way to have the characters explain what was happening as it happened, even to the point of naming the different versions of the time traveler as #1, #2
and #3. Basically the story moves forward in a linear way, viewed from the shifting perspectives of the time-traveling character as he moves back and forth through the same time loop.
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Only-A-Child
4.0 out of 5 stars I Think, Therefore I ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2011
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Given its misleading title and its time travel genre, "Timecrimes" (2008) may attract viewers expecting something along the lines of "Time After Time" (1979), in which Malcolm McDowell played H.G.Wells and used Wells' time machine to pursue Jack the Ripper. And given the "Invisible Man" (1933) inspired poster art you might expect to find Claude Rains playing a Wells' character, or maybe John Hurt playing the "Elephant Man" (1980).

If you seek a Wells' connection you better look elsewhere, but "Elephant Man" fans will find that actor Karra Elejalde (playing Hector - the main character) puts John Merrick to shame in the homely department. That poor guy is so ugly that his face actually looks better sporting the assortment of bumps, cuts, and bruises he receives during the course of the film.

"Timecrimes" is a solid time travel movie, although minimalist enough to be within reach of an ambitious college film class. The script and minimalist style are are the film's strengths. My advice would be to just take it for what it is and suppress any temptation to question the characters' motivation and behavior. As there is no attempt at characterization such questioning is a waste of time. The acting and the acting for the camera direction are so uniformly poor that most will be grateful that the characterization is so superficial, thereby saving viewers from a lot of unnecessary torture.

And don't get hung up on how the cycle started, it starts without cause at the point a time machine becomes operational. Just think of it as a literary device, something that simply occurs once it becomes possible for something like it to occur.

Time travel in the movies is typically about paradox. If the time traveler interacts with anything outside his normal time it will cause rippling changes in events. "Timecrimes" wants you to think that this is what the story is about but that is all misdirection. This story is more like Vonnegut's Tralfamadore; where an event happens a certain way, has always happened a certain way, and always will happen a certain way. All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. The entertainment comes from watching the pieces come together from three distinct points of view, as the main character experiences the same time sequence several times but from different POV's. If you like the concept, then track down the film "Triangle" (2009), which looks at the same idea in a more philosophical fashion. If you want an even bigger mental challenge from the genre track down "Primer" (2004). And if you want a really original philosophical exercise in reality vs imagination try "The Life Before Her Eyes" (2007).

The DVD allows you to choose between English subtitles or dubbed English. There has been a lot of complaining about the dubbed version but the dubbing is as good as most and better than some; but it is dubbing.

Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.
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spurdragon
5.0 out of 5 stars Time travel to scaryville, in your own backyard
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2013
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Oh, but for that brief philandering look, that peek into the bushes . . and all hell breaks loose! How cool is this - you have to outwit yourself to survive! A perfect nightmare - bizarre, like a dream that makes sense when you sleep, but is crazy. The hook: a naked woman, a chase, a puzzle, a madman, a series of wounds. But who's chasing whom? Who will die and who will disappear? Like a musing between Stephen King and David Lynch over lunch: "I'll have a bloody tea with a brain-twist, make that two." And you thought you were just going to sit in your nice lawn chair in your big backyard, next to your lovely wife. Hey! don't pick up those binoculars, don't flirt with naughty, don't go into the woods . . and don't hide in time machines - or do. If you don't like loose ends, don't visit here. It's not pretty, not easy, no squeezy end, perhaps no end at all, no highbrow effects, no big money punch. But if you might like a mind bender in a plain brown bag, some confusion in a dark room - where the walls crawl with nerves, or a sweatsicle on a pointed stick, and the drippy wound, you might like this. Don't fall asleep. (I liked Spanish with subtitles.) I also like it when someone gets hit in the face and his face swells up - my gosh, reality for a change.
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Bill Grimsly
5.0 out of 5 stars and I am afraid that this keeps people from discovering the brilliant movie. In fact
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2015
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The name of the movie, the design of the DVD packaging, and the synopsis are not adequate, and I am afraid that this keeps people from discovering the brilliant movie. In fact, the reason why I bought it was because a video store was going out of business and liquidating inventory, and I stumbled upon a 10-DVD's-for $20 sale. This was my very last pick and the only reason why I added it to the pile was because there were slim pickings. I never meant to watch it. But one night I was tired and didn't want to pop in a movie in a less-than-alert state, and I blindly reached for the aforementioned pile of 20 movies. This one went in.
I am ashamed for having had such prejudice. This movie blew me away. It's actually one of the best science fiction movies that deal with time. I've been recommending it to anyone with an attention span and a love for original and creative storytelling. I won't say anything about the plot. It's something that you have to experience. If you need a trailer, then maybe you shouldn't be watching movies for adults.
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Alex recensioneveloce
5.0 out of 5 stars Dieci e lode
Reviewed in Italy on December 26, 2019
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Capolavoro.
Un vero film suo viaggi nel tempo con trama.
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Aquiles
3.0 out of 5 stars Esta bien
Reviewed in Mexico on November 30, 2016
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Buena pelicula española. Tratan bien el tema del viaje en el tiempo, para hoy en día quizás le falta mas profundidad, Pero Buena
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Avery Dean
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on February 3, 2017
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Great movie, quick arrival. Hector is a hero for the ages.
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Rick Deckard
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente edición de "Los cronocrímenes"
Reviewed in Spain on October 30, 2011
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Este Blu-ray es la edición importada de Alemania (ASIN: B0050GDAXI): los menús del disco solo están disponibles en alemán pero ello no dificulta la navegación a través de los mismos.

Los subtítulos en alemán que incluye el disco no están quemados en la imagen de la película y son removibles, por lo tanto el visionado de la misma se puede realizar en castellano sin ningún problema.

En cuanto al sonido, el Blu-ray incluye dos pistas de audio: una en alemán y otra, la versión original, en castellano. La pista en castellano se presenta en DTS-HD MA 5.1 y es bastante buena. Tiene una excelente acústica frontal y una discreta pero efectiva utilización de los altavoces traseros y del subwoofer.

La imagen es buena con ciertas inconsistencias, pero no parece que sea un defecto de la edición, mas bien se debe, seguramente, a las propias condiciones en que se rodó la película.

En definitiva, una recomendable edición de esta sorprendente película de Nacho Vigalondo.
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Ditchovitch
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent thriller hispanique
Reviewed in France on February 20, 2010
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Encore un film espagnol de très bonne facture. Cette intrigue touffue joue habilement sur le paradoxe spatio-temporel et même si les questions habituelles découlant de ce phénomène restent posées (quelle est la cause et quelle est la conséquence?), l' intrigue tient complètement la route jusque dans ses moindres détails. Pas d'effets tape à l'oeil, pas d'effets spéciaux, pas de figurants (juste quatre acteurs !), des décors réduits,... MAIS un très solide scénario et un suspens tenu de bout en bout, c'est assez rare de nos jours comme quoi, les gros moyens ne sont pas toujours nécessaires quant on tient un bon script. J'ai tout de même été peu convaincu par le doublage français pas mauvais mais à mon sens pas dans le ton. La VO est donc sans doute à privilégier. Une belle petite réussite hispanique.
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