The very first thing I saw after arriving at TIFF was Pedro Pinho's The Nothing Factory: a three-hour film is tough to slot into any festival schedule for practical reasons even before you start factoring in day-wearing-on exhaustion, and seeing it as a stand-alone entry point to the fest seemed like the right move. After some establishing facts of a squat silo being torn down and a factory in action, Pinho cuts to a couple having a sex scene. A phone call letting Ze (José Smith Vargas), the ma...
TIFF Critic's Notebook 7: The Nothing Factory, Wavelengths Shorts
Filmmaker Magazine - 14 Sep 2017 20:43
The very first thing I saw after arriving at TIFF was Pedro Pinho's The Nothing Factory: a three-hour film is tough to slot into any festival schedule for practical reasons even before you start factoring in day-wearing-on exhaustion, and seeing it as a stand-alone entry point to the fest seemed like the right move. After some establishing facts of a squat silo being torn down and a factory in action, Pinho cuts to a couple having a sex scene. A phone call letting Ze (José Smith Vargas), the ma...
Share this Article
Recommended