Spirit of the Beehive
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VHS Movie Reviews of Spirit of the Beehive
Movie Review: Creeped out of my mind
Summary: 2 Stars
I viewed this movie in my Honors Spanish III class and was incredibly disturbed by this movie. The whole entire time that I watched it, I was creeped out and felt very eerie. I do think, however, that the movie did a wonderful job in portraying just how violent and horrific Franco's Spain was at the time of the Spanish Civil War and the effects that it had the Spaniards. This movie was full of symbolism and deep meanings that I knew were there, but couldn't quite understand, but that is probably because I'm only 16 years old and not able to comprehend some of lives' truths very deeply. Though the cinematography and acting was EXCELLENT, the movie as a whole left me feeling very unsettled and disturbed.Movie Review: Superb performance
Summary: 5 Stars
The other reviewers have prety much covered the angles to this story so there is not much to add. I'd just like to center on Anna. Both child actresses are very good but Anna Torrent is unforgetable. The capturing of the imagination of two children is a profound piece of work as accomplished by the director. Take a look at the cover of little Anna, those eyes , once you've seen the movie Anna will be with you forever, and that is a good thing. We remember the innocence of youth and most of us would love to capture the essence of that purity. A conscienceness that is unpolluted. Such was the case with Anna until she sees a haunting image that moves her so as to seek in her own imagination that image that so impressed her. As adults we do the same. The images burned in our conscienceness is what possess us to seek everything we desire. Just like little Anna we imagine what we want. The movie is very good and unique. When Anna whispers to her sister on screen you want to whisper back to her, I love you Anna. I left this movie on after viewing it wondering what ever became of Anna Torrent. I can still hear Anna whispering her innocent questions. I still wonder about Anna, I wonder if she maintained her childhood innocence, I can still here her whispering, she is burned forever in my mind. You go away from the movie remembering your own childhood, and it seems so long ago, until you here Anna whispering that it wasn't that long ago when questions in the dark were part of going to bed. Thanks for the memories Anna. I think young children, those not impressioned yet, would really like this story. Highly recommended for those young at heart, who remember or want to remember their youth. It transcends language barriers, a parent can read the dialogue but a child knows.Movie Review: A little girl's world
Summary: 5 Stars
childhood is very difficult for adults to recapture on film or in books.But the poet victore erice has created a world of imaginary images and quiet observations that linger in this time.The time before concrete walls are built up around the eyes,when the heart is as much a wishing whisper as a beating machine.The way the little girls interact will make you question how much the adult mind comprehends and appreciates magic.Movie Review: A haunting, heartbreaking film you will never, ever forget
Summary: 5 Stars
In Castile on the eve of the Second World War a traveling show brings a movie to town. Ana Torrent plays a little girl (also named Ana) who sees Boris Karloff's "Frankenstein" and is convinced the monster is real. She ends up befriending a wounded fugitive, believing him to be the monster. Victor Erice's haunting film is obviously a political statement on life in Spain during Franco's reign, but it functions even better as testimony to the power of a child's imagination and the fatal loss of innocence that invariable comes to us all. Not a film for children, who will neither recognize nor appreciate the warning, but for those of us who will always cherish the children we once were, and the world in which we wanted to live. "The Spirit of the Beehive" is a film to treasure forever.Movie Review: No dialog needed...
Summary: 5 Stars
This is, first of all, an amazing and profound movie. I think that the previous reviews have said enough about those facts, so I will just make one point: no matter what language you speak, see this movie. I watched it in a second year spanish class, and found myself not reading the subtitles. That proves, at least to me, that this movie crosses language barriers.