The Spirit of the Beehive (El espíritu de la colmena) (1973)

20 From 73: My Favorite Films of 1973 (20 movies items)

"The year is 1940, and a traveling movie theatre has just shown the film version of "Frankenstein" to a small village in Spain (which has just started recovering from it's recent civil war). Transformed by what she sees on the screen, young Ana, along with her sister Isabel, becomes determined to search out this "spirit-monster". This is the type of arthouse film that I think can easily get pushed into the category of those other films that are so abstract, that they tend to get parodied or s"

150 from the 70's: My Fave Films From The 1970's (150 movies items)

"The year is 1940, and a traveling movie theatre has just shown the film version of "Frankenstein" to a small village in Spain (which has just started recovering from it's recent civil war). Transformed by what she sees on the screen, young Ana, along with her sister Isabel, becomes determined to search out this "spirit-monster". This is the type of arthouse film that I think can easily get pushed into the category of those other films that are so abstract, that they tend to get parodied or s"

75 From Around The World: My Favorite Foreign Flix (75 movies items)

"The year is 1940, and a traveling movie theatre has just shown the film version of "Frankenstein" to a small village in Spain (which has just started recovering from it's recent civil war). Transformed by what she sees on the screen, young Ana, along with her sister Isabel, becomes determined to search out this "spirit-monster". This is the type of arthouse film that I think can easily get pushed into the category of those other films that are so abstract, that they tend to get parodied or s"

Movies seen in 2013 (111 movies items)

"10.03. PC/TV, 1st viewing DIRECTED BY Victor Erice A Spanish coming-of-age film with some really gorgeous cinematography, lush colors and brilliant child actresses. Sort of a live-action My Neighbour Totoro, it paints a picture of two sisters in the countryside with their everyday worries about the ongoing civil war, death and their family. The film is really slow and since I was - once again - really tired watching it, my concentration was not ideal. Anyway it really made a lasting impression"

Dear Cinema Diary - Vol 3 E9a - etc 2012 (77 movies items)

" A very sedate and poetic film. I liked the use of the Frankenstein as part of the symbolism in the film. So, the film still fits in nicely with an October theme while and was a nice break from horror films."