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The Spirit of the Beehive

DVD - 1973 DVD FLC-SPA Spirit 2 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.8 out of 5

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Call Number: DVD FLC-SPA Spirit
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Originally produced as a Spanish motion picture in 1973, c1972.
Booklet includes the essay "Spanish Lessons" by Paul Julian Smith.
Disc One : the film. Logos/Opening credits ; Hoyuelos ; Beekeeper ; "Frankenstein" ; Spirit ; Footsteps ; Don José ; Farmhouse ; Mushroom hunting ; Playtime ; Train tracks ; Photos ; Black cat ; Accident ; Fire ; Soldier ; Pocket watch ; Bloodstains ; Monster ; Alive ; Window ; End credits ; Color bars -- Disc Two : the supplements. Huellas de un espíritu = Footprints of a spirit / with Víctor Erice, Elías Querejeta, José Enrique Monterde, Ángel Fernández-Santos, Teresa Gimpera, Santos Zunzunegui, Ana Torrent, Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón ; Canal+ Espana (49 min.) (1998). V́ictor Erice in Madrid / conducted and interviewed by Hideyuki Miyaoka (49 min.) (2000). Interview with Fernando Fernán Gómez (12 min.) (2006). Interview with Linda C. Ehrlich (17 min.) (2006).
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent, Isabel Tellería, José Villasante, Juan Margallo, Lali Soldevila, Miguel Picazo.
Only dimly aware of the shadow of World War II somewhere beyond the Castilian plateau, sisters Isabel and Ana must occupy themselves as their preoccupied scientist father and isolated, languishing mother move in their solitary orbits. After attending the screening of James Whale's "Frankenstein" at a makeshift movie theater in town, Ana becomes obsessed with the idea of befriending the imaginary monster. Largely wordless, the film functions as a striking trompe d'loeil about childhood imagination versus the wider perspective of the adult world.
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital 1.0 mono; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.66:1; new, restored high-definition digital transfer.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

GREAT Movie. Do not miss. submitted by Tassos on January 6, 2019, 8:43am FAR better than your average Hollywood crap.

There be monsters… submitted by tarascon on June 17, 2023, 4:31pm In a word…
Excellent.

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SERIES
Criterion collection
351.


LANGUAGE OPTIONS
In Spanish with optional subtitles in English (new translation).

PUBLISHED
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2006, c1973.
Year Published: 1973
Description: 2 videodiscs (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1559409819
9781559409810
9781604656985 (second printing 2013)
1604656980 (second printing 2013)

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Querejeta, Elías,
Fernández Santos, Angel,
Erice, Víctor,
Fernán Gómez, Fernando,
Gimpera, Teresa,
Torrent, Ana,
Tellería, Isabel,
Villasante, José,
Soldevila, Laly, 1933-1979,
Picazo, Miguel,
Cuadrado, Luis,
Pablo, Luis de,
Amo, Pablo G. del, 1927-2004,
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)

SUBJECTS
Girls -- Spain -- Drama.
Sisters -- Drama.
Good and evil -- Drama.
Imagination in children -- Drama.
Frankenstein films.
Foreign films -- Spain.
Spain -- History -- 1939-1975 -- Drama.
Feature films.