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Toby 2022-09-26 19:54:05
some fragmented records
Vast desolate and lonely villages, empty mansions and cramped hives. Spilled honey color soaked through the harsh winter. The tension between the real and the illusory inside and outside the screen embodies the different imaginations of young and old about ghosts. Couples who share the same bed and...
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Weston 2022-09-02 23:19:12
The ultimate freedom is destruction
The following are not entirely film reviews, there are some that are not.
Whether it's Frankenstein, poisonous mushrooms, or an approaching train, for Ana, it's an approach to the freedom she longs for in her heart. In the dictatorial environment, the repressive atmosphere of the patriarchal...
Juan Margallo
The Spirit of the Beehive quotes
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Ana: [unable to sleep] Isabel?
Isabel: [opening her eyes] What?
Ana: [whispering] Tell me what you were going to tell me.
Isabel: [whispering] About what?
Ana: The movie.
Isabel: Not now... Tomorrow.
Ana: Now... You promised. Why did he kill the girl, and why did they kill him after that?... You don't know - you're a liar.
Isabel: They didn't kill him, and he didn't kill the girl.
Ana: How do you know? How do you know they didn't die?
Isabel: Everything in the movies is fake. It's all a trick. Besides, I've seen him alive.
Ana: Where?
Isabel: In a place I know near the village. People can't see him. He only comes out at night.
Ana: Is he a ghost?
Isabel: No, he's a spirit.
Isabel: Like the spirit Dona Lucia talks about?
Isabel: Yes, but spirits have no bodies. That's why you can't kill them.
Ana: But he had one in the movie. He had arms and feet. He had everything.
Isabel: It's a disguise they put on when they go outside...
Ana: If he only comes out at night, how can you talk to him?
Isabel: I told you he was a spirit. If you're his friend, you can talk to him whenever you want. Just close your eyes and call him... It's me, Ana... It's me Ana...
[they hear what sounds like ominous footsteps and are silent]
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Isabel: Papa, have you ever picked a bad mushroom?
Fernando: No. You know why?
Isabel: Why?
Fernando: Because I always do like my grandfather told me.
[he gets up and starts to walk; the girls follow]
Fernando: If you're not sure a mushroom's good, don't pick it. Because if it's bad, and you eat it, it's your last mushroom and your last everything too.
