The Spirit of the Beehive

By Vicenta 2022-12-25 20:34:12

A Journey We All Lingering

(Written on 2014/01/16)

"What if we never went beyond the limit of the know. Have you never wished to see beyond the clouds and stars?..." Trying to get some light for the dark room, Fernando slowly stands up, walks outside the honeycomb-like window, stares faraway under the sunset, the dialogs in the movie Frankenstein is playing, as if Fernando is trying to listen them. “... if I could answer just one of these questions — what eternity is, for example — I wouldn' t care if they...

By Dusty 2022-12-22 14:36:38

The endless pain of life!

There is a certain subtlety, purity and mystery of art flowing in it. This is a masterpiece that cannot be photographed in this era! I think the director expresses his thoughts in the purest and simplest images and details of characters. In a family, all people have differences in their existence. This difference is subject to political influence, and is also subject to the individual world. In a sense, this is an analysis of the spiritual world of a group, and it is also an...

By Keven 2022-12-21 09:39:10

The feelings that all experiences bring to us are still self-chosen

"We've lost the ability to feel life" is the pain point the film appeals to.

The film tells the psychological formation process of the little girl Anna: personal contact with the outside world, experience of others, self-recognition, and self-selection.

The whole film is almost depressingly slow, which can make people restless, thinking about this rhythm as everyone perceives the world as they grow up.

The little protagonist Anna restores the innocence of childhood, the...

By Randi 2022-12-16 22:28:38

Elf

Anyone who has seen the movie has been impressed by Ana's eyes and
asked more than once, what kind of person deserves to have such a pair of bright, clear and deep eyes. In the
crappy prose, the eyes are the window to the soul.
Yes, it's just a window. But we can't rely on it
to perceive the world
and see the scenery, close our eyes, and use our heart and mind to touch the things around us to get the most honest experience

. "Our ability to feel...

By Tina 2022-12-05 17:57:01

color of mysticism

A surreal artwork full of mysticism. Victor Ellis' mastery of color is top-notch, which has been shown to the world in "South". And this film is more obscure and dreamy than "South". In the period of Franco's dictatorship, under the depressing living environment and the family relationship that is detached, the childhood past is full of melancholy and curiosity. Unlike childhood films about sunshine, this childhood is haunted by ugly Frankensteins, poisonous mushrooms, empathic mothers,...

By Kaleigh 2023-09-17 18:52:56

Fantastic (homages, references to Frankenstein), metaphors (mysterious, imaginary fears) and visions (the hues of honey, the reflections of bees) make up the film's whimsical world. The real horror is not the gore or nausea of ​​the images, but the creeping...

By Charity 2023-09-11 04:48:06

This movie is also a horror movie for me. In addition to the ubiquitous smell of death, what is even more terrifying is the same immature older sister's cognition of her younger sister showing off her growing up and provoking death. The loess in the wilderness, the candles in the red window, and the power of the bright yellow can turn into a Frankenstein to stifle yesterday's...

By Rosalinda 2023-09-07 04:09:05

Slow, cold, full of childlike...

By Skyla 2023-08-23 11:08:11

With just the right balance of emotional delicacy, with eyes, expressions and gestures instead of words, no other film can compare. I don't see any so-called metaphors in this film. Some are confused and saddened by the first contact of a young and fresh soul with death. Pure simplicity and graceful peace of mind, surrounded by a sense of time. Still the best in my movie...

By Elody 2023-08-23 08:43:29

Imagination and night and eyes constitute another...