I discovered Spirit of the Beehive last night as I am working my way through the Essential Art House collection this winter and am now up to the S’s.
I was struck by:
1. the constant tension and edginess that haunted the film. The well in particular loomed very ominously.
2. having just watched Satantango I guess I was keyed into the scene where the cat is tortured (minor compared to Tarr’s scene), and the long fixed camera shots of the sheepfold. Not making comparisons, just saying Tarr and Erice remind me of each other a bit.
3. the gorgeousness of the light, especially in the breakfast scene, on the faces of the sisters.
4. the subtlety of the backstory — the lover in Nice, the age of the husband, the disappearances, the arrivals.
Spirit of the Beehive about 3 years ago
I discovered Spirit of the Beehive last night as I am working my way through the Essential Art House collection this winter and am now up to the S’s.
I was struck by:
1. the constant tension and edginess that haunted the film. The well in particular loomed very ominously.
2. having just watched Satantango I guess I was keyed into the scene where the cat is tortured (minor compared to Tarr’s scene), and the long fixed camera shots of the sheepfold. Not making comparisons, just saying Tarr and Erice remind me of each other a bit.
3. the gorgeousness of the light, especially in the breakfast scene, on the faces of the sisters.
4. the subtlety of the backstory — the lover in Nice, the age of the husband, the disappearances, the arrivals.
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The longest movie you've ever sat through about 3 years ago
Satantango over three nights at home on DVD. Alexanderplatz is up for this winter when I need to invest in couch time.
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