| Description |
2 videodiscs (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([10 pages] : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 351 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 351.
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| System Details |
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital 1.0 mono; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.66:1; new, restored high-definition digital transfer. |
| Cast |
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent, Isabel Tellería, Queti de la Cámara, Estanis González, José Villasante, Juan Margallo, Lali Soldevila, Miguel Picazo. |
| Credits |
Cinematographer, Luís Cuadrado ; art direction, Adolfo Cofiño ; editor, Pablo G. del Amo ; music, Luís de Pablo. |
| Audience |
MPAA Rating: Not rated. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a Spanish motion picture in 1972. |
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Booklet includes the essay "Spanish Lessons" by Paul Julian Smith. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
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). ́Victor 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). |
| Language |
In Spanish with optional subtitles in English (new translation). |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Girls -- Spain -- Drama.
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Sisters -- Drama.
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Good and evil -- Drama.
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Imagination in children -- Drama.
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Spain -- History -- 1939-1975 -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Querejeta, Elías. Producer.
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Fernández-Santos, Ángel. Screenwriter.
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Erice, Víctor. Screenwriter. Director.
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Fernán Gómez, Fernando. Actor.
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Gimpera, Teresa. Actor.
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Torrent, Ana. Actor.
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Tellería, Isabel. Actor.
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Soldevila, Laly, 1933-1979. Actor.
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Picazo, Miguel. Actor.
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Gutiérrez Aragón, Manuel, 1942- Interviewee.
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Miyaoka, Hideyuki. Interviewer.
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Ehrlich, Linda C. (Linda Channah), 1952-
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Canal+ España (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Spirit of the beehive |
| ISBN |
1559409819 |
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9781559409810 |
| Standard No. |
715515018326 |
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0715515018326 |
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00715515018326 |
| Music No. |
CC1633D Criterion Collection |
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