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post #1 of 9
8/26/04 at 9:53pm
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With a foot in myth and cold reality, this film touched my soul like very few every have. I perpetuate the magical plain of lucidness that SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE dances on every chance I get in hopes that someone else might do the same, and get this film the attention it deserves.

A introverted young girl lives with her mother and father in a isolated Spainish village in the troughs of Franco's rein. Everything changes when a print of FRANKENTEIN is smuggled into town and shown to the village kids. The young girl soon starts believing the monster is real and living in the surrounding forest.

SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE speaks to the importance of the imagination, especially during troubled times.

There are scenes that work completely as hallucinations, garning awe and chills, and others so touching you'll be on the verge of tears.

Unfairly lumped in comparision with the inferior THE REFLECTING SKIN, SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE is as relevant today as 1973, and its themes universal.

Erice's other film DREAM OF LIGHT has alluded me. Like SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE it's only avialible on video. The pre-record of DREAM OF LIGHT sells on Amazon.com for $79.95. This is beyond absurd to me!
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post #2 of 9
8/27/04 at 3:11am
Wow, SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE ... That title does bring back memories .... Years ago, I had made a list of some films that I was determined to find .... SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE was on the list, along with QUESTION OF SILENCE, PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK and WOMAN IN THE DUNES .....

To make a short story long, SOTB was the only one I was never able to get a hold of ....... Now I'm definitely going to track it down .....
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post #3 of 9
8/27/04 at 10:23am
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I keep holding out hope that Criterion will put it out on disc. The VHS is from Home Vision. But SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE may be a little to obscure even for their blood.

I love SPIRIT so much I've come close to sinking down the money for the documentary DREAM OF LIGHT. Even for that price it's tempting.

Judging by the pedigree of films you've mentioned I have NO doubt you'll fall under BEEHIVE's spell as well.
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post #4 of 9
8/27/04 at 12:25pm
Wow, yeah, I remember reading or hearing about this movie a long time ago, but I've never seen it. If it's really in the same league as The Reflecting Skin (amazing film), then it must be pretty damn beautiful.
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post #5 of 9
8/27/04 at 6:23pm
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Don't take my opinion seek it out yourself. I'd love to hear some feedback on these two films that have some similarities in story, but very greatly in style and approach. It would make for some facinating discussion.
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post #6 of 9
8/27/04 at 8:00pm
I need to see this film! Why is it that the most interesting stuff never comes out on DVD? I swear it's some sort of conspiracy! Miramax/Dimension is most likely involved somehow.
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post #7 of 9
8/28/04 at 4:14pm
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That would be the luck of SOTBH. Miramax will p/u the dvd distribution rights, and I'll go to jail for harassment.
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post #8 of 9
9/12/04 at 1:18pm

Spirit of the Beehive

Hello,
This film, R2 DVD, is currently listed in stock, priced 50 per cent of list, at Amazon UK.
Be Good Kids, George
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post #9 of 9
9/13/04 at 9:04pm
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Originally Posted by Legba3
A introverted young girl lives with her mother and father in a isolated Spainish village in the troughs of Franco's rein. Everything changes when a print of FRANKENTEIN is smuggled into town and shown to the village kids. The young girl soon starts believing the monster is real and living in the surrounding forest.
That happened to me except it was with the hippos from Hungry, Hungry Hippos. I was sure the things were real and they were just so damn hungry. I just new they were coming for my stash of white dots, but I wasn't going to take it. I held my ground and told those hippos "Those dots are ment for Pac-man, and you can take them when your pry them from my cold dead hands!"
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