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| Year of first release: 2012 | |
| Director: Pablo Berger | |
| Actors: Maribel Verdú, Emilio Gavira, Daniel Giménez Cacho | |
| Country: E | |
| Genre: Drama | |
| Conditions of visioning: 04.04.2013, Centre des Beaux Arts, BIFFF2013 | |
| Synopsis: A twist on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter. | |
| Review: This is a silent movie in black and white. Inversely to The artist, that defended this type of movie, Blancanieves has nothing to do with cinema. The story is told via a serie of scenes for which a specific music has been composed. This way, the graphical rythm is kept. The movie aims at showing a Spanish version of the famous tale full of Spanish culture, via corridas and flamenco. The ideas to make the parallels are well thought and credible. Nevertheless, the actors do not bring the story itself to the viewer. It is not necessarily the acting to be questionned. It could be also the work on black and white for the characters that is not easy to conduct without voice. Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin had tricks to communicate emotions that are missing here, in the make-up and in the exagerated movements. The sunny Spanish weather already provides good contrasts for the buildings and the outside takes. | |
Rating: 5 /10
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Sunday, April 7, 2013
Blancanieves (2012)
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Indeed The Artist was here before, but I was once again surprised of how a silent movie can keep my attention. Contrarily to you, I found that I could feel better the drama played by the actors (the girl, her father, the mother in law), maybe thanks to the black and white format. I actually heard this comment in the documentary Visions of Light and tend to agree in this case. I liked Biancanieves and would give it a 7/10, partially to reward the risky format choice.
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