1978 ‘Panna a netvor’ Directed by Juraj Herz
Julie, the youngest daughter of a bankrupt merchant, sacrifices her life in order to save her father. She goes to an enchanted castle in the woods and meets Netvor, a bird-like monster. As Netvor begins to fall in love with Julie, he must suppress his beastly urge to kill her.
Zdena Studenková Vlastimil Harapes Václav Voska Jana Brejchová Zuzana Kocúriková Josef Laufer Milan Hein Marta Hrachovinová Karel Augusta Josef Langmiler Vít Olmer Jan Přeučil František Svačina Blažena Kramešová Kamal El Rasheed Awad El Seed Musa Ahmed Mansour William M. Ncube Karel Engel Jaroslav Klenot Jindřich Sejk Ladislav Hájek Josef Tik M. Pfeiffer Miroslav Janda J. Stehlík Tomáš Cmíral Magdalena Čechová Gerhard Černač Show All…
Petr Drozda Karel Engel Jindřich Sejk Ladislav Lahoda Jaroslav Šanda Miroslav Jíra Jiří Klenot Josef Hrubý Jiří Fajt
Giulia e il mostro, Piekna i potwór, Die Jungfrau und das Ungeheuer, Die Schöne und das Ungeheuer, La bella y la bestia, Красавица и чудовище, La belle et la bête, A Bela e a Fera, La virgen y el monstruo, Kráska a zvíře, La Belle et la Bête, 미녀와 야수, Piękna i potwór, Красуня і Чудовисько, 美女与野兽
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"Give her proof of your love!
-Yes?
-Kill her before she sees you.
-No!
-So kill yourself.
-How?
-Let her go."
when he TOUCHED HER FACE AND NECK AND HAIR AND FACE HER FACE WITH HIS HANDS AND HIS HANDS ON HER FACE WOOOOOOOO BOOOOOYEe I oh mY GOOOOOOOSSHH WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWE I STOPPED BREATHING
This is my second foray into the Czech(oslovak) new wave movement, after seeing Jaromil Jireš' Valerie and Her Week of Wonders some months ago and absolutely loving it. Beauty feels even more like a fairytale than Valerie did, and it's a darker one at that.
The cinematography here is quite spectacular, truly an "every frame a painting" sort of deal. The movie has a bit of a glacial pacing to it, but I didn't mind since it was always so (visually) compelling.
I loved how the beast's appearance differed from other renditions of the story. Some very intricate make-up/mask work went into this.
A remarkable movie.
A dark retelling of a classic fairytale with lavish sets, ethereal dreamlike sequences and a beautiful score. The entire film is steeped in gothic imagery, shrouded in mystique and sets itself apart from more popular Beauty and the Beast incarnations.
Panna a Netvor is brimming with fantasy quintessense; from elaborate costuming, decadent castles and meticulous set pieces. It's such a captivating, transportive piece and is undoubtedly one of the most visually arresting films I've ever seen. I love its theatrical nature and how subtly it captures the transition from autumn to winter. I equally love how the films visuals are perfectly echoed in the haunting organ and piano music.
Unconventionally, the Beast is vicious and blood thirsty ;depicted as half…
Almost nothing in Juraj Herz's Beauty and the Beast is clean. It takes place in a filthy world, one full of mud and decay; of greed and corruption. It's a world in which even those whose souls yearn for goodness cannot survive unless they stray; a world in which the best of men is a murderer and an enslaver.
In the center of this world, trapped in its caldron of filth and human degradation, is Julie. Julie is all sweetness and purity, such a brilliant light of goodness that the dirt can't touch her — so pure that, when cursed hands reach for her, they're instantly cleansed. The world Julie sees is one of endless potential, in which everyone deserves the…
Hooptober 9.0, pt.26- The Melancholy of Beastliness
10/6 Countries (Spain, UK, Japan, USA, Canada, Poland, Hong Kong, Russia, Mexico, Czechia) (COMPLETE)
10/8 Decades (1970s, 1980s, 1960s, 2020s, 1990s, 2010s, 1920s, 1910s, 1950s, 1930s) (COMPLETE)
4th Juraj Herz (after Ferat Vampire, The Cremator and Morgiana)
This is my favourite interpretation of B and the B, probably because of the way The Beast is styled. More traditional interpretations has him as a leonine figure, almost seductively handsome in his furry appearance. Despite his apparently mean nature, he's really a grumpy giant; Garbo famously said of the end of Cocteau's film "Give me back my Beast!", and who can argue with that, really. But those are fantasy films, and Herz chose a horrific…
We torment each other.
I will forever think of this film when I think of Beauty and the Beast from now on. Such a stunning piece of cinema. A gothic fairy tale with gorgeous cinematography, blaring pipe organs, and an authentic touch that makes it feel infinitely more believable than Disney's child focused films.
This is a true creature feature with a monster that is both distressing and relatable in it's portrayal. With sets that are old and dark and dirty and overgrown, as if the earth is swallowing them whole. Lit by candlelight, filled with boken statues and forgotten memories. It creates an atmosphere that gives the film real dramatic weight and a dreamlike quality throughout.
The performances are…
A dark interpretation of a classic fairytale in which a lonely man-bear-crow beasty shifts from casually hunting the passers-by to a new goal of ensnaring a beautiful maiden with which to share his spooky woodland abode.
This Czech version of Panna a netvor is darker than most, and a world away from the more recent happy go lucky Disney caricatures we may be more familiar with. It is however, a wonderfully rendered and often sad tale of desperate loneliness and the willingness to give up everything for the ones we love.
Nawww... ♥ ❤ 🖤
Visually stunning. The sets, costumes, and makeup effects are all wonderful, as is the organ and piano driven centered score. Incredibly captivating and theatrical performance from the Beast.
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2. Watch a horror movie based on a story you would tell a child.
Yeah, maybe don't show this one to a child... nightmares for days. I had always assumed this was directed by Walerian Borowczyk, director of the wonderfully obscene The Beast from 1975. I think I added this to my watchlist right after watching that classic, so there's the confusion. Juraj Herz is no slouch though, he created a favorite of mine in The Cremator, so I'm happy he's on this. He makes for a much less... stickier film to say the least. No throbbing beast dongs to be seen.
As far as the film goes, it's absolutely stunning. It captures…
The long period of Czechoslovakia's "normalization", AKA government-mandated censorship and restrictions after the 7 months of riotous freedom during the Prague Spring, left many of the New Wave filmmakers with little hope for prosperous careers given the tight control and suppression anything with artistic, critical intent was given, and not much could be done about this for a few decades. Juraj Herz, a man who loved to immerse himself in genre films due to the macabre and darkly humorous themes he could pluck from a genre like horror, found a loophole where he could still make the bold and boundary-pushing films he wanted while still maintaining a profitable career if he worked under the fantasy genre, since authorities naively assumed…
i bought a copy from the Czech Republic off eBay just so i could watch this and oh my god it was so worth it i’m crying just mmmmmm w0w
