Worth watching for the 1500s/1600s visuals alone. the setting is very vivid and minuciously presented, echoing both spanish courts like alhambra, french countryside and italian riviera. it manages to turn original 16th/17th c. misogyny-positive tale into bold, timely and poignant tales of bodily image, female opression, power struggles and parents/children relationship. the movie is grotesque and weird, yet multi-layered, with lots of subtexts and contemporary issues to draw on, so it is ultimately more than the collection of three entertaining, loosely interconnected stories.
there is more to it than seems at the first glance, so it is definitely worth a rewatch. the ending scene particularly stayed with me, being very well-directed, visually pleasing and touching. it gave me goosebumps!
for some elements of sci-fi and the gruesome creatures, i'd say it takes its inspiration from english restoration writer, margaret cavendish, and particularly her carnivalesque and bizarre work "the blazing world" - it might be interesting to watch this as a loose adaptation of that work; do reat it if you get a chance.
there is more to it than seems at the first glance, so it is definitely worth a rewatch. the ending scene particularly stayed with me, being very well-directed, visually pleasing and touching. it gave me goosebumps!
for some elements of sci-fi and the gruesome creatures, i'd say it takes its inspiration from english restoration writer, margaret cavendish, and particularly her carnivalesque and bizarre work "the blazing world" - it might be interesting to watch this as a loose adaptation of that work; do reat it if you get a chance.