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JamieDurrant
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The Brothers Grimm (2005)
Beautifully shot fairytale.
Whilst I was watching this film, I was reminded of 'The Singing Ringing Tree', a cult 60's German film made in East Germany in 1958. It has this otherworldly appeal which is both familiar and frightening. The lighting, cinematography and the dark, twisted play on established fairy tales will help enormously to place this as a film as another one of Terry Gilliam's classic movies.
The sequence where a child is splattered with mud by a drowning crow, only to discover she has not only wiped away the mud from her face, but also her own features leaving a blank, expressionless face is genuinely horrifying !
As with all Gilliam's films, the attention to detail in the sets and the effects is second to none. Layer upon layer of grime, insects, debris and general decay abound in every scene.
Definitely recommended !