Former Nazis such as concentration camp doctor Joseph Mengele were among the colony members, whom Schäfer instructed to torture and murder dissidents during Pinochet’s military dictatorship, while enabling child sexual abuse to run rampant. It doesn’t take much research to figure out that the predatory wolf was inspired by Paul Schäfer, a German fugitive accused of child molestation, who fled to Chile where he founded Colonia Dignidad (“Dignity Colony”) in 1961. Indeed, one can imagine cult members toiling away on this meticulous spectacle as ordered by their tyrannical leader, whose seductive voice takes the form of a wolf ( Rainer Krause), while the pervasive sickness of their ideology inadvertently creeps into every frame. In order to dispel the nasty rumors that have spread regarding the community-none of which are specified-the Colony has delved into its vaults to present us with the following indoctrination video designed to venerate the purity of their lifestyle. Painted figures suddenly turn three-dimensional and inanimate objects prove to have as much life as the laughing furniture in “Evil Dead II.”Ī clue to make sense of this nightmarish fever dream is fed to us right at the beginning, as we view what appears to be propaganda footage of a southern Chilean cult known as the Colony, where its German inhabitants lived close to nature in alleged harmony. Characters decompose and reform without warning as the design of the surrounding space continues to shift, heightening our disorientation at every turn. I’ve always found that such spectacular imagery is all the more impressive in its hand-crafted nature, and it is the deliberate artifice of Cociña and León’s stop-motion marvel that makes it so spellbinding.
It wasn’t until I saw the 1959 Disney classic “Sleeping Beauty” in 70mm at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre that I realized how the brushstrokes of its animation had been erased on Blu-ray, as if in an attempt to hide the fact that it had been created by human beings without the aid of computers.
How does one go about describing the stomach-churning terrors of Joaquín Cociña and Cristóbal León’s “The Wolf House”? Its visual landscape is unlike any I’ve experienced, and though everything about it is aggressively repellant, it still managed to hold me in a constant state of gobsmacked awe. Maleficent manages to kidnap the Prince and her horrible prophecy is fulfilled when she tricks Aurora into touching a spinning wheel created by Maleficent herself! Realizing that the Prince is in trouble, the 3 good fairies head to Maleficent's castle at the Forbidden Mountain, and spring the Prince loose.“In heaven, everything is fine.”-Lady in the Radiator (Laurel Near) in “Eraserhead” On her 16th birthday Aurora meets Prince Phillip, the son of a king whose own kingdom will soon merge with King Stefan's - and falls in love. The fairies take Aurora to their cottage in the woods to keep her away from the eyes of Maleficent, and raise her as their own child, named Briar Rose. Merryweather tries to undo the damage by casting a spell that will allow the princess - named Aurora - to awake from an ageless sleep with a kiss from her true love. But an evil sorceress named Maleficent shows up, and because of a rude remark by Merryweather, she places a curse on the princess - that she will die on her 16th birthday after touching a poisoned spinning wheel.
At a ceremony, three good fairies - Flora, Fauna & Merryweather - bestow gifts of magic on the child. | Disney Princess Synopsis When a new princess is born to King Stefan & his wife, the entire kingdom rejoices.
Fairy Tales / Fables Movie Groups Walt Disney’s Full-Length Animated Classics