I don't know why this film has such a low score. If for the lame story, I'd argue that for this kind of a cinematic experience the function of the story is to provide us with fun and hope, which this one does, so I have no problem with the scipt.
However, if people of today have been voting the score down because of the bull fighting scene in which the slaughter of baby animals is treated as business as usual, well, I must say I am highly bothered by that, too. Even though I am all for judging art by the metrics of its era, I just don't believe such a fine movie couldn't be made without that kind of a scene.
Other than that:
Marisol carries the whole movie. To see a pretty teen girl sing and dance and ACT in the most purified form is amazing. The mood of this film is not just rare, but even impossible to create nowadays.
There's a minute or so in which lights have gone in the house, which was fascinating lighting-wise: Despite they act as if in total darkness, they have dimmed the set only 50% or so. Yet, Marisol and the guy light up matchsticks one after another, and when there is that small light, the lighting is up dramatically, something improbabe. I love to see such weird tricks in old movies! They make you think if the audience bought it, or there was some mental agreement between them and the filmmakers on what was acceptable as covered by the suspension of disbelief.
I'm just so glad I came across this on tve of Spain tonight, because everything contemporary cinema severely lacks but actually needs (except for animal cruelty!) is alive and well in this colorful, joyful classic.
However, if people of today have been voting the score down because of the bull fighting scene in which the slaughter of baby animals is treated as business as usual, well, I must say I am highly bothered by that, too. Even though I am all for judging art by the metrics of its era, I just don't believe such a fine movie couldn't be made without that kind of a scene.
Other than that:
Marisol carries the whole movie. To see a pretty teen girl sing and dance and ACT in the most purified form is amazing. The mood of this film is not just rare, but even impossible to create nowadays.
There's a minute or so in which lights have gone in the house, which was fascinating lighting-wise: Despite they act as if in total darkness, they have dimmed the set only 50% or so. Yet, Marisol and the guy light up matchsticks one after another, and when there is that small light, the lighting is up dramatically, something improbabe. I love to see such weird tricks in old movies! They make you think if the audience bought it, or there was some mental agreement between them and the filmmakers on what was acceptable as covered by the suspension of disbelief.
I'm just so glad I came across this on tve of Spain tonight, because everything contemporary cinema severely lacks but actually needs (except for animal cruelty!) is alive and well in this colorful, joyful classic.