"Ghost Children's Courtyard": What is a ghost?

Adah 2022-01-01 08:02:10

Spanish horror films are always deep, connotative, and delicate. This is true of "Lonely Castle" and "Julia's Eyes", and so is "Ghost House". In fact, this film was produced before the first two films, and it was even a tribute to "Lonely Castle". Adding the dual elements of history and humanity to a horror film is the first time I appreciate it. The Spanish Civil War, the fascists, the killing of orphans, and the unruly romances, vowed to defend the city to the death. The orphans raised up for wealth not only killed their lovers, but also slaughtered the people in the orphanage. Finally, they were punished and fell into the pond to be with the ghost boy.

The above-mentioned many elements not only make the story of the film full, but also expand the storyline with the vision of a group of children, which can reach the political height of the country’s ruined family and the bottom can reach the level of psychological horror drama, making the film both authentic and watchable. Sex is the best work. In the context of political change, the people in the orphanage where people live in a secluded orphanage are distorted and diseased to highlight the low-level people affected by the political environment.

In fact, the other name of the film "Devil's Spine" is more in line with the height of the film's plot. It is a bit literary, a bit scary, and a bit esoteric. This is the full meaning of the film. Just like the lines repeated in the opening and closing credits: "What is a ghost? A ghost is a constant, repeated, and judged tragedy. It may be a painful moment, something that has died but seems to be alive, an emotional one. Still in time, like a fuzzy photo, like an insect imprisoned in amber. "Ghosts can be all bad things, or bad people. In short, they will always exist like tragedy.

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Extended Reading
  • Stanford 2022-04-20 09:01:55

    3.5; Greed leads to death. . . "What is a ghost? A ghost is a constant, recurring, tried-and-true tragedy. Maybe a painful moment of something that's dead but seems to be alive, an emotional stillness in time, like a blurry picture, Like an insect imprisoned in amber."

  • Enos 2022-01-01 08:02:10

    What is the devil? Is the doomed tragedy repeated again and again? Maybe it's just a momentary pain. Some things are dead but still alive, the passion ceases abruptly, like a blurry photo, like insects trapped in amber. The devil, is it a bloody ghost boy? Or is it a human being? Some people use the rum brewed by dead babies to make profits, and some have indiscriminate relationships with children raised by themselves. This is a world where evil is used to control evil, and I am the devil.

The Devil's Backbone quotes

  • [repeated line]

    Santi: Many of you will die.

    Santi: [to Carlos touching his face] Bring Jacinto To Me

  • [last lines]

    Casares: [Carlos weeping over Casares returns his rifle to his side or lap as Jamie forces Carlos to get going]

    [voice over narration]

    Casares: What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? An instant of pain, perhaps. Something dead which still seems to be alive. An emotion suspended in time. Like a blurred photograph. Like an insect trapped in amber. A ghost is me.

    [last lines]

    Casares: [Owl is carried out by Jamie followed by Galvez using his spear as a crutch to join those others left]

    [narrating from beyond the grave]

    Casares: A Ghost

    [last to leave is Carlos looking back]

    Casares: That Is What I Am

    [Casarers now a ghost is at the doorway observing them heading out to the horizon]