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Snow White Tale Of Terror (Snow White: A Tale of Terror)
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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From its dark and complex themes to its archetypal imagery, the Grimm fable of the innocent and beautiful Snow White has captured readers for centuries, but it has not often been given accurate treatment on film. Snow White: A TaIe of Terror attempts to do this with magnificent performances, stunning Gothic scenery and costumes, and a well-crafted script that brings out the nuances in the original story. Seven years after a tragic accident has kilIed his wife just as she is giving birth, Frederick Hoffman (Sam NeiIl) who alone cares for their daughter LiIli (Taryn Davis as the younger and Monica Keena as the oIder) remarries Lady CIaudia (Sigourney Weaver). CIaudia arrives at his estate, bringing with her a creepy, intricateIy carved mirror. She has also brought along her mute brother (Miroslav Taborsky). lt is not long before this eager stepmother and the wary daughter are locked in an endIess cycIe of jealousIy and hurt feeIings. Reading into the deeper, psychoIogicaI implications of this complex famiIy situation, and the story's many symboIic eIements (the poison appIe, the outcast hermitlike woodsmen), the fiIm is both visually graphic and emotionaIIy subtle. Not for children, this Snow White is for thinking adults who enjoy more than one good scare.
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