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Zirneklis (1991)

Horror | 98 minutes
3,50 14 votes

Genre: Horror

Duration: 98 minuten

Alternative titles: The Spider / Паук

Country: Latvia / Soviet Union

Directed by: Vasili Mass

Stars: Aurelija Anuzhite, Liubomiras Laucevicius and Algirdas Paulavičius

IMDb score: 6,6 (485)

Releasedate: 17 April 1992

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Zirneklis plot

The young and beautiful Vita is the model for a painting of the Virgin Mary. On her first visit to the studio of the obscure artist Albert, Vita is caught in the net of his sinister universe. Characters from Albert's paintings are brought to life and attack Vita. The girl breaks free but realizes she is now trapped by dark forces. Albert realizes the awakening of Vita's libido, and at night he appears in the form of a giant spider and has sexual contact with her.

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wibro

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Visually a beautiful film thanks to the wonderful Vita (Aurelija Anuzhite). The erotic scenes are to die for, rarely seen so beautifully in a film. Also beautiful are those surreal scenes of the girl and the giant spider, the characters in the paintings that came to life. The beautiful soundtrack that fits perfectly into this beautiful fairytale film should not go unmentioned. In terms of camera work, the film reminded me somewhat of the films of the Lithuanian Shirunas Bartas, with the difference that Bartas' films looked very depressing, which certainly cannot be said of this wonderful film by Vasili Mass. On the contrary. The cheerfulness radiated from it.

4.5*

Frenchman Your rating of 3.0* is far too poor.

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Latvian production designer Vasili Mass comes up with an extremely alienating film, but during the design process he seemed more interested in undressing the then 18-year-old Aurelija Anuzhite than in the content. It results in a weighty film in which many viewers can see a lot or nothing at all, but personally I thought it was all a lot of symbolic nonsense wrapped in a beautiful visual jacket. In particular, the sex scenes between Anuzhite and a giant spider hit like a pair of pliers on a pig, leaving the film with a particularly idiotic impression afterwards. Nevertheless, the entire production looks rich in detail and care with sleek camera work, well-considered use of color and solid acting from the leading actress. The pity is that the figures around her act like idiots, which made it difficult for me to take them seriously as profound figures. What absolutely ruins the atmosphere is the horrible choice of music that I personally could not place in the images at all, so that in the end I was not drawn into anything.

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