Beauty-and-the-beast

Beautyandthebeast“Beautyandthebeast”wasdirectedbyJeanCocteau.ItisbasedontheversionoffairytalebyMadameLePrincedeBeaumont.JeanMaraisistheBeastandJosetteDayisBeauty.BeautyisoneofthethreedaughtersofaFrenchmerchant.Hersisters.FelicieandAdelaidearenastyandtreatbeautyasaservant.Oneday,beauty’sfathergetslostintheforest,butfindsstrangecastle,whichheenters,lookingforhelp.Theownerofthecastleisanabnormalcreature,half-man,half-beast,whotellsthemerchant-eitheroneofhisdaughtersreplaceshimasaprisonerinthecastle,orhewilldie.Beautyofferstoreplaceherfatherandbetrappedinthecastle.Intheend,shediscoversthebeastisnotasdisgustingandcruelasheseems.Infactheisahandsomeprince.Thefilmdealswiththethemeofappearancesinaveryinterestingandclevermanner,inonevividscene,beautylooksinthemirrorandherfaceistransformedintotheBeast’s.Thefilmalsousessomeothercleverspecialeffects.Forexample,whenbeautyiswalkingbackandforthwhilewaitingforthebeasttovisitherroom,youcanseeastatue’sheadfollowinghermovements!Inaddition,thewhisperingfurnitureisasfrighteningasanythinginmodernfilms,thefilmdoes,however,haveitsdrawbacks.Thebeast’svoiceisratherstrange,andtheloversflyingattheendisabitsilly.Alltingsconsidered,though,itmustbeoneofthemostbeautifulfilmsevermade.Althoughitisinblackandwhite,thestrikinguseoflightmakesitseemattimeslikeamovingpainting.“Beautyandthebeast”conveysamessagethatshouldbeevidenttoallofus-youshouldn’tjudgeabookbyitscover.AlthoughithasneitherthecutecharactersnorthewonderfulsongsoftheDisneyversion,itspeakstopeopleofallages.Irecommenditforthewholefamily.