Blood and Sand (1916)
- Original title
- Sangre y Arena
- Directed by
- Ricard de Baños, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Spain
- Runtime
- 59 min
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man from a poor family becomes a famous bullfighter. He lives a life of fame and danger in Spain.
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What happens
Blood and Sand (Spanish: Sangre y Arena) is a 1916 film based on the novel Blood and Sand by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. The film was co-directed by Blasco Ibáñez himself and Max André. It was produced by the Spanish-French label Prometheus Films, named after the Editorial Prometeo, Blasco Ibáñez's publishing house, which backed the cost of the film. It was the first time that the novelist assumed management tasks and production. Moreover, thanks to the success achieved in Spain, Sangre y Arena exerted a significant influence on the Spanish cinema in the immediate years, and stood at the origins and then used as appellant españolada genre. It was the only time that Blasco Ibáñez himself reflected in images the design of his own work. It remains a tape from the Czech Film Archive, a version with 800 meters of length less than the original film. This version was restored by the Valencia Film Archive and Prague's, with a changed ending, where the parallels between bullfighting and bandits are reinforced. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Moment of Truth (1965)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.