Segundo de Chomon, born this day

Blancanieves (2012)

Blancanieves begins with a series of stills: black and white images of urban Spain in the late-1920s. They prepare us for the journey to come. But look carefully and you’ll see that the stills move: gentle ripples of water in one, rustling leaves in another, and so on. This, too, prepares us. Blancanieves, even its quietest moments, pulses with life.