#the juniper tree

[softlytowardthesun]

[wesley-de-cornualles]

The Juniper Tree, dir. Nietzchka Keene, 1990

[freckles-and-books]

Next up! I may also try to get to Ava Reid’s A Study in Drowning this fall as well. We will see.

[dailyworldcinema]

The Juniper Tree, 1990 dir. by Nietzchka Keene

[filmswithoutfaces]

The Juniper Tree (1990) dir. Nietzchka Keene

[laikuh]

Marina Warner, No Go The Boogeyman

[closetofcuriosities]

Björk Bootleg Tee

[laurasimonsdaughter]

What if Disney adapted The Juniper Tree?

Honestly, to adapt a fairy tale that hinges so heavily on child murder, cannibalism, and matricide, I think Disney would have to go all the way back to its (sometimes deeply uncomfortable) animated fairy tale roots: Silly Symphonies.

An approach like with Babes in the Wood and The Big Bad Wolf:

If they dwelt really strongly on how sad the father is, how good the sister and brother, how evil the (step)mother, and how perfectly happy the ending, it might work.

But really, this is a horror story. No matter how decidedly it ends with the note that "all three were very happy" this story begins and ends with death. I suppose you could make a purposefully dark adaptation for adults that dwells on these aspects, but...doesn't sound like a great time.

Weirdly enough I rather liked this story as a kid! I had it on a casette. The bit where the magical bird goes "I do not sing twice for nothing!" and is given the little red shoes in return for singing again was my favourite. That's a very sweet image, isn't it? Pity about all the murder

[scottkeenanillustration]

My Folktale Week 2022 collection. Rumpelstiltskin, The Juniper Tree, Stardust, Bluebeard, Donkeyskin, The Little Mermaid and Cinderella.

Scott Keenan, 2023

[metabotulism]

[iphigeniacomplex]

"the juniper tree" as told in the grimms' nursery and household tales, translated by d.l. alishman | "up the wolves", the mountain goats

[scnscstcrks]

Juniper and Thorn - Ava Reid

The juniper tree looked as stolid as a grave marker, unruffled. Under the dirt was the compact and inside the compact was the black sand and in every grain of sand was Sevas, my first secret, my first lie, safe as death.

[laikuh]

"the brother and the bird" - alissa nutting

[closetofcuriosities]

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